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Backflush the group with a cleaning tablet: Lelit Anna PID

Before you start

Tools
blind filter: plastic disc CD200 in a basket, or metal FD300, group brush (ref. VD800), soft cloth
Supplies
espresso machine cleaning tablet (1 g tablet, one per backflush (ref. LE62535, sold separately))

Warnings

Steps

  1. Lay the plastic blind disc (CD200) in a basket in the portafilter, or fit a metal blind filter (FD300) instead.

    From the manual: “Place the plastic blind filter (23) (Ref. CD200) in one of the filters (10, 9)”

  2. Put one 1 g cleaning tablet on the blind filter.

    From the manual: “Put a 1g cleaning tablet (Ref. LE62535) on the blind filter (23)”

  3. Lock the portafilter in as for a coffee and set the selector switch down to coffee.

    From the manual: “Engage the filterholder/portafilter (8) in the coffee unit (5) just like you would do for a coffee”

  4. Run the pump 4 times, 4 seconds each and no longer, pausing 2 seconds between; nothing comes out of the spouts, and water drains to the tray when you stop. Repeat 4

    From the manual: “of 4 seconds each (not more) with a pause of 2 seconds between each cycle”

  5. Leave it for one minute so the cleaner can work.

    From the manual: “Let sit for one minute so that the cleanser can properly react.”

  6. Take the portafilter out and rest it on the drip-tray grid.

    From the manual: “place it on the grid of the drip tray (7)”

  7. Run the pump for a long cycle and rinse the portafilter clean of cleaner in the water from the group, then stop the pump.

    From the manual: “use the water dripping from the coffee unit (5) to rinse the filterholder/portafilter and to remove any residues of the cleanser”

  8. Lock the portafilter back in and repeat the four 4-second cycles with the blind filter but no tablet.

    From the manual: “with the blind filter (23), without the cleaning tablet”

  9. Remove the portafilter and brush the group gasket clean.

    From the manual: “complete the cleaning operation of the coffee unit joint (5)”

  10. Wipe the shower screen gently with a soft cloth if residue remains. Optional

    From the manual: “You may also gently wipe the coffee unit shower (5) with a soft cloth”

  11. Run the pump for a long cycle to wash the shower screen.

    From the manual: “Start a long cycle by activating the switch (22) to wash the shower”

  12. Take the blind filter out, put a normal basket back in the portafilter and lock it into the group.

    From the manual: “Remove the blind filter (23) from the filterholder/portafilter (8)”

Sources

Researched on .

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