Café Crema II ® 15 BAR pump espresso machine Instruction Booklet EM4820 Please read these instructions carefully and retain for future reference.
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Contents Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions About espresso coffee Features of your Café Crema® II Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II Secrets to the perfect cup Easy steps for texturing milk Before using your Café Crema® II Functions of your Café Crema® II Care and Cleaning Descaling Trouble Shooting Guide Recipes 2 3 4 7 12 13 14 15 18 20 22 25 Important instructions – retain for future use.
Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SUNBEAM ESPRESSO MACHINE. • Always place the unit on a flat, level surface. • Do not operate without water in reservoir. • Do not remove the filter holder during water flow or coffee flow as the unit is under pressure. Removing the filter holder during operation can lead to a scalding or injury. • Clean the steam nozzle only when the unit has been switched off and allowed to cool.
About espresso coffee The Sunbeam Café Crema® II utilises technology and engineering from commercial espresso machines to ensure cafe-quality coffee in an easy to use design. With the Cafe Latte a growing favourite amongst coffee lovers the inclusion of the extra cup height clearance to the design allows the espresso to pour straight into a latte glass or your favourite mug. Constructed entirely of metal components, the robust design of the Sunbeam Cafe Crema® II is certain to create many coffees at home.
Features of your Sunbeam Café Crema® II Warming plate Allows up to 9 espresso cups to be warmed before use. Brewing head Brass & phenolic group handle Full metal structure and components Die-cast metal and stainless steel quality components, built to last. Water level indicator The water level indicator floats through the drip tray indicating how full the drip tray is. The top of the indicator has a red band for easy identification.
2.1L removable water reservoir The large water reservoir is removable for easy filling. Simply lift and remove in any direction. Power button Hot water / steam selector Allows you to select between the hot water ( ) or steam ( ) functions. Operating dial Easy to operate selector dial - turn to the right to make espresso ( ) or to the left for hot water ( ) or steam ( ). Silicone cover Allows you to move the steam wand into the desired position without burning your fingers.
Features of your Sunbeam Café Crema® II 15 BAR pump Crema System The Café Crema II™ is fitted with a 15 BAR pump delivering the pressure required for complete extraction of oils, coffee solids and aroma. The dual-wall filter creates additional back pressure and stabilising baffle produces a steady pour and maintains the temperature of the espresso. Thermoblock heating system Ensures the precise temperature is achieved.
Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II The diagrams below and on the following pages are to assist you in using your Sunbeam Café Crema® II. Each of the diagrams is numbered. Throughout this instruction manual these numbers will be referred to. For example: Fill the water reservoir (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) with cold tap water... Each time you see these numbers please refer back to the diagrams at the front of the instruction manual. Filling the water reservoir 1 Open lid of water reservoir.
Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II (continued) 10 Place container under the group handle pouring spouts. 11 Turn operating dial to the espresso setting and allow water to run through. Making an Espresso 12 Warming espresso cups. 13 14 Select appropriate filter and place into handle. Hold filter handle and purge with water to preheat. 16 17 15 Place coffee in filter. 8 Tamp the coffee. Wipe the edge of filter to remove any coffee grinds.
Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II (continued) 18 19 Place filter handle onto Turn the dial to the right to brewing head and turn handle make an espresso . Turn to the right, as far as it will go. back to the off ' ' position when finished. 20 Discard the used coffee grinds. Texturing milk 21 Turn the dial to the preheat position. 22 Press the hot water/steam button until the steam icon is illuminated. 24 Turn off steam by turning dial to the preheat position.
Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II (continued) 27 Angle jug to rest steam wand on spout and place nozzle just below surface of the milk. 28 Raise the jug until nozzle is in the centre of milk. 29 Close the steam by turning dial to preheat position. Hot Water 30 Wipe steam nozzle and wand with damp cloth and purge a small amount of steam. 33 Place cup under steam nozzle and activate the hot water function by turning dial to the hot water setting. 10 31 Turn the dial to the preheat position.
Operations Guide for your Café Crema® II (continued) Care and cleaning 36 Remove the water reservoir from the espresso machine. 39 Remove steam nozzle from steam wand. 42 Remove the drip tray, pull tray outward and toward you. 37 Remove the cleaning wire from the base of the espresso machine 40 Insert the smaller cleaning wire into the single hole in the base of the filter. 38 Insert the larger wire into the hole in the base of the steam wand. 41 Remove the drip tray grid.
Secrets to the perfect cup • • • • • 12 With a Sunbeam pump espresso machine and a little experience, you can create café-quality coffee at home. Here are a few helpful suggestions: The origin of the bean and roasting will affect the taste of the espresso, so test different brands and blends of coffee to find the one you like best. The grind of the coffee is critical. Vary the degree of grinding to find the right fineness for the coffee beans being used.
Easy steps for texturing milk Milk texturing is the steaming of milk to heat it and to create froth. Similar to making an espresso, perfecting the art of milk texturing takes time and practice. • Use fresh, cold milk and fill a stainless steel frothing jug to no more than ¹/³ full. • The amount of milk you steam should be adequate for the coffees you are preparing. Keep in mind that the volume of milk will increase or ‘stretch’ during the texturing process.
Before using your Café Crema® II Before using your Sunbeam Café Crema® II for the first time or if you have not used it for some time, rinse the machine by running water through without coffee in the group handle, as follows: Note: Throughout these instructions the numbers you see highlighted and in brackets refer back to the diagrams at the start of this instruction manual. • Open the lid of the water reservoir (1) and fill with cold water (2).
Functions of your Café Crema® II 1. ESPRESSO FUNCTION For best results, it is ideal to pre-heat your cups, filter handle and filter as follows: • Insert the power plug into a 230-240V AC power outlet and turn the power on. • Fill the water reservoir (1) (2), (3) (4) (5) with cold water and start the appliance (6). • Put the group handle and an empty filter in place (7) (8) (9), and place a container underneath the group handle to capture water. • Turn the dial to the espresso ( ) setting (11).
Functions of your Café Crema® II (continued) • After each use of the espresso machine for best results when making consecutive cups of espresso we recommend that you flush a small amount of water through the machine with the group handle already removed from the brewing head. Simply turn the operating dial to the espresso setting and allow the water to run through until you have a consistent flow of water.
Functions of your Café Crema® II (continued) Cleaning the steam wand You must clean the steam wand immediately after each use. Simply wipe the stainless steel steam wand clean with a damp cloth. Also, briefly turn the operating dial to steam ( ) setting to clear any remaining milk out of the steam wand. Caution: Steam from the wand/arm is extremely hot and there is danger of scalding. Note: Should your steam wand/arm become blocked, supplied with your espresso machine is a cleaning wire.
Care and Cleaning The coffee making process involves extracting oils out of coffee grinds to make espresso coffee. Deposits of these oils build up over time and affect the taste of the coffee and operation of the espresso machine. The brewing head, filters & group handle Regular cleaning to remove these oils is essential for espresso machines to keep operating effectively.
Care and Cleaning (continued) Brew head rubber seal This seal is located in the brewing head and creates a seal against the filter handle when making an espresso. Note: When your Sunbeam Café Crema® II is not being used, we recommend that you do not leave the filter handle attached to the machine as this will reduce the life of the seal. Over time this seal loses its elasticity and will require replacement – usually every 6-12 months.
Descaling After continued use, your espresso machine may develop a build-up of mineral deposits. Thus your machine will require occasional ‘descaling’. We recommend that you descale your machine every 2-3 months, although this period will depend on the hardness of water and frequency of use of the machine. Descaling solution Use Sunbeam Liquid Descaler, which is available at any Sunbeam Service Centre listed at www.sunbeam.com.au.
Descaling (continued) 17. After 1 minute, stop the machine by turning the operating dial to the off ( ) position. 18. Leave the machine off for 10-15 minutes to allow the descaler to take effect. 19. Turn the dial to the espresso ( ) setting and allow ½ of the rest of the descaler solution to run through the brewing head. 20. Turn the dial to the pre-heat ( ) position. Place the steam wand over the drip tray. 21.
Trouble Shooting guide Problem Possible cause What to do Coffee runs down the side of Group handle is not attached correctly, Ensure the handle is firmly positioned the group handle. or has not been tightened sufficiently. onto the brewing head. See “Preparing an espresso” pg 14. Edge of filter insert is not free Clean around the top edge of the of coffee granules. filter and wipe the brewing head clean of coffee. The brewing head is dirty. Wipe brewing head with a damp cloth.
Trouble Shooting guide (continued) Espresso does not have any Not enough coffee in filter. Crema. See "Preparing an espresso" p14. Handle comes off during brewing. Coffee tamped too hard. Tamp the coffee grounds lighter. Coffee grind is too fine. Change to a coarser grind of coffee. Filter handle is not attached correctly, Ensure the handle is firmly positioned or has not been tightened sufficiently. onto the brewing head. See "Preparing an espresso" pg14.
Trouble Shooting guide (continued) Uneven cup filling. Uneven tamping or obstruction in the pouring spouts. Ensure coffee is tamped evenly and check that there is nothing obstructing the pouring spouts. Contact a Sunbeam Service Centre. Defective baffle in filter handle. Espresso tastes burnt. Type of coffee being use. Experiment with different brands of coffee. Appliance has not been rinsed after descaling. Pump makes an unusually loud noise.
Recipes ESPRESSO (SHORT BLACK) MACCHIATO Espresso is a concentrated, full bodied coffee with a stable layer of cream on top – known as ‘crema’. An espresso is the foundation of all café coffee. Variations are achieved by adding different amounts of milk and froth. Macchiato, Italian for ‘to stain or mark’. Traditionally served as a standard espresso with a dash of milk and a small dollop of froth into the middle of the ‘crema’.
Recipes (continued) CAFFE LATTE CAFFE MOCHA An espresso with steamed milk, typically served in a glass. The layer of frothed milk on top should be 10mm to seal the coffee. • 220mL glass or cup Made in a similar way to a cappuccino but with the addition of drinking chocolate. Simply stir the chocolate into the espresso prior to adding the steamed milk and froth.
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12 Month Replacement Guarantee In the unlikely event that this appliance develops any malfunction within 12 months of purchase (3 months commercial use) due to faulty materials or manufacture, we will replace it for you free of charge. Should you experience any difficulties with your appliance, please phone our customer service line for advice on 1300 881 861 in Australia, or 0800 786 232 in New Zealand. Alternatively, you can send a written claim to Sunbeam at the address listed below.
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