Clean the group (blind-filter cycle): Elektra Verve

Before you start

Tools

blind (non-perforated) filter, filter holder

Supplies

Elektra cleaning tablet (1 per group per cycle)

The machine tells you when

Steps

1. Run this only once the machine is hot and ready, and repeat it for each group.

   From the manual: “That procedure is to be started only with hot machine ready to use and for each group”

2. Take the standard filter out of the filter holder and fit the blind filter.

   From the manual: “Substitute the standard filter mounted on the filter holder of the group with the blind (non perforated) filter.”

3. Drop one Elektra cleaning tablet into the blind filter and lock the holder into the group.

   From the manual: “Insert an ELEKTRA clearing tablet in the blind filter and hook the filter holder on the group.”

4. Run 10 dispensing cycles of 20 seconds each. Repeat 10

   From the manual: “Perform 10 dispensing cycles lasting 20 seconds each.”

5. Unlock the filter holder and leave it out.

   From the manual: “Hook off all the filter holder and do not reconnect it”

6. Rinse the group: dispense for 30 seconds, pause 30 seconds, then dispense another 30 seconds.

   From the manual: “Rinse by dispensing for 30 seconds followed by a 30-second pause and then another 30 seconds of dispensing.”

7. Swap the blind filter for the standard one and lock the holder back into the group.

   From the manual: “On rinse completion remove the blind filter, place the standard filter back”

8. If the green light was flashing, reset it from the VP4 screen of the app and confirm. Only when: if the green light is flashing

   From the manual: “To turn off the flashing enter the VP4 screen of the smartphone”

Sources

• Elektra Verve (SPF) 1GR instruction manual, edition 17/06/20, hosted by retailer MaxiCoffee Manual

Researched on 2026-09-23.

Community: the maker’s text, hosted somewhere else, usually by a retailer.

Applies to

• Elektra Verve