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G Operating instruction
Brief operating instructions for your new
espresso maker!
1. Safety Notes
• The product is intended for private, non-
commercial use only.
• This product is not intended for use by persons,
including children, with limited physical, sensory
or mental abilities or lacking in experience or
knowledge, unless they are supervised by a person
responsible for their safety or have been instructed
on how to use the product.
• Do not drop the product and do not expose it to
any major shocks.
Warning
• The espresso maker becomes hot during
operation. There is a hazard of burn injury! Avoid
touching the surface of the appliance. Grab the
espresso maker only by its insulated handle!
• Do no open the lid of the coffee pot during opera-
tion. Scalding may result from escaping steam!
• Fill the water tank only with water and never
with milk, sugar or other liquids or ingredients!
2. Recommended preparation
• The first thing you should do is heat up some
water in a separate pot or the water boiler.
The reason for this is as follows: If you place the
pot with coffee directly onto the hob, the metal
of the entire pot will get too hot and the coffee
may become bitter or taste bad. Unfortunately,
a metallic taste often occurs, because if the heat
is too great, the pot produces substances that
negatively affect the taste.
• Fill the lower pot of the espresso maker with
preheated (not boiling) water, but only to just
below the valve, which allows the valve to equalise
the pressure.
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• Fill the funnel up to the edge with freshly ground
coffee beans or standard coffee powder. (If you are
grinding the coffee yourself, you should make sure
that the consistency of the grind is between that
for fine espresso and French press, and you should
ideally use a machine with a flat plate or conical
burr grinder.) The coffee powder should be evenly
distributed up to the edge of the funnel, and can
then be smoothed. Press it very lightly with your
finger! On no account should you use an espresso
tamper, as the pressure will then be too great
when making the coffee! (If the coffee becomes
too strong, simply reduce the amount of coffee
powder when you make your next espresso.)
• Place the funnel onto the lower part.
• Now screw the upper part firmly onto the lower
part. Check for any coffee powder interfering with
the screw thread.
• Then place the coffee pot onto the hob and set it
to medium heat. If the heat is too high, the coffee
burns and will leave a bitter aftertaste.
• After a few minutes, you will hear gurgling or
bubbling sounds. At this point you should close
the lid. The coffee now runs through the ascending
pipe into the upper part of the pot. Take the pot
off the hob as soon as there is a constant stream
and the colour of the coffee is similar to honey.
The remaining heat will push the entire water
upwards and you will avoid burning the coffee.
• Briefly hold the lower part of the pot under cold
water. This stops extraction, you get a richer
tasting coffee and a metallic taste is avoided.
• Now you can pour your coffee into a small
espresso cup. Take care when pouring; the pot
might be hot! (You can also preheat your espresso
cup with some hot water so that your coffee does
not cool all too quickly.)