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Coffee leaks The brewing head Clean the gasket
around the filter gasket is dirty. with a damp cloth.
The brewing Contact an
head gasket approved Krups
is defective service centre.
Pump is very noisy No water in the Fill the water tank.
water tank.
Water tank incor- Press firmly down
rectly mounted. on the water tank.
Coffee grounds too Use fresh coffee
old or very dry
and the pump can-
not produce
pressure.
Water does not run No water in the Fill the water tank.
through water tank. Press firmly down
Water tank incor- on the water tank.
rectly mounted.
The filter is blocked, Clean the filter and
the coffee grounds the grid on the
are too fine or head.
tamped down too See the paragraph
hard. «Maintenance»
and try a coarser
coffee.
Brewing head Put the grid to
grid is encrusted soak in descaling
solution
See paragraph
«Maintenance».
Appliance needs See paragraph
descaling. «Descaling».
Water runs through Coffee grounds too Try a finer coffee
too quickly coarse
Quantity of Use the spoon
ground coffee provided to
is insufficient. measure out the
coffee.
Coffee grounds not Tamp down the
tamped down coffee again.
firmly enough
The espresso has Coffee grounds Try a finer-ground
no froth (froth on too coarse coffe
coffee)
Coffee grounds Tamp down the
not tamped coffee again
The espresso has Coffee grounds Use fresh coffee
no froth (froth on stale or too dry
coffee)
The milk is not very Steam nozzle bloc- See paragraph
frothy ked «Maintenance»
Cappuccino acces- See paragraph
sory blocked «Maintenance»
Milk not fresh. Use fresh milk
Milk is lukewarm. Put milk in
refrigerator.
During E.S.E. use, ESE serving is badly See “Espresso
coffee leaks from positioned function with the
around the filter E.S.E. filter holder”
holder
Filter holder not Press the filter
properly inserted holder down more
firmly
Extraction too long Limit extraction to
35 ml
Lots of water on Grounds not Tamp down the
the coffee grounds properly tamped grounds
down
Insufficient quantity Increase the
of ground coffee quantity of ground
coffee.
Recipes
Savour your espresso just as you like it: when
you want to relax or to round off a good
meal.
Here are a few recipes which you will be able
to create with your espresso machine.
. Original espresso
• Take one measuring spoonful of good
quality well roasted espresso coffee, and
filter it directly into the pre-heated cup.
If you use good, finely ground coffee, the cup
will be crowned by a fine head of froth.
• Add sugar if desired and treat yourself. Ori-
ginal espresso is drunk without milk but
plenty of sugar.
. Cappuccino
For a state of the art cappuccino, the ideal
quantities are as follows: 1/3 coffee, 1/3 hot
milk, 1/3 frothy milk. The quantity of hot milk
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