House guide · Coffee
The house has a bean-to-cup coffee machine, the Melitta® CAFFEO® SOLO®. It grinds fresh beans for every cup. Here is how it works, what its symbols mean and what helps when something goes wrong.
Summarised from Melitta's official operating instructions; the sources are at the bottom. If none of this helps, please let our house manager know.
The numbers are those of figure A in Melitta's manual. The letters show what is behind the parts.
Four steps the first time. After that it is usually two: put a cup down, press a button.
Fold up the lid of the water tank, lift the tank out and fill it to the max. mark with fresh, cold, still water. Fresh every day is best.
Take the lid off the bean container and pour in whole beans, ideally espresso or bean-to-cup beans. No ground coffee, and no glazed, caramelised or sugared beans.
Put a cup under the outlet and press On/Off. The machine heats up and rinses briefly with hot water while the ready symbol flashes. When it stays lit, the machine is ready.
Slide the outlet to the height of the cup. Choose the strength with the bean button (1 mild, 2 normal, 3 strong) and the amount with the dial (30 to 220 ml). Then press one cup or two cups. The machine stops by itself; pressing again cancels.
Hot. Coffee, water and steam at the outlet are very hot. Keep children under 8 away from the machine and its cable, and do not reach into the appliance while it is running.
All symbols only faintly lit? After a few minutes without use the machine goes into energy-saving mode. One press of the bean button wakes it up. After a longer pause it switches itself off completely; then simply switch it on again.
Too much or too little? The quantity dial can also be turned while the coffee is running: to the left for less, to the right for more.
The machine has no error codes: it shows with symbols what it needs. Tap “lit” or “flashing” next to a symbol to see it in the picture.
Two everyday jobs and one a week. The machine does the rest with its programmes.
When needed
At the latest when the float sticks up out of the cup plate or the symbol is lit. Pull both out to the front together, empty them, rinse them and put them back.
The drip tray does not go in the dishwasher, it warps. The grounds container may.
With a soft, damp cloth and a little washing-up liquid, without scouring agents. Unplug it first; never put the appliance in water and do not use a steam cleaner.
Once a week
The machine says itself when it is time. If one of these symbols lights up during your stay, please let our house manager know. You can also start the programmes yourself if the products for them are in the house.
| Programme | When | Takes | With |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning | every 2 months or after 200 cups, at the latest when the symbol lights up | about 15 min | 1 Melitta® PERFECT CLEAN cleaning tab |
| Descaling | every 3 months, at the latest when the symbol lights up | about 30 min | Melitta® ANTI CALC, amount as on the pack |
| Changing the filter | every 2 months, if a filter is used | about 5 min | Melitta® PRO AQUA filter cartridge |
| Steaming out | before a long break, transport or frost | about 2 min | – |
Only use Melitta® PERFECT CLEAN cleaning tabs for bean-to-cup machines. Rinse the brewing unit first (see above).
Only Melitta® ANTI CALC, never vinegar or other descalers. Descaler can irritate the skin: follow the instructions and amounts on the pack.
If a programme was interrupted, for example by a power cut, the machine rinses by itself. Follow the instructions on the display.
In the current manual the filter is called Melitta® PRO AQUA, in the older one Melitta® Claris®. With a filter, the water hardness sets itself to level 1.
With the machine on, press one cup and two cups together for more than 2 seconds, until the ready symbol flashes. Then choose the menu with one cup, the value with the bean button (the beans show it) and confirm with On/Off.
| Menu | Values | Factory setting |
|---|---|---|
| 1× water hardness | level 1 to 4 | 4 (very hard) |
| 2× energy-saving mode | 5, 15, 30 min or off | 5 min |
| 3× auto-off | 30 min, 2, 4 or 8 h (older machines: 1, 2, 4 or 8 h) | 30 min (older: 1 h) |
| 4× brewing temperature | low, medium, high | medium |
Back to the factory settings: with the machine ready, press On/Off and the bean button for more than 2 seconds.
Melitta recommends adjusting the grind only after about 1000 cups (roughly a year), and only while the grinder is running: take the cover off, start a coffee, set the lever (left fine, right coarse), put the cover back.
The problems from Melitta's table, with the cause and what helps. Read first, then act: most are fixed in a minute.
On older machines the same thing looks like this: the one-cup and two-cup buttons flash in turn with the On/Off button.
Never repair it yourself. Do not open screwed covers and do not use a damaged cable: only Melitta's service or an authorised workshop may repair it. We arrange that.
What a digital product passport is meant to say about an appliance, in one place: what it is, where the manual comes from, what it uses up, who repairs it and where it goes at the end of its life.
The appliance in the house
Melitta® CAFFEO® SOLO®
A summary without guarantee: the manufacturer's original manual is what counts. Melitta® and the product names mentioned are registered trademarks of a company of the Melitta Group. This page is Villa Ines's guide for its guests, not a Melitta page.
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