Quick Mill Rubino User Guide & Cleaning

← All How guides

The Rubino is a heat-exchanger machine, so you can brew and steam at the same time. These steps follow Quick Mill’s Rubino user manual.

Which models this covers: Covers every Rubino CMB sells: the Rubino Blu (steam wand only, no hot water tap), Rubino Luxe, Rubino Plus Instant Stability (heated group with PID, OLED display and pre-infusion), and the Rubino in our machine-and-grinder bundles. All share the 265 mm-wide body, 1.8 L heat-exchanger boiler, E61-style group and 3 L tank.

Jump to: Before first use: water and start-up · Making espresso · Steaming milk and hot water · Daily cleaning (2 minutes) · Every 2–3 weeks: cleaner backflush · Water and servicing

Watch: Quick Mill 0981 Rubino

Official video by Quick Mill.

Before first use: water and start-up

  1. Fill the 3 L tank with fresh, soft water (on the Blu, lift the cup tray to reach it).
  2. Switch on with the group lever down. The boiler fills and heats; watch the pressure gauge rise and settle.
  3. The Rubino Plus Instant Stability heats its group with its own PID and is ready in about 12 minutes. The Blu and Luxe need longer for the E61-style group to heat right through.
  4. Run water through the group and open the steam tap briefly before your first shot.

Making espresso

  1. Flush a little water through the group, dose, tamp and lock in.
  2. Lift the lever to brew and lower it to stop. On the Plus, the OLED display shows the shot timer and lets you set temperature and pre-infusion.
  3. Dial in with grind size first.

Steaming milk and hot water

  1. Purge the steam wand into the drip tray, put the tip just under the surface of cold milk and open the steam tap. Lower the tip to heat once textured, and close the tap before lifting the jug away.
  2. Wipe the anti-burn wand with a damp cloth and purge it straight away.
  3. Use the hot water tap for tea or warming cups (where fitted) – the water is very hot.

Daily cleaning (2 minutes)

  1. With the machine hot, take the coffee basket out of the portafilter and fit the blind filter (the basket with no holes) supplied with your machine.
  2. Lock the portafilter into the group and run the pump for about 10–15 seconds, then stop. Repeat several times until the water runs clear – Quick Mill suggests 10–15 short runs. This is a water-only backflush, no cleaner needed day to day.
  3. Brush the shower screen and group gasket with a group head brush and wipe away any visible coffee, without taking parts apart.
  4. Rinse the portafilter and baskets in warm water and wipe them dry.
  5. Wipe the steam wand with a damp cloth straight after each use and give it a short purge to clear milk from the tip.
  6. Empty and rinse the drip tray before it gets full, and keep the water tank clean and filled with fresh water.

Every 2–3 weeks: cleaner backflush

For home use, a backflush with espresso machine cleaner every 2–3 weeks keeps the group fresh. Quick Mill’s manual also suggests brushing the group gasket at least once a week and soaking the baskets and portafilter head in very hot water from time to time to lift coffee oils.

  1. Heat the machine up fully and brush the shower screen and gasket.
  2. Fit the blind filter and add a small scoop (about 3–5 g, or the amount on the pack) of espresso machine cleaner such as Cafetto Espresso Cleaner or Cafetto EVO.
  3. Lock the portafilter in and run the pump for about 10 seconds, then stop and let the cleaner soak for 10–20 seconds. Repeat several times.
  4. Remove the portafilter, rinse the blind filter and portafilter, then backflush again with water only until no cleaner foam or smell remains.
  5. Run some fresh water through the group without the portafilter, refit your normal basket and pull one shot to discard.
  6. While the cleaner is out, you can soak the metal portafilter head and baskets (not the handle) in hot water with a little cleaner for 10 minutes, then rinse well.

Water and servicing

  • Descaling: leave this to us. Your machine should only be descaled by a qualified technician as part of its service. Call 1300 357 575 to book.
  • Quick Mill says to run the machine on soft, clean drinking water, and to use a water softener where your water is hard. Very pure water (such as distilled) can stop the level sensors working, so use filtered water.
  • Book a service every 12 months for home use, or every 6 months for cafés and busy commercial sites, so seals, gaskets and valves are checked before they wear.

More official Rubino videos

Instant Stability: The New Thermal Stability Technology by Quick Mill

Reorder cleaning supplies

Prefer to order by phone? Call us on 1300 357 575.

Official manual and resources

  • Quick Mill Rubino user manual: Supplied with the machine; Quick Mill does not offer a public download on quickmill.it. Misplaced yours? Call us on 1300 357 575 and we’ll help.
  • Official YouTube channel: Quick Mill

Shop this model

Need a hand?

Call Coffee Machines and Beans on 1300 357 575, or book a service.
1/48 Shandan Circuit, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527

Servicing: home users should have their machine serviced every 12 months; cafés and other busy commercial sites every 6 months.

Videos are by Quick Mill and are played from the official YouTube channel. Written steps are based on Quick Mill’s user manuals. Always follow the manual supplied with your machine.