Using The Grinder - ELEKTRA Espresso Equipment Training Program

3.USING ESPRESSO EQUIPMENT
Extract coffee 4. If the machine has not made a
coffee for 15 minutes or so, work
the group head by letting hot
water flush through the head. This
will warm the head and build up
pressure in the machine. Then fit
the handle firmly to the group
head and press button to make a
short black, or operate lever or
manual pushbutton (on a semi
auto machine) until cup is half full.
Clean up 5. Remove handle and dislodge
coffee cake into dumping box by
hitting side of handle against rub-
ber covered bar in box. Hitting the
handle against a metal surface will
cause dints in the rim of the filter
basket and reduce its ability to seal.
Rinse handle under hot water to
remove remaining grounds and
flush group head to remove coffee
oils. Put handle loosely in group
head ready for the
cup of coffee.
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On an auto machine, press the
button for making a short black.
It should take around 25–30 seconds
to make and will half fill the cup.
To empty coffee cake, hit side of handle on
next
rubber coated bar to dislodge cake into dra er.
Take care not to damage rim of filter basket.
Then put handle loosely in group head to
keep it warm and ready for next use
3.USING ESPRESSO EQUIPMENT

Using the grinder

• Automatic control, in which two
switches inside the dosing cham-
ber sense the level of ground cof-
A commercial fee, and operate the grinder motor
as the grounds falls below a pre-
dosing grinder
set level. This ensures a supply of
has several features:
ground coffee while the grinder is
switched on. (Not all commercial
grinders have this feature).
• Exact dosing of ground coffee.
This is achieved inside the dosing
chamber, in which a precise
amount of ground coffee is dis-
pensed when the dosing lever is
operated. Always operate the
dosing lever over its full stroke
to ensure a full dose of coffee
grounds.
To fill a coffee handle: 1. Hold handle fitted with filter basket
on support bracket.
. Operate dosing lever twice.
2
Tamp grounds then twist tamper to
3.
feather grounds to side of basket.
4. For a two cup handle, operate
dosing level once more, then tamp
and twist.
Wipe rim of filter cup to ensure
5.
it's free of grounds.
The photos
below show examples
of filled filter cups:
Single cup handle with insufficient
grounds.
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level switches
on top inside
tamper to
pres grounds
in filter basket
dosing lever
support bracket
when filling
coffee handle
power on-off switch
rim cleaned
4 mm
and free of
coffee
grounds
grounds
feathered to
side of basket
by twisting
tamper
Single cup handle filled, tamped
and feathered correctly.