A lot of what makes a Decent espresso machine special lives in the app on its tablet. Until now, learning that app meant watching videos, asking on the forum, or poking around until you found the setting you wanted.

Today we're publishing The DE1 App Quickstart Guide, a free book that walks you through the original DE1 app, from the first tap to the calibration pages. It was written by Collin and Cary on our team, with about 140 screenshots, and it's available in 8 languages.

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What's in it

Getting started. What you see when the app opens, a tour of the Flush, Espresso, Steam and Water tabs, and where the settings, extensions and skins are.

Making espresso. How to choose a profile, what "Pressure", "Flow" and "Advanced" mean, a guide to each profile family, and a close look at Extractamundo Dos!

Extensions. How to turn on and use DYE (Describe Your Espresso) to log your shots, Visualizer to upload and compare them, and the Graphical Flow Calibrator.

Calibration. What each of the three calibration pages does, which settings you should leave alone, and when it's worth changing one.

The Streamline skin. What it is and how to switch to it.

More resources. The guides and videos to go to next.

If you've owned your DE1 for years, you'll still find something new in it. If you've just unboxed one, read it after the DE1 Quickstart Guide and you'll be making good use of the app on your first day.

You can read it on the web, or download it as a PDF or an ePub for e-readers, from our free books page.

-John Buckman, co-founder, Decent Espresso

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