40
milk
6 There’s a great deal of contention on the subject of milk in coffee. Our view is that
personal taste should rule, not convention. If you like milk in your coffee, use warm
or hot milk, to avoid overcooling the coffee. To extract maximum flavour from the
coffee, it should be cool enough not to scald or burn the mouth, but hot enough to
let the flavour fill the mouth, nose and sinuses, not just the taste buds.
taste
7 Don’t be tempted to reheat coffee in the appliance. You’ll damage the appliance
and the coffee will be undrinkable.
8 Clean the filter holder, filter, and carafe after each use. Residue from a previous brew
will spoil your coffee.
preparation
9 Sit the appliance on a stable, level, heat-resistant surface.
10 Route the cable so it doesn’t overhang, and can’t be tripped over or caught.
11 Don’t plug it in yet.
filling
12 Remove the carafe from the hotplate.
13 Use the grip to open the lid, and expose the reservoir.
14 Use the carafe to fill the reservoir, to avoid overfilling.
15 Press the lever at the rear of the carafe lid, above the handle, to open the carafe lid.
16 Fill with at least 2 cups of water, but not above the
max
mark.
17 Open up a #4 paper filter, and put it into the filter holder.
18 Put filter-ground coffee into the filter. The amount will vary with the type of coffee
and individual taste, but we suggest two rounded teaspoons per cup of water.
19 Close the lid.
20 Replace the carafe on the hotplate.
switch on
21 Put the plug into the power socket.
coffee now
22 Ignore the clock.
23 If you’re making less than 5 cups of coffee, press the
e
button, to turn the brew
strength feature on.
e
will appear on the display (see “brew strength
e
”.
24 Press the
2
button.
25 The
2
light will come on, and “ON” will show on the display.
26 Shortly afterwards, coffee will start to drip into the carafe.
27 You can remove the carafe at any time. The non-drip valve will prevent coffee
dripping on to the stand.
28 To prevent the filter holder overflowing, replace the carafe on the stand within
about 20 seconds. This may not sound much, but you’ll find it’s more than enough
time to pour a couple of cups of coffee.
29 When you replace the carafe on the stand, the non-drip valve opens, to let any
remaining coffee through.
30 When it’s done, the hotplate will keep the carafe warm.
