Fill the water container with fresh water.
Rinse the appliance by allowing one to two
water containers full of fresh water to run
through the system.
Turn off the appliance and let the appliance
cool down for 30 min.
Replace the sieve with the seal in the
brewing head and screw them back on
tightly.
Replace the “Perfect Froth” attachment.
Attention:
Appliance can be still warm.
Lime-scale should be removed from the
appliance regularly. With hard water and an
average daily use of 4 cups of espresso, we
recommend descaling every three months.
Before descaling, the brewing sieve with seal
must be unscrewed from the brewing head.
Remove all lime and remnants of coffee from
the sieve and the brewing head.
Pull off the “Perfect Froth” attachment.
Dissolve 2 tablespoons of tartaric acid or
citric acid (obtainable at drugstores) in 17
ounces of lukewarm water and pour the
mixture into the water container.
Beware: Never leave machine unattended in
the presence of children.
Place one receptacle under the brewing head
and another under the steam nozzle.
Turn on
the
appliance and set the control dial
to the
u
cp“
position.
Allow about one third of the descaling
solution to run through immediately.
Leave the control dial on position
”
cp
I
and
turn off the appliance.
Now let the remainder of the descaling
solution work internally for 1 O-l 5 minutes.
Put a receptacle under the brewing head and
turn on the appliance again.
Allow the second third of the descaling
solution to run through.
Turn the control dial to the “0” position.
Put a receptacle under the steam nozzle.
Turn the control dial to the
“6
I#
position to
allow the last third of the descaling solution
to run out of the nozzle.
Turn the control dial back to the “0”
position.
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Problem:
Coffee leaking from filter holder.
Cause:
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Filter holder not properly inserted in the
machine.
l Filter holder not pushed in as far as it will go.
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No
elasticjty
in the brewing head seal.
(This may happen after a long period of
use). This part can be ordered through
KRUPS Consumer Service Department.
l
If the seal has lost its
elasticity, it must be replaced with a new
one. Allow the appliance to cool down and
then unscrew the sieve from the brewing
head. Re-move the seal carefully from the
brewing head using a screw driver.
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Place the new seal onto the machine and
then place the flattened side of the sieve
back into brewing head.