Flair 58x Quick Start Manual

Getting Started With Your Flair 58x
Welcome to the world of café-quality handcrafted espresso with your Flair 58x! Before pulling your first
shot, please follow the steps below to set-up your Flair. Also, please remember that your Flair 58x requires
uniform grounds from a high-quality burr grinder.
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Preheating Your Flair 58x
Your Flair 58x comes with one open-bottomed preheat cap. This open preheat cap integrates onto the top of
most gooseneck kettles for easy preheating. Please follow the steps below.
Preheat Your Flair 58x
(a) Raise lever & unlock and lift lever
hook (b) Remove the brew head by
turning clockwise with gauge in place (c)
Add Open Preheat Cap onto bottom of
brew head (d) Lift kettle top and replace
with brewhead (e) Turn plunger stem
counterclockwise until two tabs align with
openings in plunger, leave in place to act
as a release valve (f) Boil water to preheat
*NOTE: If you do not have a kettle that can fit your Flair 58x brew head with the open preheat cap, you can
preheat your chamber with boiled water and the valve plunger lowered. Purge and repeat as necessary.
Bolt base & lever
1
assembly together firmly
Remove preheat cap
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& install brew cylinder
onto brew base. Rotate
counterclockwise to lock
Align (a) plunger
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stem tabs to slots on valve
plunger. Rotate (b) stem
to lock. Push stem down to
seal valve plunger. Gauge
3
should face front
(a)
Lower lever hook and
4
connect to plunger stem
(b)
Set drip tray directly
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below brew base
(a)
(b)
(d) (e)
Brewing Espresso With Your Flair 58x
#1 - Prepare the Portafilter
(a) Boil water (b) Grind 18-20 grams of freshly roasted
beans with burr grinder (c) Add grounds and tamp (d)
Add puck screen flat on top of tamped grounds
#2 - Prepare the Flair
(a) Preheat your Flair 58x brew head as shown on the
previous page and add back to brew base with lever raised
(b) Reconnect stem to plunger and lock by following step
#3 on the previous page (c) Reconnect lever hook to stem
by lowering (d) Insert portafilter by aligning it with the brew
base and rotating the portafilter handle counterclockwise
until it is firmly in place (e) Lower the lever to move the
plunger to the bottom of the brew head
#3 - Prepare the Brew Head
The valve plunger allows water to be added to the brew
chamber without removing the plunger stem. Start with
the Flair 58x lever lowered and plunger valve at bottom of
cylinder (a) Pour enough water into the cylinder to cover the
valve plunger (b) Prime the valve plunger by slightly moving
the lever up and down to make sure water enters the valve
(c) Fill brew cylinder with water (d) Raise lever slowly, and
water will pass through the valve into the brewing chamber
#4 - Brew your Espresso
(c) (a) Slowly lower lever to build pressure in the system
and commence brewing (b) When first starting out, aim
for a shot duration of 30-35 seconds at 6-9 BAR (c) When
desired shot weight/volume is reached, or lever is fully
lowered, raise the lever back to starting position
(f)
#5 - Purge your System
(a) Place an empty cup on drip tray to catch any remaining
brew water (b) Expel remaining brew water by lowering
lever all the way down to allow the remaining liquid to
drain (c) To remove the portafilter for cleaning, simply
raise the lever back to the upright position and rotate the
portafilter clockwise to release
(c) (d)
(b) (c)
(d) (e)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c)
Brew Time
(a)
(b)
30-35s
(b)
(a)