DeLonghi 5500 - Manual (Page 14)

Preparing coffee using coffee
beans
Important! Do not use caramelized or
candied coffee beans as they could stick to the
coffee mill and make it unusable.
1. Fill the container (A3) with coffee beans (fig.
8).
2. Place under the coffee spouts:
- 1 cup, if you want to make 1 coffee (fig. 9);
- 2 cups, if you want 2 coffees.
3. Lower the spouts as near as possible to the
cup. This makes a creamier coffee (fig. 10).
4. Press the corresponding coffee button (1 cup
or 2 cups ) (fig. 6 and 11).
5. Preparation begins. A progress bar appears
on the display and gradually advances as the
procedure progresses (fig. 12).
Once the coffee has been made, the appliance is
ready to use again.
NB!
• While the machine is making coffee, run-off
can be interrupted at any moment by pressing
one of the coffee buttons ( or ).
• As soon as run-off is finished, to increase the
quantity of coffee in the cup, just hold down
one of the coffee buttons ( or ) until
the required amount is reached (this must be
done within three seconds after completion of
run-off).
• If the coffee drips out, or runs out too fast
with little crema or too cold, read the tips in
the "Troubleshooting" section on page 23.
Making coffee using pre-ground
coffee
NB! If you use pre-ground coffee, you can
only make one cup of coffee at a time.
1. Press the button repeatedly (fig. 13)
until "READY PRE-GROUND" is displayed.
Important!
• Never add pre-ground coffee when the
machine is off or it could spread through the
inside of the machine and dirty it.
This could damage the appliance.
• Never use more than one level
measure or it could dirty the
inside of the machine or block
the funnel.
2. Put one level measure of pre-ground coffee
into the funnel (fig. 14).
3. Place a cup under the coffee spouts.
4. Press the 1 cup coffee button (fig. 6).
Regulating the coffee mill
The coffee mill is preset in the factory to prepare
coffee correctly and should not require regulating
initially.
However, if after making the first few coffees you
find that run-off is either too fast or too slow
(drips), this can be corrected by adjusting the
grinding coarseness regulator knob (fig. 7).
For slower run-off and
creamier coffee, turn
one click towards the "1"
(finer ground coffee).
For faster run-off (with-
out dripping, turn one
click towards the "7"
(coarser ground cof-
fee).
These adjustments will only be evident after at
least 2 cups of coffee have been run off.
NB! The grinding coarseness regulator
must only be turned when the coffee mill is in
operation (After coffee button has been pressed
and you hear the grinder working.) Only adjust
grinder one setting at a time.
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