Crown CEM-1523 User manual

COFFEE MAKER
MODEL: CEM-1523
Read this manual thoroughly before using and save it for future reference

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
Before using the electrical appliance, the following basic precautions should always be
followed including the following:
1. Read all instructions.
2. Before using check that the voltage of wall outlet corresponds to rated voltage marked on the rating
plate.
3. This appliance has been incorporated with a grounded plug. Please ensure the wall outlet in your
house is well earthed.
4. To protect against fire, electric shock and injury to persons do not immerse cord, plug, in water or
other liquid.
5. Remove plug from wall outlet before cleaning and when not in use. Allow appliance cool down
completely before taking off, attaching components or before cleaning.
6. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance malfunctions, or is
dropped or damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the nearest authorized service facility for
examination, repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment.
7. The use of accessory attachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may result in fire,
electric shock or injury to persons.
8. Place appliance on flat surface or table, do not hang power cord over the edge of table or counter.
9. Ensure the power cord do not touch hot surface of appliance.
10. Do not place the coffee maker on hot surface or beside fire in order to avoid to being damaged.
11. To disconnect, remove plug from wall outlet. Always hold the plug. But never pull the cord.
12. Do not use appliance for other than intended use and place it in a dry environment.
13. Close supervision is necessary when your appliance is being used near children.
14. Be careful not to get burned by the steam.
15. Do not touch the hot surface of appliance (such as steam wand, and the steel mesh just boiling). Use
handle or knobs.
16. Do not let the coffee maker operate without water.
17. Do not remove the metal funnel when appliance in brewing coffee or making steam.
18. Connect plug to wall outlet before using and turn any switch off before plug is removed from wall
outlet.
19. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given
supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliances by a person responsible for their safety.
20. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
21. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
–staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;
–farm houses;
–by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
–bed and breakfast type environments.
22. Do not use outdoors.

23. Save these instructions.
25. If you do not use the product for a long time, you need to turn on the power and then release steam
for 3 minutes before leaving this product.
26.If you cut off power during steam release, residual heat will make product continue to release steam
for a length of time, the product will stop releasing steam immediately once you turn off steam knob。
KNOWYOUR COFFEE MAKER
BEFORE THE FIRST USE
To ensure the first cup of coffee tastes excellent, you should rinse the coffee maker with warm
water as follows:
1. Pour water into water tank, the water level should not exceed the “MAX”mark in the tank. Then
replace the water tank cover.
Note: the appliance is supplied with a detachable tank for easy cleaning, you can fill the tank with
water firstly, and then put the tank into the appliance.
2. Set steel mesh into metal funnel (no coffee in steel mesh).
3. Place an jug on removable shelf. Make sure the steam control knob is on the OFF position.
Note: the appliance is not equipped with jug, please use yourself jug or coffee cup.
4. Connect to power source, Press the power switch “” .”one time, the red indicator is illuminated.
5. Press the coffee switch , the pump will pump water, when there is water flowing out and close the
pump by pressing the coffee switch , press the steam switch selector and wait for a moment, the
appliance begins to be pre-heated until the inner lamp of coffee switch is illuminated, it shows the
pre-heating is finished. Press the coffee switc hand water will flow out.
6. After water does not drop out any more, you can pour the water in each container out then clean
them thoroughly, now you can start brewing.
Note: There may be noise when pumping the water for the first time, it is normal, the appliance is
releasing the air inside. After about 20s, the noise will disappear.
PRE-HEATING
To make a cup of good hot Espresso coffee, we recommend you preheating the appliance before
making coffee, including the funnel, filter and cup, so that the coffee flavour can not be

influenced by the cold parts.
1. Remove the detachable tank and open the tank cover to fill it with desired water, the water level
should not exceed the “MAX”mark in the tank. Then place the tank into the appliance properly.
2. Select the steam mesh, Set steel mesh into metal funnel, make sure the tube on the funnel aligns
with groove in the appliance, then insert the funnel into the appliance from the “Insert”position,
and you can fix them into coffee maker firmly through turn it anticlockwise until it is at the
“Lock”position.
3. Place an espresso cup on removable shelf.
4. Then connect the appliance to power supply. Make sure the steam control knob is on the OFF
position.
5. Press the power switch “ ” one time, the power indicator turns on and the coffee indicator blinks.
After finish preheating, the coffee indicator lights solidly. Press the coffee switch , when there is
water flowing out, close the pump immediately. The purpose of the step is to pump the water of
the tank into the housing.
6. When the lamp in coffee switch is illuminated, you should press the coffee switch again, there will
be hot water flowing out. When the lamp in it is extinguished, close the pump. The pre-heating is
finished.
MAKE ESPRESSO
1. Remove the funnel by turning it in clockwise. Add ground coffee steel mesh with measuring
spoon, a spoon ground coffee power can make about a cup of top-grade coffee, then press the
ground coffee powder tightly with the tamper
2. Set steel mesh into metal funnel, make sure the tube on the funnel aligns with groove in the
appliance, then insert the funnel into the appliance from the “Insert”position, and you can fix
them into coffee maker firmly through turn it anticlockwise until it is at the “Lock”position..
3. Pour the hot water in the cup, after the cup is warmed up, empty the water in the cup and dry the
cup, and then place the hot cup on removable shelf.
4. At the time, the lamp incoffee switch shall be illuminated, if it is extinguished, wait for a moment,
once the lamp in it is illuminated, you should press the coffee switch wait for a moment, there
will be coffee flowing out. Press the coffee switch again when the required amount is got, and
then the water pump stops working.
WARNING: 1.Do not leave the coffee maker unattended during making the coffee, as you need operate
manually sometimes!
2.After finishing making the coffee, you can take the metal funnel out through turn clockwise, then
pour the coffee residue out with the steel mesh pressed by press bar.
3.Let them cool down completely, then rinse under running water.
4. The working time for brewing single-cup of coffee is 60 seconds at most, and the water pump will stop working if
the working time exceeds 60 seconds.And the working time can be adjusted by following the operation as below. Hold
and press the coffee switch for 3 seconds under standby mode, and the coffee indicator blinks.At that time, press the
coffee switch again within 5 seconds, then the water pump starts to work. Press the coffee switch and the water pump
stops working. The setting is finished.And the adjustable working time ranges between 15 seconds and 60 seconds.

MAKE HOT WATER
When the preheating is finished, the coffee indicator lights up solidly. Then press the coffee switch, and the water
pump starts to pump water. Turn the knob to “Hot water”, and then hot water will flow out of the steam pipe. To stop
making hot water, press the coffee switch again. Hot water is used for warming cup, making tea or cooling down the
appliance.
Please refer to the operation described in the section of “Make ESPRESSO”when need to adjust the working time for
making hot water.
MAKE CAPPUCCINO/FROTHED MILK
You get a cup of cappuccino when you top up a cup of espresso with frothed milk.
Method:
1、Prepare espresso first with container big enough according to the part “MAKE ESPRESSO
COFFEE”, make sure that the steam control knob is at the “o”position.
2、Press the steam switch selector , the lamp in the coffee switch will be illuminated, wait for until the
indicator in the steam switch selector is illuminated.
Note: During operation, the indicator in the steam selector will cycle on and off to maintain to desired
temperature.
3 、 Fill a jug with about 100 ml of milk for each cappuccino to be prepared, you are recommended to
use whole milk at refrigerator temperature (not hot!).
Note: In choosing the size of jug, it is recommend the diameter is not less than 70±5mm, and bear in
mind that the milk increases in volume by 2 times, make sure the height of jug is enough.
4 、 Turn the steam control knob slowly anti-clockwise, steam will come out from the frothing device.
Note: Never turn the steam control button rapidly, as the steam will accumulate rapidly in short time
which may increase the potential of the risk of explosion.
5、Insert the frothing device into the milk about two centimetre, froth milk in the way moving vessel
round from up to down.
7. When the required purpose is reached, you can turn the steam control knob to “o”position.
Note: Clean steam outlet with wet sponge immediately after steam stops generating, but care not to
hurt!
7、Pour the frothed milk into the espresso prepared, now the cappuccino is ready. Sweeten to taste
and if desired, sprinkle the froth with a little cocoa powder.
8、Press the Power switch to cut the power source off. All indicators will be extinguished.
WARNING:After finish the “Steam”function, press the coffee switch, if the coffee indicator and
steam indicator blink fast, it means that the temperature of the appliance is too high and the appliance
needs to be turned off and have a rest for more than 5 minutes, or you can activate the “Hot water”
function to cool down the appliance.And the water pump will stop pumping water automatically if

the temperature is normal. And the coffee will be burnt and there will be overflow at the funnel if the
appliance brew coffee directly without being cooled down.
AUTOMATIC POWER OFF FUNCTION
If there is no any operation within 25 minutes, the unit will power off automatically.
FACTORY RESET
After finish preheating, hold and press the power switch, coffee switch and steam switch for 3 seconds
at the same time, and their corresponding indicators will blink for 3 times, then the factory reset is
finished.
CLEANINGAND MAINTENANCE:
1、Cut off power source and let the coffee maker cool down completely before cleaning.
2、Clean housing of coffee maker with moisture-proof sponge often and clean water tank, drip tray
and removable shelf regularly then dry them.
Note: Do not clean with alcohol or solvent cleanser. Never immerse the housing in water for cleaning.
3、Detach the metal funnel by turning it clockwise, get rid of coffee residue inside, then you can
clean it with cleanser, but at last you must rinse with clear water.
4、Clean all the attachments in the water and dry thoroughly.
CLEANING MINERAL DEPOSITS
A descaling prompt will occur automatically after working for 500 cycles cumulatively, at that time, all
the indicators will quickly blink for 5 times at the same time after preheating is finished. And the
appliance will become normal again after the descaling is finished.
2.Fill the tank with water and descaler to the MAX level ( the scale of water and descaler is 4:1, the
detail refers to the instruction of descaler. Please use “household descaler”, you can use the citric acid
(obtainable from chemist’s or drug stores) instead of the descaler (the one hundred parts of water and
three parts of citric acid).
3.According to the program of pre-heating, put the metal funnel (no coffee powder in it) and jug in
place. Brewing water per “PRE-HEATING”.
4. Press the Power switch one time, its red lamp will be illuminated, you should press the pump control
switch, maker sure the coffee/steam selector , when there is water flowing out and close the pump, and
wait for a moment, the coffee maker begins to be heated.
5. When the lamp in pump control switch is illuminated, it shows the heating is finished. Pressing the
pump control switch and make two cups coffee (about 2Oz). Then close the pump and wait for 5s.
6. Press the coffee/steam selector, the indicator in the pump control switch will be extinguished, waiting
for until the indicator in the coffee/steam selector is illuminated. Make steam for 2min by turning the

steam control knob, then turn the steam control knob to “o”position to stop making steam. Press the
Power switch for stop the unit immediately, make the descalers deposit in the unit at least 15 minutes.
7. Restart the unit and repeat the steps of 4-6 at least 3 times.
8. Then press the coffee/steam selector , the lamp in pump control switch will be illuminated, then press
the pump control switch to brew until no descaler is left.
9. Then brew coffee (no coffee powder) with tap water in the MAX level, repeat the steps of 4-6 for 3
times (it is unnecessary to wait for 15 minutes in step of 6), then brew until no water is left in the tank.
10. Repeat the step of 9 at least 3 times to make sure the piping is clean.
11. Follow the operation as below to cancel the descaling warning after finish descaling. Hold and press the coffee
switch and steam switch for 3 seconds at the same time under the standby mode, and then their corresponding
indicators quickly blink for 3 times, which means the descaling warning is canceled and the working cycle is zeroed.
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Symptom
Cause
Corrections
The metal parts in the tank
have rust.
The descaler is not
recommended type. It may
corrode the metal parts in the
tank.
Use the descaler recommended
by manufacturer.
Water leaks from the bottom of
coffee maker.
There is much water in the drip
tray.
Please clean the drip tray.
The coffee maker is
malfunction.
Please contact with the
authorized service facility for
repairing.
Water leaks out of outer side of
filter.
There is some coffee powder on
filter edge.
Get rid of them.
Acid (vinegar) taste exists in
Espresso coffee.
No clean correctly after
cleaning mineral deposits.
Clean coffee maker per the
content in “before the first use”
for several times.
The coffee powder is stored in a
hot, wet place for a long time.
The coffee powder turns bad.
Please use fresh coffee powder,
or store unused coffee powder in
a cool, dry place. After opening a
package of coffee powder, reseal
it tightly and store it in a
refrigerator to maintain its
freshness.
The coffee maker cannot work
any more.
The power outlet is not plugged
well.
Plug the power cord into a wall
outlet correctly, if the appliance
still does not work, please
contact with the authorized
service facility for repairing.
The steam cannot froth.
The steam ready indicator is not
illuminated.
Only after the steam ready
indicator is illuminated, the
steam can be used to froth.
The container is too big or the
shape is not fit.
Use high and narrow cup.
You have used skimmed milk
Use whole milk or half-skimmed
milk

Do not take apart the appliance by yourself if the cause of failure is not found, you had better
contact certified serving center.
Environment friendly disposal
You can help protect the environment!
Please remember to respect the local
regulations: hand in the non-working
electrical equipments to an appropriate
waste disposal center.