Bartscher Contessa Duo Manual page 21

Cleaning
4. Perform the following steps:
– dissolve 1 bag (15 g) of the descaling agent in 500 ml of fresh water;
NOTE: Observe the minimum amount of brewing liquid for the appliance!
– pour the descaling solution into the coffee machine's water tank;
– place the right paper basket filter in the filter basket;
– insert the filter basket into guides (without ground coffee);
– place the enclosed jug under the filter basket;
– switch the appliance on, as with the regular brewing process;
– when a small amount of solution flows to the jug, switch the appliance off
with the ON/OFF switch;
– wait approx. 5–6 minutes so that the remaining part of the solution may
act on limescale deposits;
– switch the appliance on anew and wait, until the rest of the descaling
solution flows;
– as soon as the whole descaling solution has flown through, switch the
appliance off;
– remove the descaling solution from the jug;
– after descaling, repeat the brewing process 2 - 3 times with the use of
fresh water only;
– to end with, drain the water remaining in the water tank with the use of
drain screw at the rear side of the appliance (at the bottom);
– clean the filter basket and the jug thoroughly.
The appliance is now ready to resume brewing coffee.
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