User Manual Delonghi ESAM4200 Automatic Bean to Cup Coffee Machine

The mug/ cup needs to be less 10 cm high or less. There is a hight adjuster for any smaller cups.

An Americano is espresso with hot water added (though I prefer to add espresso to hot water so you get a bit of crema on top; this is sometimes called a flat black). In any case, don't do as others here have suggested and crank up the the coffee quantity knob B8. This will lengthen the brew time and fill your cup with yellowish, bitter liquid. Instead, get it making a good double espresso by setting the grind nice and fine, the dose to about 18g of coffee (with strength knob B9), and the quantity to 60ml for double espresso. The amount of time water is flowing should be about 18-25 seconds. If it is too quick, make the grind finer or turn up the dose with the strength knob. Once you have good espresso, just use the hot water dispenser to turn it into americano.