User Manual Tower T13005 Coffee Maker

• Owner's manual - (English)

User Gudie Tower T13005 Coffee Maker

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Components and
• structure
• Technical Data
• Important Safety
• Information
• Before First Use
• Using your Appliance
• Troubleshooting
• Recycling
• Cleaning & Care
• Wiring Safety
• Warranty Information
• Your Receipt

GREAT BRITISH DESIGN.

• Since the turn of the 20th century. Tower has been designing. developing and manufacturing housewares and small appliances used by millions of households throughout the UK and beyond.
• During the 1960s. the rise in popularity of pressure cooking saw Tower become the UK’s largest producer of pressure cookers. right through into the late 1980s.
• In recent years the Tower brand has been reborn with an exciting and varied range of housewares and electrical appliances that have quickly reinstated the brand’s richly deserved status as a household name.

Brewing Your Coffee:

• Open the top lid and fill the water tank with drinking water.

NOTE:

• Do not exceed the MAX LEVEL as indicated on the water tank. The appliance can brew max 4 cups of coffee every brewing cycle.
• Place the brewing basket into the grinding cavity and make sure the brewing basket is correctly fitted into place.
• Add coffee powder or beans to the brewing basket. Usually a cup. or two cups of coffee. uses three spoons of coffee beans or powder. three cups of needs five spoons. and four cups needs six spoons of coffee beans or coffee powder. but you may adjust according to personal taste.

NOTE:

• The appliance will not work unless the top lid is closed and in its correct position.
• Insert the glass carafe onto the warming plate horizontally; ensure centre line of the carafe aligns with anti-drip valve.
• Plug the coffee machine into mains. The “Start” button illuminates in green when the unit is powered.

WARNING:

• The control knob must point to “Stop” position before plug in.
• For Coffee Powder: Turn the control knob to the “Coffee Powder” position. then press down the “Start” button.
• For Coffee Beans: Add your preferred coffee beans into brewing basket. and then replace the top lid.
• Turn the control knob to “Coarse grind” or “Fine Grind” position based on your preference. and then press down the “Start” button.

WARNING:

• Do not open the top lid during brewing process to avoid being scalded.
• The appliance will begin to operate and brew coffee with the powder or beans.
• At that time the “Start” button indicator light turns into red.

Using Your Appliance

• After it has finished grinding the appliance starts to brew coffee. After a while. coffee flows into the glass carafe from the coffee outlet.
• The appliance will automatically stop operating and switch to keep-warm’ condition after it has finished brewing. After keeping warm for 30 minutes. the appliance will cut off automatically and the indicator light of the “Start” button will extinguish.

NOTE:

• During the brewing process. you can press the “Start” button again if you want to make the appliance stop working. However. it is better not to avoid stopping the unit during brewing process.
• To continue brewing. you must firstly open the top lid and then close it again to make the appliance continue operating.

NOTE:

• The appliance is designed with a pause-and-serve feature. if you wish. at any time during the brewing cycle. you can temporarily remove the glass carafe to pour and serve a cup of hot coffee.
• The brewing cycle will not be interrupted and no coffee will drip from the appliance. Simply replace glass carafe onto warming plate to restart the brewing cycle. but do not remove the carafe for longer than 30s. Never return the empty glass carafe onto warming plate when it is still warm.
• Remove glass carafe to serve when the unit has finished brewing. For an optimum coffee taste. serve it just after brewing.

NOTE:

• The volume of coffee brewed will be less than the amount of water first added as some water will be absorbed during the brewing process.

Hints For Great Tasting Coffee:

• A clean coffee maker is essential for making great-tasting coffee. Regularly clean the coffee maker as specified in the “CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE” section. Always use fresh. cold water in the coffee maker.
• Store unused coffee powder in a cool. dry place. After opening a packet of coffee powder reseal it tightly and store it in a refrigerator to maintain its freshness.
• For an optimum coffee taste. buy whole coffee beans and finely grind them just before brewing.
• Do not reuse coffee powder since this will greatly reduce the coffee flavour.
• Reheating coffee is not recommended as coffee is at its peak flavour immediately after brewing.
• Clean the coffee maker when over-extraction causes oiliness. Small oil droplets on the surface of brewed. black coffee are due to the extraction of oil from the coffee powder.
• Oiliness may occur more

What kind of coffee shall I use?

• Any ground coffee! You can buy pre-ground coffee for filter ma chines from supermarkets in a variety of different flavours and blends to suit your taste. you can grind your own coffee beans. or you can buy beans from your favourite coffee shop and ask for them to be ground to filter consistency.

How do you clean the filter?

• The filter can be washed out in warm water. however it must be fully 100% dry prior to re-insertion into the product.

Can I put the carafe in the microwave?

• No. never put the carafe in the microwave. dishwasher or on a hotplate

DISPOSAL OF THE UNIT

Appliances bearing the symbol shown here may not be disposed of in domestic rubbish. You are required to dispose of old electrical and electronic appliances like

Please visit www.recycle-more.co.uk or www.recyclenow.co.uk for access to

Please visit www.weeeireland.ie for access to information about the recycling of

The WEEE directive. introduced in August 2006. states that all electrical items must

Please arrange to take this appliance to your local Civic Amenity site

Recycling

1. Clean all detachable parts such as the inner cover. brewing basket. water tank etc. with warm water. Clean the small brush at one end of spoon after each use.
2. Push the anti-drip valve upwards 3-4 times to empty the residual water.
3. Wipe external surface of product with a soft. damp cloth to remove stains.
4. Water droplets may build up in the area above the brewing basket and drip onto the product base during brewing. To control the dripping. wipe off the area with a clean. dry cloth after each use of the product.
5. Replace all parts for your next use of the appliance.
6. Brew Coffee With Coffee Powder: To keep your coffee maker operating efficiently. you should periodically clean away scale deposits left by the water according to the water quality in your area and the use.
7. We recommend removing mineral deposits as follows:
8. Fill the tank with water and de-scaler to the max level as indicated on the water tank (the scale of water to de-scaler is 4:1. Make sure you refer to the instructions that come with your descaling product. Please use “household de scaler”). you may also use the citric acid instead of the de-scaler (one hundred parts of water and three parts of citric acid).

CAUTION:

• Be sure to unplug this appliance before cleaning and let it cool down completely. To protect against electrical shock. do not immerse cord. plug or unit in water or liquid.

Insert the glass carafe onto the warming plate.

• Make sure the brewing basket is clear of coffee beans or powder and is in place in the unit.
• Switch on the appliance and allow it to “brew” the de-scaling solution.
• After the “brew” one-cup solution has run. switch off the appliance.
• Leave the solution for 15 minutes and repeat step 3-5.
• Switch on the appliance and run off the solution until the water tank is completely empty.
• Rinse by operating the appliance with water only at least 3 times. This will ensure that all de-scaler is flushed from the system.

IMPORTANT

• As the colours in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug. please proceed as follows:
• The wires in the mains lead are labelled in accordance with the following code: Blue neutral [N] Brown live [L] Green/Yellow [EARTH]
• Plug Fitting Details (Where Applicable). The wire labelled blue is the neutral and must be connected to the terminal marked [N].
• The wire labelled brown is the live wire and must be connected to the terminal marked [L].
• The wire labelled green/yellow must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter [E].
• On no account must either the brown or the blue wire be connected to the [EARTH] terminal.
• Always ensure that the cord grip is fastened correctly.
• The plug must be fitted with a fuse of the same rating already fitted and conforming to BS 1362 and be ASTA approved.

Brew Coffee With Coffee Powder:

• To keep your coffee maker operating efficiently, you should periodically clean away scale deposits left by the water according to the water quality in your area and the use, We recommend removing mineral deposits as follows:
• Fill the tank with water and de-scaler to the max level as indicated on the water tank (the scale of water to de-scaler is 4:1. Make sure you refer to the instructions that come with your descaling product. Please use “household descaler”), you may also use the citric acid instead of the de-scaler (one hundred parts of water and three parts of citric acid).
• Insert the glass carafe onto the warming plate.
• Make sure the brewing basket is clear of coffee beans or powder and is in place in the unit.
• Switch on the appliance and allow it to “brew” the de-scaling solution.
• After the “brew” one-cup solution has run, switch off the appliance.
• Leave the solution for 15 minutes and repeat step 3-5.
• Switch on the appliance and run off the solution until the water tank is completely empty. 8. Rinse by operating the appliance with water only at least 3 times. This will ensure that all de-scaler is flushed from the system

The Following Conditions Apply:

1. The product must be returned to the retailer with proof of purchase or a receipt.
2. The product must be installed and used in accordance with the instructions containd in this instruction guide.
3. It must be used only for domestic purposes.
4. It does not cover wear and tear, damage, misuse or consumable parts.
5. Tower has limited liability for incidental or consequential loss or damage. This guarantee is valid in the UK and Eire only. The standard one year guarantee is only extended to the maximum available for each particular product upon registration of the product within 28 days of purchase
6. . If you do not register the product with us within the 28 day period, your product is guaranteed for 1 year only. To validate your extended warranty, please visit www.towerhousewares.co.uk and register with us online.
7. Please note that length of extended warranty offered is dependent on product type and that each qualifying product needs to be registered individually in order to extend its warranty past the standard 1 year. Extended warranty is only valid with proof of purchase or receip