Please be gentle. Im new here.
I guess Im a would-be coffee snob. I enjoy well made coffee and I appreciate those times when an experienced barista turns fresh roasted beans into a delicious short black or a macchiato. On occasion Im not averse to a milky coffee either, and my partner is a devotee of the frothy cappuccino.
At home I have been using a French press with fairly fresh grounds from Jindebah Hills to make my daily coffee.
A friend of mine has given me a DeLongi ESAM3400S, a machine about which I knew nothing at all before I received it. Turns out its probably a full auto beast, a type that seems to be much reviled here. The Internet has been kind enough to deliver me an operating manual for the machine, so I can figure out how to feed and clean it.
Nevertheless I have two questions.
First - can you suggest what settings on this machine are likely to result in a brew better than I can make in a plunger? Im happy to use either the inbuilt grinder or to feed it coffee thats been ground elsewhere. The user manual suggests that there are other settings I might tweak.
Second - can you suggest a corner of the Internet from where I might download a Service Manual? My friend didnt ditch this machine for nothing. It apparently has a mechanical fault in the steam wand tap which is up to me to find and fix. I have found a DeLongi parts catalogue from a local (Australian) parts supplier, so I hope I can buy perishable parts without too much pain. Im not a complete numpty when it comes to repairing things. I have 20+ years of allied industry experience, but I have never yet disassembled a DeLonghi coffee machine.
Thanks for any positive advice.
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MC
I guess Im a would-be coffee snob. I enjoy well made coffee and I appreciate those times when an experienced barista turns fresh roasted beans into a delicious short black or a macchiato. On occasion Im not averse to a milky coffee either, and my partner is a devotee of the frothy cappuccino.
At home I have been using a French press with fairly fresh grounds from Jindebah Hills to make my daily coffee.
A friend of mine has given me a DeLongi ESAM3400S, a machine about which I knew nothing at all before I received it. Turns out its probably a full auto beast, a type that seems to be much reviled here. The Internet has been kind enough to deliver me an operating manual for the machine, so I can figure out how to feed and clean it.
Nevertheless I have two questions.
First - can you suggest what settings on this machine are likely to result in a brew better than I can make in a plunger? Im happy to use either the inbuilt grinder or to feed it coffee thats been ground elsewhere. The user manual suggests that there are other settings I might tweak.
Second - can you suggest a corner of the Internet from where I might download a Service Manual? My friend didnt ditch this machine for nothing. It apparently has a mechanical fault in the steam wand tap which is up to me to find and fix. I have found a DeLongi parts catalogue from a local (Australian) parts supplier, so I hope I can buy perishable parts without too much pain. Im not a complete numpty when it comes to repairing things. I have 20+ years of allied industry experience, but I have never yet disassembled a DeLonghi coffee machine.
Thanks for any positive advice.
--
MC

Its a super-auto, and has its limitations. Similar to the Magnifica I have at work - the milk is bubbly and hardly warm, and its hard to clean inside leaving mess all over itself.
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