INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
Coffee Center® GRIND & BREW PLUS
For your safety and continued enjoyment of this product, always read the instruction book carefully before using.
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SS-GB1 Series
IMPORTANT
SAFEGUARDS
When using electrical appliances, basic safety
precautions should always be taken to reduce the risk
of fire, electric shock and/or injury to persons, including
the following:
1. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
2. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles and k nobs.
3. To protect against electric shock, do not place cord,
plug, or base unit in water or other liquids.
4. This appliance should not be used by or near children or individuals with certain disabilities.
5. Always unplug from outlet when not in use and
before cleaning. Allow to cool before putting on or
taking off par ts and before cleaning the appliance.
6. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged
cord or plug or after the appliance malfunctions
or has been dropped or damaged in any manner.
Return appliance to the nearest Cuisinart Repair
Center for examination, repair, and ele ctrical or
mechanical adjustment.
7. The use of accessory attachments not
recommended by Cuisinart may cause injuries.
8. Do not use outdoors.
9. Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter,
or touch hot surfaces.
10. Do not place on or near a hot gas or electric burner,
or in a heated oven.
11. Always ll water reservoir rst, then plug cord into
the wall outlet. To disconnect, push the OFF button,
then remove plug from wall outlet.
12. Do not use appliance for other than its intended use.
13. Snap lid securely onto carafe before serving any
beverages.
14. Scalding may occur if the lid is removed during the
brewing cycle.
15. The glass carafe is designed for use with this
appliance only. It must never be used on the
range top.
16. Do not set a hot carafe on a wet or cold surface.
17. Do not use a cracked carafe or a carafe having a
loose or weakened handle.
18. Do not lift handle to open the lid of the cof feemaker
while brewing is in progress.
19. Do not overll the water reservoir with water.
Use O N LY WAT E R in this appliance! Do not put
any other liquids or foods in the water reservoir
except as instructed in the cleaning instructions in
this guide.
20. Do not clean carafe, heating plate or single-serve
drip tray with harsh cleansers, steel wool pads, or
other abrasive materials.
21. WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RIS K OF FIRE OR
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE BASE
PANEL. NO USE R-SE RVICEABLE PARTS ARE
INSIDE. REPAIR SHOULD BE DONE ON LY BY
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.
22. Do not place cloth or otherwise restrict airow
beneath coffeemaker.
23. Use only the Cuisinart
Style Filter or standard basket paper lter with this
unit. OTHER GOLD-TONE PERMANENT FILTERS
MAY CAUSE THE COFFEEMAKER TO OVERFLOW.
24. Do not operate your appliance in an appliance
garage or under a wall cabinet. Wh en sto ring in an
appliance gar age, always u nplug the unit from
the electrical outlet. Not doing so could create a
risk of re, especially if the appliance touches the
walls of the garage or the door touches the unit as
it closes.
25. Only use capsules intended for this appliance. If the
capsule does not t, do not force the capsule into
the appliance.
26. WARNING: To avoid the risk of injury, do not open
the brew chamber during the brew process.
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Gold-Tone Commercial-
SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOUSEHOLD
USE ONLY
WARNING: RISK OF FIRE
OR ELECTRIC SHOCK
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol
within an e quilateral triangle is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
dangerous voltage within the product’s
enclosure that may be of suf ficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of fire or
electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the appliance.
SPECIAL CORD SET
INSTRUCTIONS
A short power-supply cord is provided to reduce the
risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping
over a longer cord.
Longer extension cords may be used if care
is exercised.
If a long extension cord is used, the marked electrical
rating of the extension cord must be at least as great as
the electrical rating of the appliance, and the longer
cord should be arrange d so that it will not drape over
the countertop or tabletop, where it can be pulled on by
childre n or tripped over.
WARNING
RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE
REPAIR SHOULD BE DONE BY AUTHORIZED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY
NOTICE
This appliance has a polarized plug (one blade is wider
than the other). To reduce the risk of electric shock, this
plug will fit into a polarized outlet only one way. If the
plug does not fit fully into the outlet, reverse the plug.
If it still does not fit, contact a qualified electrician.
Do not modify the plug in any way.
OPERATING NOTICE
Clogging and backing up of water and/or coffee in the
filter ba sket can occur under any or a combination of
any of the following conditions: the use of too finely
ground coffee; using two or more paper filters; using
the gold-tone filter in conjunction with a paper filter; not
properly cleaning coffee grounds from the gold-tone
filter, or allowing cof fee grounds to spill over the filter.
Caution: Never open the filter basket during the
brewing cycle, even if no water is draining from the filter
basket, since extremely hot water/coffee can spill out
from the filter basket and cause injury. If water/coffee is
not draining from the filter basket during the brewing
cycle, unplug the unit and wait 10 minutes before
opening and checking the filter basket.
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CONTENTS
Important Safeguards ...........................2
Unpacking Instructions ..........................4
The Quest for the Perfect Cup of Coffee ............4
Features and Benefits.........................5–6
Control Panel..................................7
Charcoal Water Filter............................8
12-Cup Coffeemaker Instructions
Setting Up Your 12-Cup Coffeemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Programming Your 12-Cup Coffeemaker.......... 8-9
Making Coffee With Whole Beans .................9
Making Coffee With Pre-Ground Beans ...........10
Tips and Hints ................................10
Brew Pause
12-Cup Coffeemaker Cleaning
& Maintenance .............................10 -11
Single-Serve Coffeemaker Instructions
Setting Up Your Single -Serve Cof feemaker ........11
Using the Single-Serve Coffeemaker.............. 12
Brewing with a Reusable Filter Cup ...............12
Single-Serve Cleaning and Maintenance .........13-14
Warranty.....................................15
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Feature ..........................10
UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Place the box on a large, sturdy, at surface.
2. Remove the instruction book and any
other literature.
3. Turn the box so that the back side of the
coffeemaker is down and slide the coffeemaker
from the box.
4. After the coffeemaker has been removed, place the
box out of the way and lift off the packing material.
5. Grasp the carafe by its handle, remove it from the
heating plate, and remove the polybag.
6. Remove the polybag covering the coffeemaker.
Save all packing materials in case you have to ship the
machine in the future.
KEEP ALL PL ASTIC BAGS AWAY FROM CHILDREN.
THE QUEST
FOR THE PERFECT
CUP OF COFFEE
ELEMENT 1: WATER
Coffee is 98% water. The quality of that
water is as important as the quality of your
coffee. If water doesn’t taste good from the
tap, it won’t taste good in your coffee.
Cuisinart includes a charcoal water filter
to remove chlorine, bad tastes and odors,
for the purest coffee flavor, every time
you brew.
ELEMENT 2: COFFEE
While coffee is 98% water, all of the
flavor comes from the beans. To achieve
the same great taste you enjoy at a cof fee
bar, buy only a two-week supply of fresh
coffee beans at a time. Once the bean
is broken, its flavor degrades quickly.
That’s why Cuisinart grinds your beans
just prior to brewing.
ELEMENT 3: GRIND
The grind is critical for proper
flavor extraction. If the grind is too fine,
overextraction and bitterness will result.
Too fine a grind may also clog the filter.
If grind is too coarse, the water will
pass through too quickly and the
maximum flavor will not be extracted.
Your coffeemaker is preset for medium,
the optimal grind for this type of
brewing process.
ELEMENT 4: PROPORTION
Coffee that is too strong or too weak is
always a disappointment. Follow the
recommended portions of ground coffee in
the instructions under Brewing Coffee, and
later adjust the amount to suit your taste.
NOTE: DO NOT OVERFILL OR THE
GRINDER COULD MALFUNCTION
AND/OR OVERFLOW.
12-CUP COFFEEMAKER FEATURES AND BENEFITS
1. Coffeemaker Reservoir Cover
Flips back for easy lling and to access to the
grinder compartment.
2. Coffeemaker Wate r Rese rvoir
With water level indicator window.
3. Showerhead (not shown)
Distributes water evenly over coffee, reducing
temperature loss as water passes through grounds.
4. Grinder Assembly
Removable for easy lling and cleaning.
a. Grinder Basket with Stainless Steel Blade
b. Grinder Lid
Use the recess on each side of the lid to remove
lid for easy addition of beans. NOTE: Lid must be
in place for unit to operate.
5. Control Pane l
See detailed illustration, page 7.
6. Filter Basket Door with Release But ton
Open to access coffee lter.
7. Filter Basket
Remove lid to access. Holds paper lter or Cuisinar t
permanent gold-tone lter. NOTE: Lid must be in
place for unit to operate. NOTE: Cover becomes
hot after coffee is brewed. Use caution when
removing cover.
8. Gold-Tone Cuisinart Commercial-Style Filter
A note about lters: When using our permanent lter,
position handle toward front of the unit so it doe s
not inter fere with the ow of coffee into the lter
basket. Also NOTE: Using our permanent gold-tone
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lter may allow some ne coffee grounds to fall into,
and appear as sediment in the carafe.
9. Brew Pause™
Stops ow of coffee from basket when carafe is
removed from the heater plate, so a cup can be
poured mid-brew.
10. Carafe
The easy-pour, no-drip, 12-cup carafe has an
ergonomic handle and brewed coffee markings.
11. Heater Plate
Keeps cof fee warm after brewing. Scratch resistant
with nonstick coating.
12. Charcoal Wate r Filter
Eliminates chlorine, bad tastes and odors from
tap water. Holder keeps lter rmly in place.
NOTE: Follow directions for preparing and inserting
lter on page 8.
13. Ready Tone (not shown)
Signals the end of the brew cycle with ve beeps.
14. Power Loss Backup System (not shown)
One-minute protection if a breaker trips, unit is
unplugged, or power fails. Holds all programmed
information, including time of day, Auto On time
and Auto Off time.
15. Measur ing Scoop with Br ush
16. Basket Paper Filters included (not shown)
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*All mate rials that c ome in co ntact with co ffee or water a re BPA free.
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