Before Using For The First Time; Making Espresso Coffee - AEG EA 100 CREMA Operating Instructions Manual

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Before using for the first time

Before you make your first cup of
espresso, rinse the heating system
through with a tankful of fresh water
but without espresso coffee, and boil
it. Proceed exactly as described below
under „Making espresso coffee" or
„Making steam" but without any
espresso ground coffee in the sieve.
Place as large a container as possible in
the middle of the drip grill (Fig. 1/H)
and underneath the foam nozzle (Fig.
1/F), after swivelling this outwards.

Making espresso coffee

We recommend that you rinse the sys-
tem through every day, before the first
and after the last cup of espresso cof-
fee, for about 10 seconds without any
espresso ground coffee in it, to prevent
any particles of coffee from accumu-
lating anywhere. Proceed as described
under points 1 to 6 below, but without
any espresso ground coffee in the
machine.
1. Fill water (Fig. 3)
0 First open the lid of the fresh water
tank and pull the tank upwards by its
handle out of the appliance.
0 Fill the tank only with cold tap water.
0 Then place the tank back in the appli-
ance and press it downwards so that it
sits firmly.
0 Now close the lid again.
Make sure the water is above the
„MIN" level on the filling indicator
(Fig. 1/E).
3
In order to make an aromatic espresso,
please note the following points:
• Change the water every day!
• Do not use mineral water or distilled
water.
• Clean the fresh water tank at least
once a week with ordinary washing-
up water, not in the dish-washing
machine.
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2. Filling espresso ground coffee
(Figs. 4 and 5)
All according to whether you wish to
make one cup of espresso or two, place
either the 1-cup Crema Plus sieve (Fig.
1/M) or the 2-cup Crema Plus sieve
(Fig. 1/N) into the sieve carrier
(Fig. 1/L).
Fill the espresso ground coffee with the
aid of the measuring spoon (Fig. 1/P).
Fill the sieve up to the rim and then
level the espresso coffee grounds with
one stroke of the measuring spoon (Fig.
5). Clean the edge of the sieve of
ground coffee.
3
If you would like freshly ground
espresso coffee every time, we recom-
mend the AEG coffee grinder (medium
grade). Ask your dealer!
Caution: Just a few of the brands of
espresso coffee sold in the trade con-
tain a particularly high proportion of
coffee dust. This dust can block the
sieve, so that the espresso coffee only
runs out very slowly or perhaps not at
all. If this happens, we recommend that
you use the enclosed problem-solving
sieve (identifiable by its brown inner
ring and the fine, elongated hole struc-
ture, Fig. 1/O).
3. Insert sieve (Fig. 6)
Rotate the sieve carrier from left to
right in its holder until the handle
passes the „min" position (i. e. with the
handle pointing forwards, Fig. 6). The
sieve carrier is fitted with a plastic
insert to keep he temperature loss to a
minimum even when a minimum
quantity of espresso is being made, as
the most descriminating espresso-lover
requires.
4. Place cup(s) in position (Fig. 7)
If you only wish to make one cup, place
it in the middle of the drip grill so
that the espresso coffee can flow into
it from both openings in the sieve
holder. However, if you wish to make
two cups, place one cup under each
opening of the sieve holder.