Purpose:
- This coffee maker allows you to freshly grind beans, adding to the fresh coffee experience or feel. This type of coffee maker also uses pressurized water to heat things up, making the coffee thicker.
Parts:
- Group head-
- This is where you put the portafilter in when preparing to brew the beans
- Portafilter-This is where the grounds are poured into after being ground out; it attaches to the group head
- Portafilter filter spring-
- The spring is usually a hexagonal shape, and it keeps the basket in place
- Prortafilter basket-This is the filter screen that is in the portafilter
- Group gasket-
- This seals the portafilter and the portafilter basket
- If something is leaking, it is probably due to a malfunction in the group gasket
- Group screen-Located in the group
- Group dispense switch-This is a simple on/off switch
- Group dosing keypad-
- This shows how much you want to make and it activates the group head
- You could have it be continuous or program it to be something else
- This shows how much you want to make and it activates the group head
- Hot water tap-
- This is where the hot water is dispensed from
- Power switch-
- The switch has three options of 1-0-2
- The generic option is 2
- The switch has three options of 1-0-2
- Pressure gauge-
- This monitors the health and pressure or temperature of the machine
- Sight glass-
- This is to see what the water level is at
- There is a small, glass tube located on the machine with a maximum and minimum on the top and bottom to determine the level
- This is to see what the water level is at
- Steam wand-
- This tool steams the milk
- Steam tip-
- This is located at the end of the steam wand and is dispenses the steamed milk out onto the coffee
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