Her er en beskrivelse for dig der er så heldig at have en maskine fra Espresso Coffee Machine Manufacture i Heidelberg, Tyskland. De har også beskrivelser på deres hjemmeside, men på tysk. Derfor har vi fået en oversættelse på engelsk fra dem.
Bemærk at afkalkning nedenstående ikke dækker afkalkning af en Classika - men back-flush er det samme. Har du en Classika så kan du finde afkalkningsinstruktioner her (på tysk)
Cleaning and Degreasing of the group:
You can purchase the group cleaner directly by our distributor - Risteriet ( with this detergent, you can clean and degrease easily your group. The cleaning goes as follows (via the blind filter included in the delivery):
1. Heat up the machine.
2. Put the blind filter into the filter holder.
3. Pour ½ spoon of the detergent into the blind filter (alternatively put a tablet into the filter holder).
4. Place the filter holder in the housing of the group.
5. Operate the lever of the group, so that the blind filter fills with water.
6. Let the detergent react, pulling the lever of the group in a middle position (and not pulling him completely downwards)
7. Pull the lever after approximately 1 minute completely downwards, in this way, the fats and oils can be discharged by the infusion piston.
8. Repeat the points 5-7 several times, by the time that only clear water will be discharged by the infusion piston.
9. Rinse the filter holder and the blind filter with fresh water, following replace it.
10. Operate the group lever for about 1 minute, than pull it again completely downwards.1
1. Remove the filter holder and repeat point
10. Your group is after this ready for use.
Prophylactic descaling (GÆLDER KUN HVIS DU HAR EN MANUFACTURE!)
We recommend you to descale regularly the machine, in order to avoid a strong calcification and expensive repairing; taking thereby always into account the hardness grade of your water. The application of a sparing descaler, which does not affect metal, is here very important. You can purchase a descaler, which is perfectly well suited for your machine, in the form of powder directly by Risteriet. Just fill the water tank with fresh water and dissolve 2 bags of the descaler in it. Proceed then as follows:
1. Heat up the appliance, until the operative pressure is achieved.
2. Switch off the appliance.
3. Discharge the boiler through operating the hot water dispensing. Discharge in the meantime the heat exchanger through operating the group lever. After emptying, close the hot water dispenser and finish the coffee dispensing.
4. Dissolve the descaler according to instruction for use (see above) in water and pour the solution into the water tank.
5. Switch on the appliance. Thus, the empty boiler will be filled automatically. Afterwards, operate the group lever until fluid leaks from the group. The heat exchanger will be filled thereby by the descaler solution.
6. Place the filter holder with the blind filter into the housing of the group and operate the group lever 3 times for about 20 seconds. Pull the lever after every operation down. Thus, the expansion valve will be descaled.
7. Let the descaler react after this operation about ½ hour.
8. Discharge through the group the remaining descaler solution by operating the group lever.
9. Switch of the machine and empty the boiler by operating the hot water dispensing (We recommend, to unscrew before the nozzle of the hot water dispenser, so that no dirt can be accumulated there)
10. Pour fresh water in the water tank.
11. Switch on the appliance. The boiler refills automatically with the fresh water.
12. Refill water in the water tank.
13. Operate the group lever for 3 times. Pull the lever after every operation down. Thus the expansion valve will be rinsed. Afterwards, remove the blind filter from the filter holder.
14. Operate the group lever for about 60 seconds, in order to rinse the heat exchanger.
15. Repeat point 9 – 11 three/five times, in order to rinse the boiler.
Important: This descaling instruction is only designed for a prophylactic descaling. Please do not descale in case of an already calcified machine. The calcium residues, if they are not completely solved, can plug (during the decalcification) several parts of the appliance, like valves, gauges etc., causing harm to your espresso coffee machine.
Please contact in this case our customer service center, in order to operate a professional descaling, with a probably necessary partial disassembling of the boiler and the tubing.Personal injury or material damage, caused by calcification in and at your appliance, are not subject to the producer’s liability.In this case, even the warranty expires. Transmittals of repairing to our customer service center will be accepted only after foregoing technical advice and written acknowledgement.
