Capresso MT500 Plus, 440 Making Coffee, Filling the Water Tank, 5a. Using the GoldTone Filter

there could still be hot water in the filter holder passing through the ground coffee. This can take 1 to 3 minutes depending on how much coffee you used and how fine the coffee was ground.

5. Making Coffee

Please follow the steps described in chapter 4.

Filling the Water Tank

The water level indicator shows you how much water will be brewed. CAUTION: Make sure the water level does not reach the letter "M" of the word MAX (see Fig. 6). If you fill more water into the water container the stainless steel carafe can overflow with hot coffee which can cause severe injuries.

When you use the thermal carafe for filling the water tank, the inside of the carafe will be cold from the cold water. We highly recommend rinsing the carafe with hot water. This will increase the coffee temperature and will keep the coffee hot longer.

5a. Using the GoldTone Filter

A size 4 GoldTone filter comes with the machine. It sits in the Filter Holder. Attention: Coffee flows slower through a GoldTone Filter than through paper filters. Please see the chart in chapter 5c for maximum coffee amounts.

5b. Using Filter Paper

Use size 4 paper only. Always fold the bottom and side crimps over for a proper fit (see Fig. 5). Do not use a filter paper inside a GoldTone Filter!

5c. How Much Coffee?

A coffee scoop comes with your MT500. We recommend using one level scoop of coffee per cup. If you like your coffee extremely strong never use more coffee than the amounts indicated in the chart shown.

Maximum #	GoldTone	Size 4
of Scoops	Filter	Paper Filter
Regular or Drip	12	14
Grind (Supermarket	scoops	scoops
Version)
Fine Grind (finer	8-10	9-11
than Drip Grind)	scoops	scoops

Using more coffee can result in an overflow of ground coffee, above the filter, blocking the drip stop function and causing a mess on your counter.

5d. Using the Stainless Steel Carafe For best coffee temperature pre-warm the carafe by rinsing it with hot water. Always make sure carafe is completely empty. Place the lid on top of the carafe as shown in Fig. 10 (pay atten- tion to the position of the black dot on the lid) and turn one full turn clockwise until closed (see Fig. 11). Do not tighten too much. Caution: Make sure the lid is not in the pouring position (Fig. 12). This could result in the Filter Holder popping up. The drip stop will not work and hot coffee could overflow from the filter holder. Attention: Please note that the lid must always be on the carafe and closed (Fig. 11) during brewing to activate the drip stop. If you lose the lid, you cannot brew coffee. Please call 1-800-767-3554 to order a new lid or use the enclosed mail order form. Place the carafe on the platform.

5e. Turning the Coffee Maker On Push the On/Off button (Fig. 2, N). The red light will illuminate, indicating that the brewing process is starting. Caution: Never open the water con- tainer lid during brewing.

5f. Serving Coffee

Brewing time for a full pot of coffee takes just about 7 minutes. Then all the water is passed through the heat-

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