User manual PHILIPS HD5400

[. . . ] Your new Café Gourmet is modern and exclusively styled, but retains the well-proven "classic" coffee making method of pouring a substantial quantity of hot water onto the fresh ground coffee. But it does so completely automatically! [. . . ] When you use smaller cups, it is advised to take one level (flat) measuring spoonful of ground coffee for each cup. If you grind the coffee yourself, do not grind it to a fine powder. - Swing the filter support back into the appliance until well-seated (fig. The "drip-stop" (automatic stop-valve) ensures that no coffee will drip on the hot plate if you - remove the jug from the appliance for a moment during the brewing process; - remove the jug after making coffee. (You can then leave the filter holder in the appliance. ) Note: When placing the jug into the appliance, ensure that the lid is always fitted to the jug!If the lid has not been placed, the "drip-stop" will block the outlet opening of the filter, so that no coffee drips into the jug. Coffee is ready - When the last coffee has dripped out of the filter, you can take the jug (with the lid) out of the appliance (fig. - If you do not intend to drink all of the coffee now (fig. 11), you can put the jug with the remainder of the coffee back on the hot plate. The hot plate will keep the coffee at the best temperature. Yet, coffee is at its best directly after it has been made! When you intend to take the Café Gourmet to another place (e. ) - Remove the mains plug from the wall socket. [. . . ] - Rinse the coffee jug, cover and filter holder. - Let the appliance work twice more with only water to rinse away the vinegar and any remaining scale. [. . . ]