9BARISTA 9B User manual

User Guide

Your new 9Barista espresso machine
Tamper
Heat exchanger plate
User guide
Vouchers
What’s in the box?

Parts
Your new 9Barista espresso machine
Tamper
Heat exchanger plate
User guide
Vouchers
Basket
Portafilter
Group head
Heat exchanger
coil
Boiler o-ring
Chimney
Upper
handle
Basket cap
Boiler
Safety valve
Heat exchanger
plate
Tamper

How to make an espresso
Step
1
Fill the Boiler with
cold water up to the
fill line on the inside.
Step
2Screw the Group
head to the Boiler.
note
You can speed things up quite
a bit by putting your 9Barista
on the stove to heat up while
you grind and tamp the coffee.
Be careful though, you’ll need
to get the Portafilter back on
before the machine starts to
deliver hot water. Only attempt
this once you know you’ll be
fast enough.
Step
3
Flip the Portafilter upside
down and put 20g of freshly
ground coffee into the
Basket. Tamp down the
coffee firmly, making sure
the ground coffee is nicely
levelled. Then place the
Basket cap firmly back into
the Basket.
note
Getting the fineness of the
grind right is one of the
most important things when
making espresso. It makes a
big difference to the flavour.
A good way of getting this
right is to measure how long
it takes for the coffee to
come through; it should take
approximately 30 secs. You
might need a few attempts to
get it just right.
120ml water
20g coffee

Step
4Flip the Portafilter
back the right way up
and put it on to the
Group head. Twist
to seal it shut (the
two handles will be
roughly at right-angles
to each other when
the seal is made).
Step
5Place your 9Barista on
the stove. It should
take between 3 and 6
minutes to produce a
coffee. If it’s too fast
or too slow, adjust the
heat.
Step
6When all the espresso
has come through,
pour it into your cup
straightaway to make
sure you keep all that
wonderful crema.
note
You might need to use the
Heat exchanger plate. The
plate is needed if:
•you’re using an induction
cooker
•you’re using a gas cooker
•you’re using another type
of cooker, and it’s taking more
than 6 minutes for 9Barista
to reach temperature and
produce a coffee
40 ml
espresso

Safety
When using your 9Barista espresso
machine, please remember to
follow basic, sensible safety
precautions. 9Barista operates
at high temperature and high
pressure, and the user must read
and follow the instructions below,
before using the machine.
•Do not touch any metal part
of the machine once it has been
heated; it’s going to be hot! Only
touch the wooden handles.
•Do not leave your 9Barista on
a heat source after it has made an
espresso. If it is left for too long, it
will overheat and the Safety valve
might need to be replaced.
•Never leave your 9Barista
unattended on a heat source.
•If you hear or see steam
appearing from the Safety valve
remove the 9Barista from the heat
source, and either use a lower
cooker power setting or less finely
ground coffee with the next use
of the machine. Under correct
operation, the Safety valve will not
open.
•Never attempt to unscrew the
Boiler or the Portafilter from the
Group Head when the machine is
hot, as it may be under pressure.
•While 9Barista is producing an
espresso, steam will appear from
the Chimney. Keep your hands
away, to avoid being scalded.
•When disassembling the
9Barista machine, be aware that it
might still contain very hot water.
Always cool the machine down
under a tap and exercise caution
when separating the Portafilter and
Boiler from the Group head.
Milk Descaling
If you want to
add hot frothed
milk, there are
some excellent
(and inexpensive)
milk-frothers
available.
Unlike most espresso machines, 9Barista
rarely needs descaling. Although limescale
may build up in the Boiler, it will not
necessarily impact performance. (We’ve
never had a machine malfunction due to
limescale.)
Nevertheless, if you live in a hard water
area you might want to descale the Boiler
every few months or so. After descaling,
make sure you rinse it well, or better still
run a cycle without coffee.

Descaling
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20g coffee
30 seconds
extraction time
More intense flavour
• Use more coffee
• Use a coarser grind
• 30 seconds extraction
Less acidity
• Same amount of coffee
• Use a finer grind
• Longer extraction ~ 35s
Less intense flavour
• Use less coffee
• Use a finer grind
• 30 seconds extraction
Less bitterness
• Same amount of coffee
• Use a coarser grind
• Shorter extraction ~ 25s
Cleaning
Cleaning your 9Barista takes only
a few seconds and is best done
in a kitchen sink. You should give
it a quick rinse after every time
you make an espresso.
•If your 9Barista is still hot
from making an espresso, run
it under the tap until it is cool
enough to grip.
•Unscrew the Portafilter from
the Group head, remove the
Basket cap and knock out the
spent coffee grounds into the bin.
•Rinse the Portafilter, Basket
cap and the top of the Group
head under the tap.
•Leave the parts to dry or
towel dry and reassemble.
•If storing your 9Barista for an
extended period, we recommend
you remove all the water and
clean the machine.
•After prolonged storage,
rinse the Boiler with water and
run the 9Barista once with coffee
in the Basket and discard the
coffee.
•Not suitable for dishwashers.
•Do not use abrasive cleaning
products.
How to
adjust the
shot flavour

For more
information
on making the
perfect espresso,
coee grinding,
accessories &
troubleshooting visit
9Barista.com
Giocoguado Ltd, trading as 9Barista, UK company number 8871739