Espresso doppio
Preparation ‘Doppio’ is Italian for ‘double’. When you select Espresso doppio, two espressi are prepared one after the other. The result is an extra full-bodied and aromatic speciality coffee.
Americano and lungo
For the americano and lungo, the GIGA blends the coffee with hot water using a special preparation method. This results in a full-bodied speciality coffee which is particularly easy to digest. You can change the amount of this additional water (see chapter 4 ‘Preparation – Adjusting the product settings’).
Pot of coffee
Relive the good old days – a ‘pot of coffee’, traditionally made from porcelain, is perfect when you want to slow things down and catch up with friends or family. The ‘pot of coffee’ function provides a large portion of black coffee which is generally served at breakfast or to accompany a piece of cake. Select between 1–5 strokes of black coffee.
Ground coffee
You can choose to use a second coffee variety, for example decaffeinated coffee, with the filter funnel for ground coffee.
- Never add more than two level measuring spoons of ground coffee.
- Use ground coffee which is not ground too finely. Very fine coffee can block up the system so that the coffee only comes out in drips.
- If you did not fill the machine with a sufficient amount of ground coffee, ‘Not enough ground coffee’ is displayed and the GIGA stops the operation.
- The desired speciality coffee must be prepared within approximately one minute after filling with the ground coffee. Otherwise the GIGA stops the operation and is once more ready for use.
Example: Proceed as follows to prepare an espresso using ground coffee. - Place an espresso cup under the dual spout.
- Open the cover of the filler funnel for ground coffee.
- Place one level measuring spoon of ground coffee into the filler funnel.
- Close the cover of the filler funnel.
- Touch ‘Espresso’. The preset amount of water for espresso flows into the cup.
Hot water
The GIGA allows you to prepare different variants of hot water:
- ‘Hot water’
- ‘Hot water for green tea’ (Product must be added to the start screen. To do this, tap and hold any product for 2 seconds, then use the ‘Replace product’ function to select hot water for green tea.)
