Saeco GranAroma User manual

Machine overview (Fig. A)
A1 Control panel
A2 Lid of pre-ground coee
compartment
A3 Lid of bean hopper
A4 Socket for cord
A5 Drip tray
A6 Drip tray release grip
A7 Adjustable coee and milk
dispensing spout
A8 HygieSteam container
A9 HygieSteam cover with milk tube
holder
A10 Internal cappuccinatore
A11 Mains cord with plug
A12 Grind setting knob
A13 Bean hopper
A14 Brew group
A15 Service door
A16 Water tank
A17 Coee grounds container
A18 Front panel of coee grounds
container
A19 Drip tray cover
A20 'Drip tray full' indicator
Accessories
A21 Milk container
A22 Milk tube
A23 Cleaning brush
A24 Grease tube
A25 AquaClean lter
A26 Measuring spoon
A27 Water hardness test strip
Control panel
There are two versions of this espresso machine. Their control panels look
dierent, but all buttons and icons work in the same way. Refer to gure B for an
overview of all buttons and icons. Below you nd the description.
Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the display and tap the OK icon to
select or conrm your choices.
B1 On/o button
B2 One-touch drink icons
B3 CoeeMaestro icon
B4 Menu with more drinks
B5 Start/stop button
B6 Navigation icons (up, down, back,
ok)
B7 Display
B8 Machine settings
B9 Cleaning menu
B10 Personal proles
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Saeco full-automatic coee machine! To
fully benet from the online support that Saeco oers, go to www.saeco.com/
MyCoeeMachine and register your product.
Note: This machine has been tested with coee. Although it has been carefully
cleaned, there may be some coee residues left. We guarantee, however, that
the machine is absolutely new.
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Before rst use
Special functions
Special function Purpose
With CoeeMaestro you can personalize your coee by selecting a pre-set taste
prole (Delicato, Intenso, Forte) for your beverage instead of changing the settings
yourself.
HygieSteam function automatically cleans the milk system, removing
microorganisms: use it after brewing cappuccino or other milk-based drinks.
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Our durable grinder is made from 100% ceramic to be exceptionally hard and
precise. It can be adjusted to your taste with 12-step levels.
Brewing drinks
General steps
1Fill the water tank with tap water and ll the bean hopper with coee beans.1
2Insert the small plug into the socket located on the back of the machine.2
Insert the mains plug into the wall socket.
3Press the on/o button to switch on the machine.3
-The machine starts heating up and performs the automatic rinsing cycle. -
-When all lights in the drink icons light up continuously, the machine is -
ready for use.
4Place a cup under the coee dispensing spout. Slide the coee dispensing4
spout up or down to adjust its height to the size of the cup or glass you are
using.
Brewing coee with beans
1To brew a coee, tap the drink icon of your choice or tap the 'More Drinks'1
icon.
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- You can now adjust the drink to your personal taste. Use the up and down-
arrows to adjust the coee strength. Tap the OK icon if you want to adjust
more settings.
2Press the start/stop button at any time to start brewing the selected drink.2
3To stop dispensing coee before the machine is nished, press the start/stop3
button again.
To brew 2 coees at the same time, tap the drink icon twice or select the 2x
icon scrolling the dedicated bar.
Do not use caramelized or avored coee beans.
Brewing milk-based drinks
1Fill the water tank with tap water and ll the bean hopper with beans. 1
2Unscrew the lid of the milk container and ll the milk container with milk.2
Then place the metal milk tube in the container.
Always use milk coming directly from the fridge for optimal results.
3Connect the exible milk tube to the cappuccinatore.3
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4Tap the milk-based drink icon of your choice or tap the 'More Drinks' icon to4
select a dierent drink.
-You can now adjust the drink to your own preference. -
5Press the start/stop button. 5
-For specic drinks, the machine rst dispenses milk and then coee. For a -
number of other drinks this is the other way around, the machine will rst
dispense coee and then milk.
-To stop dispensing milk before the machine has dispensed the preset -
amount, press the start/stop button.
6To stop dispensing the complete drink (milk and coee) before the machine is 6
nished, press and hold the start/stop button.
7Directly after dispensing the milk, the 'HygieSteam Shot' is performed. The 7
machine forces steam through the internal milk system to rinse it quickly.
Brewing coee with pre-ground coee
1Tilt the lid and pour one measuring scoop of pre-ground coee into the1
pre-ground coee compartment.
2After selecting a drink, use the up and down arrows to select pre-ground2
coee. Then press the start/stop button.
Note: If you select pre-ground coee, you cannot adjust the coee strength
and/or brew more than one drink at the same time.
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Dispensing hot water
1Make sure that the internal cappuccinatore is properly attached to the1
machine.
2Place a cup under the spout 2
3Tap the 'More drinks' icon and scroll down to select 'Hot Water'.3
4Use the up and down arrows to adjust the hot water quantity or temperature4
to your preference.
5Press the start/stop button. 5
6To stop dispensing hot water before machine is nished, press the start/stop6
stop button again.
Personalizing drinks
The machine allows you to adjust the settings of a drink to your own preference
and to store the adjusted drink in a personal prole. The dierent proles have
dierent colors.
Brewing drinks with CoeeMaestro function
Your machine oers the possibility to select taste proles instead of adjusting all
settings separately with the CoeeEqualizer function. You can choose between
Delicato, Intenso and Forte. To select a CoeeMaestro taste prole:
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