West Bend L-5227 instruction manual How to Remove and Attach Coffee Basket, Making Coffee

CAUTION: To prevent personal injury or electric shock, do not immerse coffeemaker base, its cord or plug in water or other liquid.

How to Remove and Attach Coffee Basket

Swing-Out Basket: To remove basket, swing open, then lift basket up while sliding bottom out of attachment hole. See Diagram 1. To attach basket, first open reservoir cover to locate hole on top side of coffeemaker. Then insert top pin of basket into this hole and align bottom pin into hole below. Basket will drop in

place and swing freely when attached.

Slide-Out Basket: To remove basket, pull forward using handle. To attach basket, slide edge into guides at top until basket stops. See Diagram 2.

Making Coffee

1.Always use coffeemaker on a dry , level, heat-resistant surface away from any edge.

2.Place correct shaped paper filter into basket: a #2 size cone filter into swing-out basket; a fluted cupcake shaped filter into slide-out basket.

Add 1 tablespoon automatic drip or “all grind” coffee into basket for each cup being made. Shake basket gently to level grounds. Attach basket. Amount of coffee may be adjusted to suit your personal taste preference, but do not use more than 2 tablespoons per cup.

CAUTION: To prevent personal injury or property damage due to overflow of basket, ALWAYS use a paper filter when brewing coffee and clean the basket, drain hole in bottom of the basket and pause ‘n serve before each use. If basket overflows, to prevent personal injury and/or property damage, unplug coffeemaker and allow it to cool before removing basket.

SPECIAL NOTE ON GRINDING COFFEE BEANS

If grinding your own coffee beans, grind to medium coarseness for best results. DO NOT grind to fine (powder- like) as this can cause basket to flood.

3.Fill carafe with COLD water to desired cup level as indicated by cup markings on carafe. Do not make less than

2or more than 4 cups of coffee at one time. Pour water into reservoir and close cover. Attach cover to carafe. Place covered carafe on warming plate.

CAUTION: To prevent personal injury or property damage, always keep cover on carafe during brewing as cover opens pause lever on bottom of basket which allows coffee to flow into carafe. If cover is not used, basket will flood.

4.Plug cord into a 120 volt AC electrical outlet ONLY. Turn on. Red area on control will be visible when coffeemaker is on.

CAUTION: Your coffee maker has a short cord as a safety precaution to prevent personal injury or property damage resulting from pulling, tripping or becoming entangled with the cord. Do not allow children to be near or use this coffeemaker without close adult supervision. If you must use a longer cord set or an extension cord when using this coffeemaker, the cord must be arranged so it will not drape or hang over the edge of a countertop, tabletop or surface are where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over. To prevent electrical shock, personal injury, or fire, the electrical rating of the extension cord you use must be the same or more than the wattage of the coffeemaker (wattage is stamped on the underside of coffeemaker).

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