Krups EA89 Series Manual page 6

To get the most out of your machine and obtain good quality coffee, here is some advice:
• The quality of your water significantly influences the quality of the flavors. Limescale and chlorine can
alter the taste of your coffee. We recommend that you use the Claris Aqua Filter System cartridge or low
mineral-content water to preserve all of the flavors of your coffee.
• When preparing exclusively coffee recipes, we recommend that you use tulip-shaped porcelain cups,
preheated beforehand (by running them under hot water, for instance), and of a size appropriate to the
quantity you want to make. For your milk-based preparations, we recommend that you use thick glass
cups for an appetizing result.
• Roasted coffee beans can lose their flavor if they are not protected. We recommended that you use the
amount of beans required for your consumption for the next 4-5 days. Although the quality of coffee
beans is subjective and varied, we do recommend that you use arabica rather than robusta.
• Lastly, please remember that oily and caramelized coffee beans must be avoided, as they can damage
your machine.
• The quality and fineness of the grinding determine the strength of the flavors and the quality of the cream.
The finer the beans are ground, the richer the cream. Indeed, grinding should be adapted to the drink
desired: fine for ristretto and espresso, coarser for coffee.
• You can use pasteurised or UHT, skimmed, semi-skimmed or whole milk, straight from the refrigerator
(44.6°F). Using special milks (microfiltered, raw, fermented, enriched, etc.) or vegetable milks (rice,
almond milk, etc.) can produce less satisfactory results especially when it comes to the quantity and
quality of the froth.
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