Congratulations you’ve just bought Yourself a new coffee set up you’ve got Your coffee machine out your grinder all Your bits but you don’t know what you’re Doing let me talk you through my Beginner’s guide to getting yourself Started on your new home coffee setup [Music] So from the start I’ll let you know that This is going to be a super simple video We’ve done technical videos on this Grinder the difference between baskets Spinning milk all of the little things That I’m going to talk you through I’m Not going to go into detail because We’ll list in the description below a Bunch of videos that we’ve done in the Past that can give you the detail you Need I just want to talk you through the Different parts of the machine the Things you would have got in the box and How to get started on setting up your Coffee machine so that you can make Yourself a brew as quickly as possible So let’s start with your machine I’m Lucky enough to be working with a rocket Up at Mentor today maybe you were lucky Enough to gift yourself one for Christmas or someone has bought one for You but a beautiful machine and e61 Group head so there is the opportunity To upgrade to 21 gram baskets and make Even better coffee there so these are Your this is your hot water tap you have

Your steam tap there nice good steam Pressure that’s your steam wand This is your group handle also known as Your portafilter and there’s a basket Sitting inside there as well your drip Tray to make sure you’re catching all That waste we are just using the tank Entire in in the top of the machine so We’re just filling that one with water And depending on your machine not Knowing exactly what you have definitely Read over the instructions make sure you Have gone through the setup guide Because there may be a few extra steps That I’m not covering for your Particular machine so run through that Make sure you’ve done all the right Steps make sure it’s full of water Before you turn the power on we don’t Want to burn it out first thing Um you’re also going to need some good Crockery when you come to Pour Your Lattes now this is the ferenzato all Ground grinder we’ve just done a video On this one to check it out beautiful Grinder if you haven’t got a grinder Already and you’re just using pre-ground Coffee that would be a little bit Different to this and I would definitely Recommend buying yourself a grinder it’s Going to make a huge impact on the Quality of coffee that you can make but You can adjust to suit And watch this video and it will still

Apply now of all of the bits and pieces That you would have got in your box you Might have found a single spout handle Which will probably have a smaller Basket for it these aren’t our Recommendation we find that they’re not Going to produce as good a coffee as if You find yourself a good double spout And a bigger basket now that will hold More coffee and will give you an Opportunity To extract flavor from more coffee and Once you start to learn about coffee You’ll understand what benefits that big Big basket and more coffee will have a More opportunity for flavor so grab your Double spout grab a large basket and get That ready Because we’re going to need that we also Want to just I’m going to get that drip Head nice and warm so you can put that Up in the in the group head there we do Want that warm with the machine so that We’re not affecting the Brew temperature By hitting it with a cold head and that Cold head is actually taking all the Heat out of the coffee now when you turn Your machine on how long does it take to Heat up that is a question that’s always Different on different machines I would Allow 15-20 minutes at least just to be Sure it might be an indicator light if You do have a gauge on the machine You’ll this particular machine has a

Green range but you would be looking to Make sure it’s at least above one of That bar pressure