Sunbeam EM7000 Coffeemaker User Manual


 
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Guide to coffee making
PRE-HEATING
Glasses
Pre-heatglassesandcupsbyfillingthem
withhotwaterasthiswillassisttopreserve
thecremaoftheespressoandalsohelp
maintainthetemperatureoftheespresso.
Justpriortomakingyourespressoglasses
andcupscanbepre-heatedusingthehot
waterfeatureonyourespressomachine.
Otherwiseglassesandcupscanbestoredon
thewarmingtrayoftheespressomachine;
thiswillalsoassistinpre-heating.
Group Handle and Filter baskets
Thisisimportantespeciallyforthefirst
coffeebeingmade,asacoldgrouphandle
cansignificantlydecreasethetemperatureof
thewateratthepointofextraction.Thisin
turnwillalterthequalityandcharacteristics
oftheresultingespressoextraction.
Aneasywaytopre-heatthegrouphandle
andfilterbasketistofitthegrouphandle
withafilterbasket.Holdthegrouphandle
underthegrouphead,presstheMANUAL
buttonandallowthehotwatertoflowover
thegrouphandle.Rotatethegrouphandleso
boththeundersideofthegrouphandleand
thefilterbasketispreheated.Youmayneed
topresstheMANUALbuttonagaintoensure
thegrouphandleandfilterbasketisproperly
pre-heated.
Drythefilterbasketbeforefillingwithcoffee.
DOSING and TAMPING
• Drywipethebasket.
• Grindevenlyanddirectlyintothecentreof
thefilterbasket.
• Fillthefilterbasketwithgroundcoffeeto
therim.
• Usingthetamper,tampstraightdown,this
isgoingtocreatemorespaceforsome
morecoffee.
• Grindsomemorecoffeetoasimilarlevel
inthefilterbasketandusingthetamper
againtocreatesomemorespace.Onelast
timegrindsomemorecoffeeintothefilter
baskettotherim.
• Thistimelockthegrouphandleintothe
sideofthebenchandusingthetamper
applyfirmdownwardpressure.Brushany
loosecoffeeofftherimofthebasketinto
thecentreandtampdownagain,thistime
twistthetampertosealthetopofthe
coffee.
• Wipetherimofthefilterbasketfreeofany
loosecoffeegrindsanduseimmediately.