DeLonghi DC 76 manual Putting In The Coffee, Hints For Great Tasting Coffee

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 ground 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 right. Lift out removable filter basket. The provided permanent filter may be used instead of or in addition to the paper filter. 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 Select 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 switch over to the warming mode which will keep the coffee hot for two hours.

￿Press the Power Select Button to OFF when the carafe is empty or when the coffee maker is not in use.

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 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 greatly impair coffee flavor.

￿Reheating coffee is not recommended. Coffee is at its peck 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 frequently if heavily roasted coffees are used. Over extraction may also cause oiliness, indicating a need to clean your coffee maker.