Functions Of Your Piccolo Espresso - Sunbeam EM2800 Piccolo Espresso Instruction Booklet

Functions of your Piccolo Espresso

1. ESPRESSO FUNCTION
For best results, it is ideal to pre-heat your
cups, filter handle and filter as follows:
• Insert the power cord into a 230-240V AC
power outlet and turn the power on.
• Fill the water reservoir (1) (2), (3) (4) (5)
with cold water and start the appliance (6).
• Put the filter handle and an empty filter
in place (7) (8) (9), and place cups
underneath the filter handle.
• As soon as the steam/espresso indicator
light is illuminated green the Piccolo
Espresso ® is ready to use.
• Turn the operating dial to the espresso
setting (17). When the cups are full
( )
of hot water return the dial to the stand-by
( ) position.
Note: Once the appliance has been on for
a while, the coffee cups can be warmed
by placing them upside down on the cup
warming plate (12), or alternatively, fill with
boiling water from a kettle and discard.
Preparing an espresso:
• Insert the power cord into a 230-240V AC
power outlet and turn the power on.
• Fill the water reservoir (1) (2), (3) (4) (5)
with cold water.
• Turn the Piccolo Espresso
power light will illuminate amber. When
the steam/espresso indicator light is
illuminated green the Piccolo Espresso
is ready to prepare an espresso.
• Pre-heat your coffee cups.
• Select the required filter (7) for 1 or 2
cups of coffee and place in the filter
handle.
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• Using the measuring spoon supplied, place
one or two measures of ground coffee into
the filter (13). With the other end of the
measuring spoon, use the tamper to push
(pack) down the coffee grinds (14). Do not
apply too much pressure.
Important: Be sure not to over-fill the filter
with too much coffee. Wipe around the edge of
the filter to remove any coffee grinds (15).
• Place the filter handle on the machine's
brewing head. Position the handle so it
points to the left, place the filter handle
flat against the brewing head, then turn
the handle towards the right (8), (9) as far
as it can go.
Note: Do not over tighten.
• Place 1 or 2 pre-heated cups below the
pouring spouts.
• When the Piccolo Espresso
correct temperature for preparing espresso
the steam/espresso indicator light will
illuminate green.
• To make an espresso, turn the operating
dial to the espresso
the cups are filled to the desired level, turn
the operating dial back to the stand-by ( )
position.
• Remove the filter handle and the filter by
turning the filter handle to the left.
• To remove the used coffee grinds from the
filter, simply turn the filter handle upside
down and bang into a knock-bin (18).
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(17). Once
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