Breville the Barista Touch Manual De Instrucciones página 18

Tips
PRE-HEATING
Heating your cup or glass
A warm cup will help maintain the coffee's
optimal temperature. Pre-heat your cup by
rinsing with hot water from the hot water outlet
and place on the cup warming tray.
Heating the portafilter and filter basket
A cold portafilter and filter basket can
reduce the extraction temperature enough to
significantly affect the quality of your espresso.
Always ensure the portafilter and filter basket
are pre-heated with hot water from the hot
water outlet before initial use.
NOTE
Always wipe the portafilter and filter basket dry
before dosing with ground coffee as moisture
can encourage 'channeling' where waterby-
passes the ground coffee during extraction.
SELECTING A FILTER BASKET
Single Wall Filter Baskets
Use Single Wall filter baskets if grinding fresh
whole coffee beans.
Single Wall filter baskets allow you to
experiment with grind, dose and tamp to create
a more balanced espresso.
1 CUP
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Dual Wall Filter Baskets
Use Dual Wall filter baskets if using
pre-ground coffee.
Dual Wall filter baskets regulate the pressure
and help to optimize the extraction regardless
of the grind, dose, tamp pressure or freshness.
• Regardless of whether you use Single Wall or
• You will need to adjust the grind amount and
The provided filter baskets are designed for:
1 CUP basket = approx. 8-11g.
2 CUP basket = approx. 16-19g.
You may need to experiment with how much
coffee is inserted into the filter basket or
how long the grinder needs to run to achieve
the correct dose. For example, when using
a finer espresso grind with the Single Wall
2 CUP
filter baskets, you may need to increase the
grind amount to ensure the filter basket is
correctly dosed.
1 CUP
NOTE
Dual Wall filter baskets, use the 1 CUP basket
when brewing a single cup and the 2 CUP
basket when brewing two cups or a stronger
single cup or mug.
size if switching from a single basket to a
double basket, or vice versa.
NOTE
2 CUP