DeLonghi DC77TC manual Putting in the Coffee, Hints for Great Tasting Coffee

and the carafe must be set on the carafe plate.

￿The filter basket door must be properly closed during brewing process.

CAUTION: If the filter basket door is not completely closed, the Pause & Serve feature will not function properly. It could cause hot water or hot coffee to overflow.

Filling the water reservoir

￿Open the hinged water reservoir cover located at the top of the coffee maker. Fill the carafe with the desired amount of cold water(Fig. 1). Empty the water from the carafe into the water reservoir. The water window indicates how much water is in the container. Close the hinged lid. Place the carafe with the lid in place on the carafe plate.

NOTE: The amount of brewed coffee after the brewing process will always be slightly less than the amount of water placed into the coffee maker, since some water is absorbed by the coffee grounds and filter. Add a little extra water at the beginning so that you have the exact number of cups desired.

PUTTING IN THE COFFEE

￿Swing the filter basket door outward to your left. Lift out removable filter basket. The provided permanent filter may be used instead of or in addition to the paper filter before filling with coffee. If using paper filters insert a #4 cone-shaped filter into the filter basket before filling with coffee. Fill the filter with the required amount of coffee (Fig. 2). After brewing cycle, empty the grounds and rinse thoroughly with water.

￿Place the desired amount of ground coffee into the filter. According to coffee industry standards, use one standard coffee measure (2 level tablespoons) of grounds for each six ounces of water. After using your coffee maker several times, the amount of coffee may be adjusted to suit

your particular taste by decreasing or increasing the amount of coffee used.

NOTE: Be sure to use coffee grounds prepared specifically for automatic drip coffee makers.

￿Return the filter basket with the filled filter to the door. Be sure the filter basket is seated properly in the door. Swing the door closed and snap into place.

CAUTION: Do not operate your coffee maker if the door does not close completely. If the door does not close completely, check to see that the filter basket is properly sealed, and snap door into place.

￿Press the Power Button. The On Light will go on indicating that the coffee maker has begun the brewing cycle.

￿In a few minutes the coffee maker will complete the brewing cycle and then shut off. The thermal carafe will keep the coffee hot.

HINTS FOR GREAT TASTING COFFEE

￿A clean coffee maker is essential for making great tasting coffee. Regular cleaning, as specified in “Cleaning your Coffee Maker” is highly recommended.

￿Always use fresh, cold water in your coffee maker.

￿Fine grind coffee promotes fuller extraction and provides rich, full-tasting coffee. Regular grind will require slightly more coffee grounds per cup to provide the strength of a finer grind.

￿Store coffee in a cool, dry place. Once coffee has been opened, keep it tightly sealed in the refrigerator to maintain freshness.

￿For optimum coffee, buy whole beans and grind them just before brewing.

￿Do not re-use coffee grounds since this will lessen coffee flavor.

￿Reheating coffee is not recommended. Coffee is at its peak flavor immediately after brewing.

￿Small oil droplets no the surface of brewed black coffee is due to the extraction of oil from the coffee grounds. Oiliness may occur more