Default Values (Reset); Making Coffee; Selecting The Coffee Taste; Selecting The Quantity Of Coffee In The Cup - DeLonghi ESAM5500 Instruction Manual

Default values (reset)

This resets all menu settings and programmed quantities back
to the default values (with the exception of the language
which remains as set).
1. Press the P button to enter the menu;
2. Turn the selection dial until "Default values" is displayed;
3. Press the button;
4. "Confirm?" is displayed;
5. Press the button to confirm and exit.

MAKING COFFEE

Selecting the coffee taste

The appliance is set by default to make coffee with a standard
taste.
You can also choose one of these tastes:
Extra-mild taste
Mild taste
Standard taste
Strong taste
Extra-strong taste
To change the taste, press the
tedly until the required taste is displayed.

Selecting the quantity of coffee in the cup

The appliance is set by default to make a standard quantity of
coffee.
To select the quantity of coffee, turn the selection dial until the
light corresponding to the required quantity of coffee comes
on (fig. 8):
Corresponding
coffee
MY COFFEE
SHORT
STANDARD
LONG
EXTRA LONG

Customising the "MY COFFEE" quantity

The appliance is set by default to automatically deliver 30 ml
button (fig. 7) repea-
ESPRESSO (ml)
program. from
20 to 180
≃40
≃60
≃90
≃120
of "my coffee".
To modify these settings, proceed as follows:
1. Place a cup under the coffee spouts (fig. 9).
2. Turn the selection dial (C7) until the
on.
3. Press the 1 cup coffee button
sage "1 MY COFFEE Program Quantity" is displayed and
the appliance starts delivering the coffee. Release the
button;
4. As soon as the coffee in the cup reaches the required level,
press the button again.
The quantity set has now been programmed.

Adjusting the coffee mill

The coffee mill is set by default to prepare coffee correctly and
should not require regulating initially.
However, if after making the first few coffees you find that deli-
very is either too fast or too slow (a drop at a time), this can be
corrected by adjusting the grinding adjustment dial (fig. 11).
Please note!
The grinding adjustment dial must only be turned when the
coffee mill is in operation.
These adjustments will only be evident after at least 2 cups of
coffee have been delivered.
If delivery is still too fast or too slow, repeat the correction, tur-
ning the dial another click.

Tips for a hotter coffee

For hotter coffee, you should:
• before delivering the coffee, perform a rinsing cycle by
pressing the
Hot water is delivered from the spout, heating the internal
circuits of the appliance and thus raising the coffee tem-
perature.
• enable the cup warmer and place the cups there until they
are warm;
• warm the cups by rinsing them with hot water (using the
hot water function);
• set a higher coffee temperature in the menu.
11
(fig. 10) until the mes-
For fuller bodied creamier coffee,
turn one click anticlockwise to-
wards "1" (finer ground coffee).
For faster delivery (not a drop at a
time), turn one click clockwise to-
wards "7" (coarser ground coffee).
button to select the "Rinsing" function.
light comes