Melitta Caffeo CI: 6 Preparing beverages, adjusting settings immediately before dispensing

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6  Preparing beverages, adjusting settings  immediately before dispensing

Two options are available for preparing beverages.

• 

Standard dispensing: Settings such as coffee strength, quantity of 

coffee and milk and can be changed directly before dispensing.

• 

My Coffee button 

: Personal settings that are already entered and 

saved can be called with the My Coffee button (see page 19).

6.1  Preparing espresso or café crème

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Press the button for coffee strength 

 to adjust the coffee strength.

• 

Press the button for espresso 

 or for café crème 

, depending on 

the beverage you desire.

→

The grinding process and coffee dispensing start now. Dispensing ends 

automatically when the set dispensed quantity is reached.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the dispensed 

quantity while the coffee is being dispensed.

→

The bean symbols indicate the coffee strength. The 

dispensed quantity is displayed in millilitres.

• 

To stop dispensing before the programmed 

amount is reached, press the button for espresso 

 or for café crème 

 or the rotary switch.

Café Crème

220 ml

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6.2  Preparing a cappuccino

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Push the outlet downwards as far as it will go.

• 

Connect the 

short

 tube with the outlet and the supplied Melitta

®

CAFFEO

®

 CI

®

 milk container (Fig. 

C

) or use the 

long

 tube for 

conventional milk cartons.

• 

Press the button for coffee strength 

 to adjust the coffee strength.

• 

Press the button for cappuccino 

.

→

The grinding process and coffee dispensing start 

now. Dispensing ends automatically when the set 

dispensed quantity is reached.

→

The bean symbols indicate the coffee strength. The 

dispensed quantity is displayed in millilitres.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the dispensed 

quantity while the coffee is being dispensed.

→

To stop dispensing coffee before the programmed amount is reached, press 

the rotary switch. The appliance will then continue with dispensing the milk. 

The appliance warms up for milk dispensing.

→

Milk dispensing will start. Dispensing ends automatically when the set milk 

quantity is reached.

• 

To completely cancel coffee and milk dispensing, press the button for 

cappuccino 

.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the milk quantity while the milk is being 

dispensed, if required.

• 

To stop dispensing milk before the programmed amount is reached, 

press the rotary switch.

• 

Carry out the Easy Cleaning programme, if necessary. The appliance 

will prompt you to do this automatically (see page 31) 

OR

 select 

another beverage.

Cappuccino

110 ml 060 ml

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6.3  Preparing a latte macchiato

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Push the outlet downwards as far as it will go.

• 

Connect the 

short

 tube with the outlet and the supplied Melitta

®

CAFFEO

®

 CI

®

 milk container (Fig. 

C

) or use the 

long

 tube for 

conventional milk cartons.

• 

Press the button for coffee strength 

 to adjust the coffee strength.

• 

Press the button for latte macchiato 

.

→

The appliance warms up for milk dispensing.

→

Milk dispensing will start. Dispensing ends automatically when the set milk 

quantity is reached.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to set the milk quantity while the milk is being 

dispensed, if required.

• 

To stop dispensing milk before the programmed amount is reached, 

press the rotary switch. The appliance will then immediately start 

dispensing the coffee.

→

The grinding process and coffee dispensing start now. Dispensing stops 

automatically when the set dispensed quantity is reached.

• 

To completely cancel coffee and milk dispensing, press the button for 

latte macchiato 

.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the dispensed 

quantity while the coffee is being dispensed, if 

required.

→

The bean symbols indicate the coffee strength. The 

dispensed quantity is displayed in millilitres.

• 

To stop dispensing coffee before the programmed 

amount is reached, press the rotary switch.

Latte Macchiato

110 ml 060 ml

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• 

Carry out the Easy Cleaning programme, if necessary. The appliance 

will prompt you to do this automatically (see page 31) 

OR

 select 

another beverage.

6.4 

Preparing milk froth or warm milk

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Connect the 

short

 tube with the outlet and the supplied Melitta

®

CAFFEO

®

 CI

®

 milk container (Fig. 

C

) or use the 

long

 tube for 

conventional milk cartons.

• 

Press the button for milk froth 

. 

Press briefly 

for milk froth and 

press and hold 

for hot milk (note graphic display).

→

The appliance warms up for milk or milk froth dispensing.

→

Milk or milk froth dispensing will start. Dispensing ends automatically when 

the set milk or milk froth quantity is reached.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the milk or milk froth quantity while the 

milk or milk froth is being dispensed, if required.

• 

To stop dispensing milk or milk froth before the programmed amount is 

reached, press the button for milk

froth 

 or the rotary switch.

• 

Carry out the Easy Cleaning programme, if necessary. The appliance 

will prompt you to do this automatically (see page 31) 

OR 

select 

another beverage.

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6.5  Preparing hot water

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Press the button for hot water 

.

→

Hot water will start dispensing. Dispensing ends automatically when the set 

water quantity is reached.

• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the water quantity while the hot water is 

being dispensed.

• 

To stop dispensing hot water before the programmed amount is 

reached, press the hot water button 

 or the rotary switch.

6.6  Preparing beverages with ground coffee

Prerequisite: The appliance must be ready for operation (see „Switching on 

and off“ on page 12).

• 

Open the lid of the ground coffee chute (Fig. 

A

, No. 

8

).

• 

Fill 

max. one coffee scoop

 of fresh ground coffee into the ground 

coffee chute.

Caution!

–

Only fill the ground coffee chute with ground coffee. Instant products can 

clog up the brewing unit.

–

Never fill more than one coffee scoop (supplied with the appliance) of 

ground coffee, otherwise the brewing unit will be overfilled.

• 

Close the lid of the ground coffee chute.

• 

Place a suitable vessel under the outlet.

• 

Press the button for the beverage you wish to prepare, e.g. the button 

for café crème 

.

→

Coffee dispensing now starts. It ends automatically when the set dispensed 

quantity is reached.

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• 

Turn the rotary switch to adjust the dispensed quantity while the coffee 

is being dispensed.

• 

To stop dispensing coffee before the programmed amount is reached, 

press the button for café crème 

 or the rotary switch.

Note

If you do not dispense coffee from the appliance within 3 minutes after opening 

the ground coffee chute, the appliance will automatically switch to operation 

with coffee beans and will dispose of the ground coffee into the coffee grounds 

container to prevent later risk of overfilling the brewing chamber.

Note

When preparing beverages with ground coffee, the 2 cups option with the 

button is not available.