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Tips for Making Espresso
• For best results, use fresh-ground, dark, espresso roast coffee.
• If espresso preground coffee is used, store the unused portion in an airtight container
and keep in a cool, dark area for up to one week.
• The grind of the coffee will affect the taste of the coffee and how the appliance works. If
the grind is too coarse, water will flow too fast through the coffee and result in a weaker
flavor. If the grind is too fine, the flavor may be too strong or bitter, and the grounds
may clog the filter.
• For hotter espresso, preheat the filter holder, the ground espresso filter, and the pod
filter by first brewing water into the cups for a few seconds and then emptying the
brewed water. CAUTION: The filter holder, ground espresso filter, and pod filter are hot.
• Espresso beans may be ground in a coffee grinder. For best results, use the Melitta
Coffee Grinder on the fine setting. If grinding espresso in a store or using a burr mill,
then use a setting that is one to two notches coarser than the espresso setting.
• Grind your espresso so that it looks gritty, like salt or sand. It is too fine if it looks like
powder and feels like flour. If the coffee is ground too fine, then the water will not flow
through the coffee.
• Espresso pods make it even easier to brew a great cup of espresso and cleanup is as
easy as throwing out the used pod. Pods can be purchased at many local coffee houses
and specialty housewares stores. A Web search for "coffee pods" will also connect you
with many coffee pod suppliers.
• Always use cold water to make coffee. Warm water or other liquids could cause
damage to the appliance.
• Filtered water will make the best-tasting coffee.
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