How To Make The Perfect Espresso

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How To Make The Perfect Espresso
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• Coffee is the beverage of the creative
• and active intelligence. It revives and awakes
  the senses. This is the reason why it is one of
  the most consumed
• products in the world. The traditions,
• rituals and preparation methods differ
• from one country to another.

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• Fill the boiler (marked A in the diagram)
• with water almost up to the safety release
• valve and insert the funnel-shaped metal
• filter (B). Add finely-ground coffee to the
• filter as shown below. Tightly screw the
• upper part (C, which has a second metal
• filter at the bottom) onto the base. Place
• the pot on a suitable heat source, bring the
  water to its boiling point, and thereby create
  steam in the boiler.

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• A gasket ensures a tightly closed unit
• and allows for pressure to safely build
• up in the lower section, where a safety
• valve provides a necessary release in
• case this pressure should get too high
• (with clean filters, that should not happen).

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• For best results, fill up the entire filter with
  coffee and place over medium to medium-high heat.
  
• The steam eventually reaches a high enough
  pressure to gradually force the surrounding
  boiling water up the funnel through the coffee
  powder and into the upper chamber (C), where the
  coffee is collected. When the lower chamber is
  almost empty, steam bubbles mix with the
  upstreaming water, producing a characteristic
  gurgling noise.

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• As with percolators, the pot should not be left
  on the stove so long that the coffee boils.
  Ideally, with a little practice, it should be
  removed from the heat before it actually starts
  gurgling - usually, when only about half of the
  top chamber has been filled.

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Additional Infomation

• Your coffee maker begins to work when heat is
  applied to the base causing
• heat to build up in the lower chamber.
• (Many believe that the water begins to rise only
  when the water reaches boiling point however this
  is not the case). It actually works by heating
  the air causing it to expand and force the water
  through the funnel and into the upper chamber.

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Additional Infomation

• This begins to occur at a temperature of 500C and
  will end at a temperature of 900C. The end result
  is a perfect coffee at 700C which, depending on
  the heat source, will be brewed in approximately
  5 10 minutes.

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TIPS and TRICKS

• For the first use, discard the coffee as it will
  help to eliminate foreign particles and
  production odours.
• Percolators have heat resistant handles, however
  these handles are not
• flame proof therefore avoid heating on high flame
  as it may damage the
• handle.

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TIPS and TRICKS

• Do not use abrasive soaps, powders or steel wool
  products. Never wash your percolator in the
  dishwasher, as it may alter the aluminium
  surface.
• For cleaning simply use water.
• Never use your percolator without water.
• Store away only after all items are dry to avoid
  calcium build up..