Hamilton Beach 40115 Manuale Utente

Quality coffee comes from quality
ingredients. For the best coffee, you
should start with freshly ground 
coffee from freshly roasted beans.
The beans can be purchased and
stored in an airtight container. Just
prior to brewing, remove the amount
needed and grind the beans. Once
the bean is broken, the intense, rich
flavor begins to deteriorate.

If the beans are ground too finely, it
will produce a bitter taste. If ground
too coarsely the coffee will taste weak 
and watery.

Some specialty coffees recommend
using more than one tablespoon of
ground coffee per cup. Your new 
coffeemaker is designed to brew
good quality coffee using less
amounts of ground coffee. One level
tablespoon of ground coffee per 
cup is recommended. Of course, 
the amount of ground coffee used
depends upon your personal 
preference.

The quality of your drinking water
will affect the flavor of your coffee. If
you do not drink water straight from
the tap, do not use it to make coffee.
If your water has an off-taste or smell,
or if you have extremely hard water,
use bottled drinking water or filtered
water to make coffee. If the water is
from the tap, it should be freshly
drawn and cold for the best coffee 
flavor.

The amount of coffee to water
depends upon personal preference.
One tablespoon of ground coffee per
cup is recommended.

Automatic coffeemakers generally use 
a 5-ounce cup size. The coffeemak-
er’s Carafe and Reservoir are marked
in “cups” for easy measuring.

Try different flavored coffees and 
flavored creamers available at super-
markets or specialty coffee stores.
Regular coffee can be flavored at
home. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon* or
a drop of a pure extract–like almond,
vanilla, or mint–to the ground coffee
before brewing. For a mocha flavor,
stir a spoon of chocolate syrup or
instant cocoa mix to each cup of
brewed coffee.

* (Too much cinnamon may clog the 

filter causing Filter Basket overflow.)

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