Rommelsbacher EGK 200 [18/20] Interesting facts about coffee

Tips for working with the appliance

• Remove stalks, pits and peels from the food. Before processing, cut large food into rather small pieces.

• Work in a pulsing rhythm, this means grinding/blending for some seconds, then pause shortly. Repeat

this procedure several times.

• Food with a strong odor, like e.g. cinnamon sticks, may transfer some odour/taste to the lids of the

containers. This is quite normal and no reason for complaint. We recommend, therefore, purchasing an

additional grinding/blending container, which can be used for such foods. Spare containers are available

at your service point.

• Spices with intense essential oils (e.g. caraway, clove etc.) may affect and dull the inside surface of the

containers’ lids. This is normal and no reason for complaint.

• With this appliance, you can process semiﬂuid dips and pesto. However, use ingredients like olive oil or

sunﬂower oil only in minor quantities and only in the blending container.

• Not suitable for processing are:

food that is too humid, like apples, onions, carrots

ﬂuid ingredients like water, yoghurt and similar

ﬂuid sauces and dips

ice cubes to produce crushed ice.

• The stated values in the below chart are approximate and mainly depend on the freshness and quality

of the food as well as on your personal taste.

Interesting facts about coffee

• The taste of beverages containing coffee depends on the quality of the used coffee or espresso beans.

Condition for the aromatic preparation of beverages with coffee is the perfect grinding of the roasted

beans as this increases the surface for the contact with water and thus, the release of ﬂavours.

• A roasted coffee bean contains more than 1,000 different ﬂavouring substances. The ﬁner the grinding,

the more substances are released.

• After a few minutes already, the ground powder loses more the 50 % of its ﬂavour. Therefore, coffee

specialists recommend storing whole coffee beans and only grinding the quantity just needed.

• Different coffee beverages require different coarseness settings; but also the beans’ sort and roasting as

well as your personal taste decide on how ﬁne the coffee powder should be ground. Try it yourself until

you have found your individual coarseness setting by means of the setting possibilities.

Coarse powder is suitable for hand-ﬁltered coffee.

Use medium powder with usual boiler espresso machines.

Fine powder is suitable for ﬁlter coffee makers or for automatic pump-pressure espresso machines.

Extra-ﬁne powder is recommended for manual mocha-making.

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