Coffee grounds wet/coffee too weak

Clean the brew unit of the coffee machine once a week by hand.

Proceed as follows:

• Disconnect the coffee machine from the mains.

• Open the appliance door on the right-hand side of the coffee machine.

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• Press and hold the button at the bottom of the handle of the brew unit (1).

• Whilst doing so, turn the handle to the left (2).

• Carefully pull the brew unit out of the coffee machine.

• When you have removed the brew unit, do not change the position of the handle on the brew unit.

  Otherwise, the brew unit cannot be reinserted.

• Clean the brew unit by hand under warm running water without using any cleaning agent. The moving parts of the brew unit are lubricated. Cleaning agents will damage the brew unit.

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• Wipe any coffee grounds off the filters (see arrows).

• Dry the funnel to prevent ground coffee sticking to it the next time a coffee is made.

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• Drop a cleaning tablet into the top of the brew unit (arrow).

• Push the brew unit with cleaning tablet back into the coffee machine, making sure it goes in straight.

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• Press and hold the button at the bottom of the handle of the brew unit (1).

• Whilst doing so, turn the handle to the right (2).

• Close the appliance door.

• Clean the brew unit with the cleaning tablet for degreasing using the Degrease brew unit or Clean brew unit maintenance programme.

Set the quantity of coffee to medium or select the factory default setting.

You can set the quantity of coffee in the menu Drinks -> Edit -> Change drink -> Drink parameters -> Quantity of coffee.

Manually set the degree of grinding to medium in increments:

• Open the appliance door on the right-hand side of the coffee machine.

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• Push the slide control a maximum of one level to the left (for finer grinding) or to the right (for coarser grinding).

• Close the appliance door.

• Make one cup of coffee.

Adjust the degree of grinding again, if required.

Clean the ground coffee chute as follows:

• Open the appliance door on the right-hand side of the coffee machine.

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• Turn the handle (see arrow) to the left to remove the ground coffee drawer.

• The ground coffee drawer can be cleaned in the dishwasher, or by hand using hot water and a little washing-up liquid.

• Dry the ground coffee drawer.

• Remove any ground coffee residues from the ground coffee chute with a soft, dry cloth.

• Refit the ground coffee drawer.

• Turn the handle to the right to close the ground coffee chute.

• Close the appliance door.

Use a vacuum cleaner to thoroughly remove any coffee residues from the bean container and the ground coffee chute.

Please contact the Miele Customer Service Department.

Clean the ground coffee chute as follows:

• Open the appliance door on the right-hand side of the coffee machine.

• Remove the ground coffee drawer.

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• Insert the vacuum cleaner attachment.

• Use the suction tube of your vacuum cleaner to vacuum out the ground coffee chute.

• Remove the vacuum cleaner attachment.

• Refit the ground coffee drawer.

• Close the coffee machine door.

If the fault persists, please contact us or book a repair appointment online.