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Tips and tricks
Tips and Tricks for Perfect Coffee Beverages
Tips and tricks
Water quality
Water quality is extremely important for preparing your coffee
specialties. Excessive lime and chlorine will adversely affect the
aroma. Prevent this by using the WMF water filter. Descaling also
protects your WMF 1000 pro against scaling.
Change the water in the tank after long idle periods.
Preheating cups with the WMF Steam-Jet
Warm up your cups quickly and easily with the WMF Steam-Jet cup
preheating feature.
Your espresso and all other drinks will stay hot longer.
The right cups
Use espresso cups of thick porcelain, which retain the pre-warm
heat better. Their maximum capacity is 60 ml - but they should
only ever be filled two-thirds full - and they are tapered. If the
cups are too large, they allow the espresso to cool down too
quickly at the surface.
Warm-up rinse
Run a warm-up rinse on the machine after switching on and
after pauses in use. This brings the WMF 1000 pro up to its ideal
operating temperature.
For a good espresso it is particularly important that it is hot.
Programming the taste of the coffee
Program the coffee strength and the amounts of water, foam and
milk individually to your taste for each coffee specialty.
Pre-brew
The pre-brew function is set at the factory for all coffee specialties
except café crème.
Activate this setting for café crème also if you prefer a stronger
coffee aroma.
Brewing temperature
The brewing temperature is factory-set to 92°C, which is ideal for
coffee with 100% Arabica beans. If you are using coffee with a
proportion of Robusta beans, a reduction in brewing temperature
to no less than 88°C is recommended.
WMF Perfect Extraction system
Together with the quantity of ground coffee, the grinding degree
influences the generation of the “body” or “richness” of the coffee,
and the formation and persistence of the crème. The finer the
coffee is ground, the more strongly its contents are released into
the coffee. Adjust the grinding degree using the WMF Perfect
Extraction System so that it is optimal for the type of coffee used.
Inserting water filter - see “Start-up” chapter; Warm-up rinse - see “Care“ chapter; Programming coffee taste - see “Beverage settings” chapter;
Setting brewing temperature - see “Basic settings” chapter; Setting grinding degree - see “Grinding degree setting” chapter; Pre-brewing - see “Beverage settings” chapter;
Coffee bean filling - see “Start-up” chapter.