Fully Automatic Coffee Machine

OPERATION MANUAL

Model
K90L
 The appliance and its parts

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1 Bean container lid 7 Grinder wheel lid

2 Water tank lid 8 Grinder adjustment wheel
3 Water tank 9 Bean container
4 Drip tray lid 10 Hot water spout
5 Coffee ground container 11 Coffee spout
6 Drip tray 12 Power cord
Controls and display

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1 Return button 7 Up button

2 Menu/OK button 8 Next button
3 Espresso button 9 Cappuccino button
4 Americano button 10 Coffee latte button
5 Hot water button 11 Macchiato button
6 On/Off button
 Contents

The appliance and its parts 01

Controls and display 02
Safety instructions 04
Instructions for use 06
Safety Tips 06
Coffee machine model 06
Symbol description 06

Instructions for first time use 07

Power on 07
Grinding wheels adjustment 07
Power off 08

Making beverages 08
Making cappuccino 08
Making multiple cups 08
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Program setting 09
Automatic water inlet mode setting 09
Cleaning and maintenance 10
Cleaning brewing unit 10
Rinsing milk unit 11
Descaling the coffee machine 12
Cleaning coffee grounds container and drip tray 14
Cleaning water tank 15
Cleaning bean container 15
Cleaning milk pipe 15
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Failures handling 16
Transport and recycle 17
Emptying the unit 17

Technical data 18
 Safety instructions

Please read the operating instructions carefully before using the appliance and
keep them for future reference.
Please see specification label on back of coffee machine and technical data is
indicated in instruction manual.

Precautions
● Please do not touch heating parts of coffee machine to avoid scalding.
Do avoid spillage on the connector. The coffee-maker shall not be placed
in a cabinet when in use. Switch off the appliance and disconnect from
supply before changing accessories or approaching parts that move in use
Instructions for appliances connected to the water mains:
max. inlet water pressure is 5 bar
min. inlet water pressure is 1 bar
● Instructions concerning new and old hose-sets for appliances connected to
the water mains by detachable hose-sets.
● This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications
such as:
a staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments
b farm houses
c by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments
d bed and breakfast type environments
● The instructions for all appliances include a warning to avoid spillage on the
connector.
● The appliances normally cleaned after use and must not be immersed in
water for cleaning.
● To avoid operator’s injury caused by burn, electric shock or other unexpected
reasons, please do not contact the power cord, plug, and main body with water.
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● This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above if they
have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in
a safe way and if they understand the hazards involved. Cleaning and user
maintenance shall not be made by children unless they are older than 8 and
supervised. Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children aged less
than 8 years. Children shall not play with the appliance.
● Appliances can be used by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental
capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given
supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and
understand the hazards involved.
● If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its
service agent or similar qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
● Unplug from outlet when stop using and before cleaning. Always disconnect
the appliance from the supply before disassembling, assembling and cleaning
the coffee machine.
● Use of parts that are not explicitly recommended would result in a fire of coffee
machine, electric shock, or injury to persons.
● Please do not use the machine outdoor.
● Please do not hang up the power cord to the edges of the table, for it might
be abased to an electric leakage, and cause injury to operators.
● Please place the machine in a fixed and stable workbench, and keep far away
from high temperature (e.g. gas stoves, electric cookers, induction cookers, etc.,).
● Power off the machine, until the cleaning program finished and no indication
on screen, and then unplug the power.
● When using espresso, long coffee and hot water, liquid in high temperature
will flow from coffee spout and hot water spout. Please do not touch it to avoid
scalding.
● When using cappuccino, coffee latte, hot milk/cream, please confirm that the
milk pipe has been connected from the milk frother to milk before making
cappuccino, coffee latte, and hot milk/cream. Otherwise, high temperature
steam may cause personal injury.
 Prohibitions

Except for cleaning and daily maintenance to coffee machine, if it fails to work
please send it to authorized after-sale service center for repairing, or contact
with customer service for after-sale services.

● Never immerse the machine into water, and do not put the machine near the
water tap or water tank.
● Never disassemble coffee machine without authorization, for any
maintenance needs disassembling the machine, please return it to Service
Centre or contact after-sales service center.
● Never use an unmatched voltage to the electric specification of the
machine; otherwise, the machine would be burnt.
● Only purified water in room temperature is allowed to be filled into the water
tank. Never put warm water, hot water, milk or other liquid into it.
● Never carry or move the coffee machine while working. For moving or carrying
the coffee machine, please switch it off and unplug the power cord firstly.
● The machine may release heat. Therefore, when placing the machine in the
workbench, at least 3cm must be left against its surface, sides and wall side;
at least 15cm must be left against its top. Prohibit placing the machine into a
narrow space. As for dimension of the machine, please look at the Technical
Data of User Manual (Page 18).
● Never use non-family usage detergent to wipe the machine, otherwise it may
cause corrosion of coffee machine, and result in a risk of electric shock.
● Never use wet rag to wipe coffee machine, may result in a risk of electric shock.
● Never use hard edged tool or rough rag to clean the stain on the machine, it
will damage the machine.
● Never put instant coffee powder or cocoa powder or other mixture powder
into the bean container or powder container. It would cause coffee machine
damaged.
05 ● Never fill specially treated coffee bean ( e.g. cocoa, sugar coated ) into the
bean container, it would cause coffee machine damaged.
● Only roasted coffee bean is allowed to put into the bean container. Rice,
soybean, chocolate bean, nut, sugar, spice, etc., are prohibited. Otherwise it
would cause coffee machine damaged.
● Never wash bean container or powder container with water, it will damage
the machine.
● Never use coffee machine in the environment temperature below 0 °C. Water
inside the machine will freeze and cause the coffee machine damaged.
● Never expose the machine in rainy, snowy, frosty environment. It would cause
coffee machine damaged.

Damages due to above reasons are not covered under

warranty.
 Operation

The coffee beans should be put at dry place and avoid sunlight. Otherwise
wetting beans may cause damage to the grinding unit.
Also it suggests that beans should not be left in bean container in case of
leaving coffee machine unused for long time. Otherwise the beans may wet
and cause blockage to grinder.
● Please make sure that the machine enters into “READY” status before other
operation.
● The temperature of the hot water is high, Please do not touch it to avoid being
scalded.
● Adjustable height of coffee spout: 100-160mm.

Safety Tips

● Please notice the following tips to avoid personal injury from electric shock.
● Do not operate the coffee machine if the appliance or the power cord is
damaged.
● When encountering breakdowns of the machine (if any burning smell or
smoke), unplug the power cord immediately and contact with service center.
● When Coffee machine is unused for long periods, unplug the power cord and
put it away, so that not to trip up people or damage to the power cord.
● Please don't use unoriginal parts, otherwise, it may cause the machine
damaged.

Coffee machine model 06

This manual only applies to K90 series.

Symbol description

Non-compliance with the operation, may cause electric shock, and threat to
life.

Non-compliance with the operation may cause Coffee machine damaged, or

personal injury.

Non-compliance with the operation, may cause scalded or burn injury.

This symbol, if prompted, please carefully read it.

This symbol, if prompted, represents recycle.

This symbol represents that do not fill the coffee beans to in the powder

container. Otherwise it will damage the machine.

 Instructions for first-time use

This chapter will help you understand the basic operations

and settings for your first time use.

● As the machine has been tested at factory, there may be a

little coffee powder left . We promise the machine is brand
new.
● The coffee machine will start self-testing and cleaning at the
first-time use, this helps the coffee machine achieve the best
working condition, and this process cannot be skipped.
● During the cleaning process, some hot water may flow out of
the coffee spout into the drip tray.
● Please avoid contacting the spilling hot water.

Power on

● Step1： Only purified water at room temperature is allowed

to fill in the water tank(The amount of water in the water tank
cannot exceed the height of the MAX mark) .
● Step2：Fill beans into the bean container.
● Step3：Connect to power .
● Step4：Please turn on the power switch on the back of the
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coffee machine.
● Step5：Pressing power button to activate the appliance.

Grinding wheel

● Please adjust the fineness of coffee bean powder according

to the coffee beans.
● Please don’t adjust the grinding wheel when the grinder is
running, or the grinder will be damaged.
● During making coffee, if the coffee outflows very slowly or
completely does not outflow, please set it to the rough
mode 4 or 5.
● The rotary selector on the top of the appliance adjusts the
degree of grinding from fine(mode1) to coarse(mode5) as
required. Factory setting is mode 3.
● If your coffee beans are in dark color, it is recommended to
set to the rough mode 4 or 5.
● The adjustment of grinding wheel will be effective only after
making two or more cups of coffee.

rough plus

fine minus rough

fine normal
 Power off

After using milk or milk foaming , the Rinse Milk Unit function
will be operated when power off.
Remove the milk pipe from the milk box/container and insert
to the hole of the drip tray grid according to the display.

Making beverages

Take ‘cappuccino’ and ‘Multi-cup/milk/cream’ for example

to explain how to make coffee by touch icons.

● There may be some coffee powder for testing left in

machine. Therefore do not drink the first cup of beverage
and second one.
● You can use “∧∨” to select further options, such as the
coffee strength and per-cup quantity. This setting won’t be
saved. You can press to cancel making beverage.

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Making cappuccino

Firmly connect the milk pipe with milk frother and milk box.
Touch the ‘cappuccino’ icon for cappuccino function.
When the screen displays‘enjoy’, it means the cappuccino is
ready, please enjoy it.

Multi-cup/milk/cream

● Touch ‘∧∨’ icon to select ‘Multi-cup/milk/cream’function.

● Select the quantity of cups.
● Select the beverage type.
● When the screen displays‘enjoy’, it means the beverage is
ready, please enjoy it.
 Program setting

Ensure the coffee machine shows “READY”, press

the“MENU/OK” button , then you can enter into the program
Setting menu.

Setting content
Including maintenance setting,beverage setting,machine
setting and so on,you can switch between the different setting
options by pressing the arrow button “∧∨”.
Press “MENU/OK”for confirming settings and press
button to exit the menu.

Automatic water inlet mode setting

• The factory settings for water supply is water tank.

Step1: water pipe connection

● Install the connector with 1/2 screw-thread side and 1/4 side
on the connector of coffee machine.
● Connect the 1/4 water tube with coffee machine and purified
water supply.

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Step2：program setting

Enter “Menu” and select “Machine”

setting;

Enter “ Water supply”.

Select “Tap water” and press

“MENU/OK”for confirming settings
 Cleaning and maintenance

● This chapter will instruct you how to clean and maintain the coffee machine.
● Paying attention to daily maintenance of coffee machine, not only ensure
the taste of each cup of coffee, but also extend the life of the coffee machine

Cleaning brewing unit

● After a long-term use, there will be some coffee powder left on the brewing
unit. Remove the powder by deeply cleaning brewing unit.
● Please use cleaning tablets to clean brewing unit. The process of cleaning
brewing unit takes about 20 minutes.

Enter the program settings, select the

‘MAINTENANCE’ option and confirm

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Select ‘tablet cleaning’ and confirm.

Empty tray

Install tray

Open the coffee grinder wheel lid, add the

cleaning tablet. Close the grinder wheel lid
and press “MENU/OK”for confirming.
 Clean tray

Install tray

After cleaning finished, the machine

enters into “READY” status.

Cleaning the milk frother

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● After a long-term use, some waste would be left in the Milk unit and need be
cleaned.

After entering the program settings,

select the " milk frother cleaning" option,

Remove the milk pipe from the milk

box/container and insert to the hole of
the drip tray grid

Press “MENU/OK” to start cleaning.

It will automatically return to “READY”

status after cleaning.
 Descaling the coffee machine

● The daily usage will cause calcareous deposited in coffee machine. The
depositing rate varies with the local water hardness.
● Decalcifier contains acidic substances that would stimulate your eyes
and skin, so you must strictly comply with the security warnings noted by
manufacturer on the packaging.
● If you have contacted it with your eyes or skin by accident, please wash
it with clean water immediately.
● For cleaning and descaling only use the tablets intended for such from
KALERM. They were specially developed for this fully automatic espresso
machine. Otherwise it may cause damage to your coffee appliance.
● Dissolve the decalcifier in clean water, and then put the mixed liquid into
the water tank. Fully dissolve the decalcifier
can descale the coffee machine more thoroughly.
● The whole descaling process takes about 40 minutes.
● The termination during the descaling process will damage the coffee
machine. So once you start the descaling process,
● Please do not terminate it midway.

After a certain time use, if it reaches the

degree of descaling, ‘NEEDS DESCALE’
and’ PRESS ‘RINSE’ will automatically
display on the screen alternately.

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After entering the program settings, select

the " maintenance" option, select
‘DESCALE’ and press “MENU/OK” to start
this program

Empty tray

Install tray
 Take a bag of decalcifier and sufficiently
dissolves it in clean water, then put this
mixed liquid to the water tank, and
reinstall the water tank to coffee machine

Empty tray

Install tray

Take the water tank out, empty the rest

water and clean it. Add purified water
again, and reinstall it to the coffee
machine
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When the screen shows “READY”, it

indicates the descaling is completed;
Now, you can continue to make coffee.

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 Cleaning coffee grounds container and drip tray

● Do not use chemical solvents and erosive cleaner or alcohol

to clean the coffee grounds container and drip tray.
● The drip tray and coffee grounds container cannot be
cleaned in dishwasher
● Do not use metal objects to clean dirt or coffee precipitate
to avoid scraping the drip tray and coffee grounds
container.
● When prompted to clean the coffee grounds, coffee
grounds must be cleaned up, or it will cause the machine
damaged.

When it cumulates to 35 cups, it will automatically

indicate “EMPTY GROUNDS”. Please remove coffee
grounds of the drip tray and coffee grounds container.
Then reinstall the drip tray to the coffee machine after 3
seconds.

If the drip tray is full, the machine will automatically

indicate "EMPTY TRAY". Take out the water drip tray and 14
pour the waste water and clean the Sheet Metal. Then
reinstall the drip tray to the coffee machine after 3
seconds.
 Cleaning water tank

● Suggested that, each time adding water, clean the tank

thoroughly with running water first.
● Because the water tank is made from food-grade and
environmental materials, it might be friable to crack.
Please gently pick it up and put it down, and never let it
fall down. If the water tank damaged, please contact
with customer service center.

Cleaning bean container

● Please use a dry rag or a paper towel to clean the

residuary grease in the bean container.
● Because the bean container cover is made from
food-grade and environmental materials, it might be
friable to crack. Please gently pick it up and put it down,
and never let it fall down. If the bean container lid
damaged, please contact with customer service center.

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Disassemble and clean milk frother

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● In order to keep milk pipe clean, please clean it every day.
1. Take off milk frother carefully.
2. Disassemble the milk frother.
3. Clean milk pipe in running water.
4. Assemble the milk frother and install it on the coffee
machine.

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Failures handling

Display Cause Solution

If the water drip tray is full, any function Take the drip tray out, empty the
EMPTY TRAY of making beverage will be out of waste water in the drip tray and
service. reinstall it to the machine.

EMPTY GROUNDS，If the coffee

Take the coffee grounds container
grounds container is full, any function
EMPTY GROUNDS out, empty the coffee grounds
of making beverage will be out of
container and reinstall it.
service.

If water in the water tank is used up,

FILL WATER TANK any function of making beverage will Fill the water tank with water.
be out of service.

If coffee beans in the bean container

FILL BEANS are used up, function of making coffee Add beans into bean container
will be out of service.

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The drip tray is not installed
INSTALL TRAY Install the drip tray correctly.
correctly; any function is out of service.

The water in the pipe inside the

UNIT EMPTY machine is not enough; any function is press “MENU/OK” to confirm.
out of service.

1. Power off, restarting up ；

The coffee machine failures, may not 2. If still unresolved, please pull out
ERROR CODE 1~7
be able to be used. the plug. Contact with customer
service center.

1. Using dark roasted coffee beans or

1. Adjust grinder wheel to rougher;
PRESSURE HIGH over fine coffee powder;
2. Start brewer cleaning procedure
2. The filter of the brewer is clogged.

BREW UNIT ERROR Internal parts malfunction Restart coffee machine

 Transport and recycle

Transport

● Please save the packaging of the coffee machine for

future transportation.
● Make sure to empty water inside the machine before
transportation, otherwise, it will damage the machine
● After emptying the waterway, please wipe the machine
both inside and outside to dry.
● Once the empty waterway program was executed, the
system will rerun to the program of “first-time use”, when
the coffee machine is used again.
● While emptying the waterway, there will be a
high-temperature steam sprays from coffee spout. Please
pay special attention to avoid being scalded.
● Please empty the water system in “water tank” mode.

The machine is on the status of “READY”.

17 Enter program setting and ‘Machine’

and select ‘Factory reset’.

Display “EMPTY UNIT” and confirm. Turn off

the water supply or remove water tank,
then machine begins to clean up the
waterway automatically .After emptying
the waterway, the machine will
automatically power off. Take the drip
tray out after the power is switched off,
and clean the water in the drip tray.

Recycle
● When recycling the machine, some inner parts can be recycled to use
again. Please pay attention to recycle them for environmental protection.
Technical Data

Voltage/Frequency 220~240 V/ 50~60 Hz

Power 2700 W
Pump pressure 19 bar
Capacity of water tank 6L
Capacity of bean container 1000 g
Capacity of coffee
30-35 pieces
grounds container
Adjusting height of coffee spout 100 - 160 mm
Length of power cord 1.8 m
Net weight 18.5 kg
Dimensions
511mm*403mm*582mm
(Length× Width ×Height)

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