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CAPRESSO
Impressa J5
Fully Automatic
Coffee & Espresso Center
with Clearyl Water Care System
Operating Instructions
and Warranty
Customer Service 1-800-220-5701
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wall outlet. To disconnect, turn any control to “off” then IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS remove plug from wall outlet. When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions 12. Do not use appliance for other than intended use. should always be followed, including the following: 13. Use extreme caution when disposing hot steam. 1. Read all instructions. 14. For household use only. 2. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles or knobs. 3. To protect against fire, electric shock and personal injury
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Notice: Your Impressa J5 has a 3-prong grounded plug. To JURA-CAPRESSO reduce the risk of electrical shock this plug will fit in an outlet Jura was founded in 1931 in Switzerland. Capresso was only one way. If the plug does not fit in the outlet contact a founded in 1994 in the USA. Both companies have joined qualified electrician. DO NOT modify the plug in any way. forces in the US to bring you the finest Fully Automatic Coffee Centers available anywhere. With innovative and user-friendly featu
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1. Bean container lid 2. Storage lid Fig. 1 1. 3. Storage compartment 4. Control panel (see Fig. 2) 2. 5. Beverage buttons (see Fig. 3) 16. 6. frothXpress 3. 7. Dual coffee spouts 8. Used coffee container 4. 15. 9. Removable tray 5. 10. Stainless steel grid 6. 11. Removable drawer 12. Measuring scoop (inside storage compartment) 13. Dual Frother Plus (inside storage compartment) 7. 13a. Cup illumination 14. Removable water tank 8. 15. Water tank lid 9. 16. Bean aroma lid (see Fig. 4) 14. 10. F
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Bean Container Lid Beverage Buttons On/Off Rotary Push Rinse Bean Aroma Lid Button Dial Button Button 1 Espresso 2 Espressi Hot Steam Water ® CAPRESSO 1 Coffee 2 Coffees Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Coffee spouts down Grind and together Selector finer coarser Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9
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Frothing range Milk 12 to 2 o'clock Hose Steam only no siphoning DIAL Steaming range 4 to 6 o'clock Chrome Nozzle Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Fig. 13 Fig. 14 Fig. 15 Steam nozzle Venting tip Frothing Steaming up down Dual Frother Plus Fig. 16 Fig. 17 Fig. 18 Fig. 19 Fig. 20 6.
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Extension Rod Tip Sleeve Rod Fig. 21 Fig. 22 Fig. 23 Fig. 24 Fig.25 Fig. 26 Fig. 27 Fig. 28 Fig. 29 Fig. 30 7.
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Table of Contents Chapter Page Chapter Page Important Safeguards......................................................... 2 9. Beverage Buttons ................................................. 14 Customer Service Information ........................................... 3 10. Tips for HOTTER COFFEE................................... 14 Illus
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Table of Contents Chapter Page Chapter Page 14. Water Care ............................................................ 20 18.1 Cleaning with special tablet............................... 28 15. CLEARYL water filter cartridge ......................... 21 18.2 Manual tablet cleaning cycle ................................ 28 15.1 Installing a
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1. PRODUCT WARRANTY REGISTRATION trademark of each Jura-Capresso coffee center. This Pre-Brew Please remove the Product Registration from the WELCOME Aroma-System ensures optimal coffee extraction, and the PACK, fill it out and mail or fax it to us within two weeks after powerful 18-bar pump will finish every cup with a rich layer of purchasing your machine or register your product online through "crema" – proof of perfectly high-pressure brewed coffee. Just our website: www.capresso.com. Impor
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black or white finish. The cup/coffee illumination lets you enjoy Experiment with the size of your milk based drinks. For stronger the coffee preparation (Fig.1.13a). Enjoy your Impressa J5! coffee taste add more coffee, for more milk taste add more frothed milk. 3.1 BEAN-TO-CUP / “CREMA COFFEE" / HIGH PRESSURE BREWING 3.3 COFFEE FACTS According to the majority of coffee experts, grinding the beans • Caffeine is tasteless. A "strong" coffee or espresso is mostly just before brewing, tamping and
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• Never fill anything other than coffee beans into the bean Other functions are set as follows (to change functions refer to listed chapters.) container (no chocolate, rice, nuts, spices, etc.) chapter • Never fill anything but fresh, cold clean water into the water Filter (Clearyl)...................– not installed ..... 15.1 container, except when decalcifying (chapter 18.3). Hardness Level............... 10º dH .................. 16 • Never use mineral or carbonated water. You can use t
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6.1 TURNING THE MACHINE ON Oily Beans: Beans with an oily surface tend to stick together. • Press the Main Power Switch at the bottom right in front of This may prevent a continuous flow of beans from the bean the power cord (Fig. 1a). The On/Off button on top of the container into the burrs. As a result the grinder does not grind machine illuminates in red (Fig. 2), indicating that the main enough coffee and you might get weak or no coffee at all. power switch was turned on. Before filling o
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remind you via the display when to refill the beans before the Rinse Button (Fig. 2). Hot water pumps through the coffee bean container is completely empty. spouts. The rinse cycle stops by itself and the display reads: • Fill beans into the bean container. READY. You are now ready to make coffee. • Place a cup underneath the Dual Coffee Spout and push the 9. BEVERAGE BUTTONS (Fig. 3) 1-cup Espresso Button (Fig. 3). The machine starts grinding The J5 has six beverage buttons: four coffee butt
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Extremely Hot Coffee: uses a 2-step brewing process (Pre-Brew Aroma System). If you like your coffee even hotter you can inject steam. This will First, it moistens the ground coffee (pre-brew phase), pauses make the crema disappear. for a few seconds, and then starts the brewing process. The • Slip on the Dual Frother Plus (Fig. 18) display will show the name of the button you pushed, e.g. • Push the Steam button (Fig. 3). The display shows HEATING. 1 ESPRESSO and then the strength, e.g. STRONG
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• For the hot water button you can override the water volume. 11.2 VISUAL PROGRAMMING OF CUP SIZE • For the steam button you can override the steam duration. Instead of overriding the volume or duration of the beverage Important: buttons you can re-program the cup size and the duration of the • You always override the coffee strength, before you push one steam by going into the programming functions (chapter 17.2) or of the single-cup buttons. by visually programming the output. • Coffee and Ho
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• READY Place one or two cups under the Dual Coffee Spouts. might be the preferred equipment. • Open the Lid for Ground Coffee (Fig. 11). Opening this lid • If you always want the same amount of milk and milk froth in automatically disengages the grinder. The display shows your cup or you make multiple cappuccinos the frothXpress is repeatedly FILL PRE-GROUND. faster and more convenient to use. • Add one or two level scoops of pre-ground coffee into the • Make yourself familiar with both syst
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12.1.1 MAKING CAPPUCCINO AND LATTE function is cancelled. The next time you push the steam • Pre-warm your cappuccino cup. button, the system will first display HEATING and then READY. • Place your cup underneath the frothXpress (Fig. 15). How much froth? • Push the steam button (Fig. 3 ) HEATING. It will take a few Skim milk will produce more froth than regular milk. seconds for the system to be ready for steam. The frothXpress system will always create more froth than the • Make sure the d
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12.1.4 CLEANING THE FROTHXPRESS for just one or two cups of latte or cappuccino. After frothing, a few drops of milk are still inside the frothXpress. Remove the frothXpress, take the Dual Frother out of the storage compartment and attach to the steam nozzle (Fig. 18) 12.1.5 QUICK RINSE Frothing Position: The cylinder of the frother is pushed down. If you don’t use the frothXpress within the next half hour there is Steaming Position: The cylinder is pushed up ( see Fig. 19). a quick and easy wa
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Tips for frothing (Cappuccino): off) and let a bit of hot water run through the Steam Nozzle. The tip of the frother should not touch the bottom of your pitcher. Tip: If the steam nozzle is blocked by hardened milk, use a Start in the steaming position – cylinder "up" (Fig. 19) – for a few needle, toothpick or paper clip and loosen up the milk deposit. seconds. Then push the cylinder "down". Milk froth will build up. Then let some hot water pass through the Steam Nozzle. This way the froth on to
