Sunbeam EM7100 - Using Your Espresso Machine - Ground Coffee; Dosing and Tamping

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Using your espresso machine -
Ground coffee
Power
Note:Beforeturningontheespressomachine
ensurethesteamandhotwatercontroldials
areintheOFFposition.
PressthePOWERbuttononcetoturnthe
espressomachineon.Themachinewill
beeponceandthepowerbuttonwillflash
toindicatethatyourmachineisonandis
heatingup.
WhenthemachinehasreachedREADY
MODE,thepowerbuttonwillstopflashing
andthePOWER,MANUAL,1&2CUP
buttonswillilluminatewhite.Theespresso
machineisnowreadytouse.
Power Saving Mode
After1hourofnon-usetheespressomachine
willautomaticallyswitchtoPOWERSAVING
MODE.Oncetheespressomachineisin
POWERSAVINGMODEallthelightsonthe
buttonswilldim.WhileinPOWERSAVING
MODEtheespressomachinepowersdown
to75%ofpower.Afterafurther4hoursof
non-usetheespressomachinewillbeeponce
andthenturnoff.
TobringtheespressomachineoutofPOWER
SAVINGMODEsimplypressanyofthe
buttonsonthecontrolboard.
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.
Pre-heating the 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andhold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morecoffeetoasimilarlevelin
thefilterbasket.Usethetamp,andtamp
firmlystraightdownwardsuntilthere
isabouta5-10mmspacebetweenthe
tampedgroundsandthetopofthefilter
basket.
•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.
Using Manual Operation
UseMANUALwithgroundcoffee,notwith
capsules.TheMANUALbuttongivesthe