Preparing The Coffee; Brewing Espresso - Mr Coffee ECMP50 Manual De Instrucciones

PREPARING THE COFFEE

1. Place the filter in the brew basket. Select from the two filters that come with your unit
depending on the amount of cups you wish to prepare (1 or 2 demitasses).
2. Fill the selected filter with fresh, fine ground espresso coffee. Clean any excess coffee from
the rim of the filter holder. This will assure proper fit under the brew head.
ATTENTION: Tamp or compress coffee using the tamper as show below. Do not
overfill the filter. This might cause clogging or overflow.
3. Position brew basket underneath the brew head, attach brew basket by first moving
retainer clip back, position handle so that the handle lines up with the unlocked
icon " " on the brew head and fits into the groove. Then, slowly turn to right until brew
basket is located at locked position (indicated by the icon below).
ATTENTION: If you are planning to make cappuccino, please refer to
the next section "how to make cappuccino."
1. Make sure the drip grid is in place on the drip tray. Place the drip tray in the unit.
2. Make sure the control knob is in the off position " ".
3. Place the cup or two cups (demitasses) under the brew basket or if you prefer, place a small
jar or carafe. If you wish to prepare up to 4 cups at a time, you should use a small jar,
carafe or regular cup and then pour the espresso into the demitasses. If you will be
brewing up to two demitasses at a time, you can place the two small cups under the brew
basket ensuring each one of them is directly under one of the two spouts located under the
brew basket.
4. Plug the power cord into an electrical outlet and then switch the unit on by pressing the
red button on the side of the appliance to the on position "I". The power indicator light will
become solid red while the unit is on and the ready indicator light (green) will start blinking.
5. Once the ready light becomes solid green, press the brew button "
side knob counter-clockwise to the brew "
process and espresso will begin to flow in just seconds.
6. When the cup/carafe is filled to the desired level, turn the side knob clockwise to the off
" " position.
CAUTION: Do not leave unit unattended while brewing since the brewing
process requires to be manually stopped. This will avoid overflow,
spillage and potential Hazards and damages. The unit requires to be
turned Off manually.
NOTE: Once the brew (of froth) cycle is completed, steam will be released from
beneath the drip tray to remove any remaining water from the heater.
(This symbol is on the brew head)

BREwING ESPRESSO

" position. This will initiate the brewing

" and then rotate the