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After coffee brewing, however, a little dripping
may occur due to wet
coffee grinds in the filter-holder.
Important to know
1. The taste of your coffee depends on the
characteristics of the beans from which it is
made, the type of bean, where it was grown
and processed. The coffee beans that are
roasted for a longer period of time and at
higher temperatures will be much darker in
colour.Darker beans will produce a richer
cup of coffee than the lightly-roasted beans.
2. A variety of dark roasts are available from
which you can choose to brew your espres-
so. Each of these roasts is a blend of coffee
beans that are roasted at a specific tempe-
rature producing a specific type of
flavour.There are decaffeinated beans that
have up to 98% of the caffeine content
removed. The next time you purchase coffee
for your espresso maker, experiment with one
of the many kinds of coffee being sold. You
may just find that it tastes better than the
blend you have been using.
3. A fine espresso grind for pump-driven
machines must be used. Be sure to ask for
this when buying coffee or when having
beans ground. Do not use a blade-type
grinder because it makes too much coffee
dust and produces an irregular grind.
4. The mark of real espresso is its dark color,
rich taste and the light brown, natural froth
called crema in Italian.
5. Cappuccino is simply a combination of
espresso and hot, frothy milk.Cappuccino is
usually topped with cinnamon, nutmeg or
cocoa powder.
6. Espresso Coffee should be served
immediately after it is made.
7. Espresso is served in 2 to 2 ½ oz. demitasse
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Caution: Never operate pump
without water in machine as damage
to the pump may occur.Damage of
pump run without water is not covered by
warranty.
cups. A 4 or 6 oz. cup or glass is used for
cappuccino
8. Ideally, coffee beans should be ground
immediately before using. Remember, it must
be an espresso grind for pump-driven es-
presso machines.
9. Its best to store ground coffee or beans in an
airtight container in the freezer of your
refrigerator. Ground coffee tends to absorb
food odours.
How to make a good Espresso coffee:
Coffee dose programming
With this Gaggia appliance two different water
doses can be programmed to obtain one or two
cups of coffee. To adjust the water doses and
store them for a following dispensing request,
first of all carry out the COFFE PREPARATION
procedure on page 4- sections 2-3-4, and then
proceed as follows:
1 Press MENU key (6) for 5 sec. until the
triangle, placed below it, starts flashing
autonomously. At the same time the symbols
placed below keys 2-3 will light up.
2 After introducing the one-cup filter, press key
(2) and let the coffee flow down.
3 Press the same key (2) again until the
desired optimum dose for one coffee is
reached.
4 Now the water dose assigned for one coffee
to key (2) will be stored and the light placed
below the key will turn off.
5 Replace the one-cup filter with the two-cup
filter, press key (3) and let the coffee fill the
cups.
6 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to program the water
dose for key (3).
Every user will be free to program the doses
to obtain a more or less strong coffee and to
assign bigger or smaller doses to buttons
(2 and 3) to use 1 or 2 cup filter.
7 After storing these doses, press MENU key
(6) again to exit from the programming
function. The symbols placed under the
buttons will re-start lighting up alternatively.
The appliance is now ready to dispense
excellent coffees.