First start-up

Clean the boiler with bicarbonate

These are the manual's steps (2024 edition) for the first time you use it.

1. Unscrew the boiler cap anticlockwise.
2. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda in water and pour it in, up to the top of the sight glass. The manual also allows 1 tablespoon of white vinegar instead.
3. Push the lever fully down.
4. Screw the cap back on clockwise. Make sure the cap and the steam knob are closed.
5. Fit the filter holder, sliding it in from the front to the left.
6. Plug in, switch on and wait for pressure, about 5 minutes.

Empty it through the group

Still the manual.

1. Put a container under the filter holder.
2. Slowly lift the lever until it is fully up, and hold it there so all the water in the boiler comes out through the group.
3. Lower the lever. Switch off and unplug.
4. Turn the steam knob anticlockwise and wait until all the steam has gone from the steam pipe.
5. Fill the boiler again with clean water, to rinse out the solution: the next screen.

Rinse three times, then steam

The rinse is new in the 2024 manual.

1. Fill with clean water to the top of the glass. Lever down, cap and steam knob closed, holder in. Switch on and wait about 5 minutes.
2. Switch off and unplug. With a container under the group, lift the lever fully until the water is down to the bottom of the glass.
3. Lower the lever. With the container under the steam pipe, open the steam knob, let all the steam out, then close it.
4. Take the cap off, refill, and repeat the rinse two more times.
5. Fill to the top, heat up, then let steam out of the pipe for 2 minutes and close the knob.
6. Wait for the machine to get back to temperature, and repeat the steaming twice.

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