Tips - Breville Barista Touch BES880 Instruction Book

Tips

PRE-HEATING
Heating your cup or glass
A warm cup will help maintain the coffee's
optimal temperature. Pre-heat your cup by
rinsing with hot water from the hot water outlet
and place on the cup warming tray.
Heating the portafilter and filter basket
A cold portafilter and filter basket can
reduce the extraction temperature enough to
significantly affect the quality of your espresso.
Always ensure the portafilter and filter basket
are pre-heated with hot water from the hot
water outlet before initial use.
NOTE
Always wipe the portafilter and filter basket
dry before dosing with ground coffee as
moisture can encourage 'channeling' where
water by-passes the ground coffee during
extraction.
SELECTING A FILTER BASKET
Single Wall Filter Baskets
Use Single Wall filter baskets if grinding fresh
whole coffee beans.
Single Wall filter baskets allow you to
experiment with grind, dose and tamp to create
a more balanced espresso.
1 CUP 2 CUP
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Dual Wall Filter Baskets
Use Dual Wall filter baskets if using
pre-ground coffee.
Dual Wall filter baskets regulate the pressure
and help to optimise the extraction regardless
of the grind, dose, tamp pressure or freshness.
1 CUP 2 CUP
NOTE
• Regardless of whether you use Single Wall or
Dual Wall filter baskets, use the 1 CUP basket
when brewing a single cup and the 2 CUP
basket when brewing two cups or a stronger
single cup or mug.
• You will need to adjust the grind amount and
size if switching from a single basket to a
double basket, or vice versa.
The provided filter baskets are designed for:
1 CUP basket = approx. 8–10g.
2 CUP basket = approx. 15–18g.
NOTE
You may need to experiment with how much
coffee is dosed into the filter basket or how
long the grinder needs to run to achieve the
correct dose. For example, when using a finer
espresso grind with the Single Wall filter
baskets, you may need to increase the grind
amount to ensure the filter basket is correctly
dosed.
THE GRIND
If grinding coffee beans, the grind size should
be fine but not too fine. The grind size will
affect the rate at which the water flows through
the ground coffee in the filter basket and the
taste of the espresso.
If the grind is too fine (looks like powder and
feels like flour when rubbed between fingers),
the water will not flow through the coffee even
when under pressure. The resulting espresso
will be OVER EXTRACTED, dark in color and
bitter in flavour.
If the grind is too coarse the water will flow
through the ground coffee in the filter basket
too quickly. The resulting espresso will be
UNDER EXTRACTED and lacking in colour
and flavour.
EXTRACTING ESPRESSO
• Place pre-warmed cup(s) beneath the
portafilter and touch the 'Brew' button for the
desired volume.
• Due to pre-infusion time, the espresso will
not start to flow immediately.
A great espresso is about achieving the
perfect balance between sweetness, acidity
and bitterness. The flavour of your coffee will
depend on many factors, such as the type
of coffee beans, degree of roast, freshness,
coarseness or fineness of the grind, dose of
ground coffee, and tamping pressure.
Experiment by adjusting these factors just one
at a time to achieve the taste of your preference.
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