User manual GAGGIA VIVA GAGGIA

[. . . ] Reserves the right to carry out all modifications which might be considered necessary. As the proud owner of the Gaggia machine, you can now experience the taste of a delicious cup of espresso or cappuccino in the comfort of your own home. Espresso coffee, originally created in Italy, is made by rapidly forcing water that has been heated to the correct brewing temperature, through a special finely ground coffee. the heart of the espresso machine is a precision engineered pump. [. . . ] You may just find that it tastes better than the blend you have been using. 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. The mark of real espresso is its dark color, rich taste and the light brown, natural froth called "crema" in Italian. Cappuccino is usually topped with cinnamon, nutmeg or cocoa powder. Espresso Coffee should be served immediately after it is made. Ideally, coffee beans should be ground immediately before using. Remember, it must be an "espresso grind" for pump-driven espresso machines. It's best to store ground coffee or beans in an airtight container in the freezer of your refrigerator. Ground coffee tends to absorb food odours. After switching on the machine for the first coffee, wait 6 minutes until the machine has fully heated up, while for all subsequent coffees the machine will be ready to use. Another feature of the machine is the "no-drip system", eliminating most of dripping from brewing head (14). After coffee brewing, however, a little dripping may occur due to wet coffee grinds in the filter-holder. 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. How to make a good Espresso coffee: Use the small filter for 1 cup and the large filter for 2 cups of espresso. Then insert the filter holder (9) into the brewing head (11) to warm-up 3 Wait until the machine has reached the correct temperature with filter holder inserted (heating time of about 6 minutes). Use this time to set table, prepare cups, coffee, milk, etc 4 After the warm-up period, remove the warm filter-holder (9) from the brewing head and fill with correctly ground espresso coffee using the measuring spoon provided. Place one level measure of coffee in basket for each cup of espresso. Gently tamp down coffee with the tamper (17) provided. 5 Clean any excess coffee from the rim of filter holder (9). Insert filter holder into brew head by holding handle approximately 45 degrees to the left as you face machine. [. . . ] Spoon the froth onto the espresso in each cup and gently pour the hot milk along the side of the cup. Top each cup of cappuccino with a dash of cinnamon, cocoa and nutmeg. NOTE: If you want to make more espresso immediately after steaming milk, the machine boiler must be refilled with water and temperature brought down to a brewing temperature. Otherwise, espresso may taste "burned". [. . . ]