The Porlex and Presso are proving to be a highly sought after coffee dynamic unpowered duo. We have had a few requests for English Instructions–currently the Porlex comes with great instructions but they are in Japanese which is fair enough as they are made in Japan.
So for those of you who cannot read Japanese here are the Porlex instructions in the box translated to English.
Porlex Grinder-Instructions below
PORLEX CERAMIC COFFEE MILL :
MANUALS
Thanks for purchasing Porlex Ceramic Coffee Mill.
Please read the below manuals thoroughly before use, so that you could enjoy Grinder for many years.
HOW TO USE
Take off a Lid and fill appropriate amount of coffee beans you wish to grind,
Replace a Lid and place a Handle on a Shaft,
Turn a Handle clockwise by holding a Body tightly until you feel no loading at all.
Ground coffee are stored at a bottom Cup.
Note : It will be easier to take off a Lid or a Cup out of a Body by twisting either directions. It will be same when placing them back onto a Body.
Grinding adjustment for Coarse or Fine must be done by turning the Adjusting Wheel clockwise for Fine grade and anti-clockwise for Coarse grade.
Note : When tightening the Wheel too much, the Ceramic blades will get stuck with, and as a result a Handle cannot be turned. In such a case, a Wheel must be relaxed to a point where a Handle can be turned. This point is considered finest grade setting.
When removing a Adjusting Wheel out of a Shaft, the Ceramic blades can be removed as well. This should be done when wishing to wash a grinder completely.
CAUTIONS
Make sure coffee beans are dry and no foreign substance is mixed.
Do not turn a Handle further when felt grinding something harder than coffee beans or hearing odd sound, and take everything out of a Body and remove foreign matters.
Suggest grinding roasted coffee beans. When wants to grind un-roasted coffee beans, make sure it can be ground smoothly.
Roasted nuts and beans can be ground as well, but do not grind anything which contains too much oil.
When a Grinder has not been used quite some times, suggest washing it and remove residue with a soft-brush (tooth-brush), especially out of Ceramic blades. Make sure that a special care is paid when handling Ceramic Blades as they are breakable. Make sure a Grinder is well dried out before use.
Do not turn a Handle when nothing loaded in a Grinder, especially after adjusting a Wheel as it might damage Ceramic blades.
When finding a Grinder has been damaged by grinding a stone or something very hard, or dropping it on floor, stop using it immediately.
RE-SETTING CERAMIC BLADES TO A GRINDER
When re-setting Ceramic Blades to a Grinder, please do in the following steps -
- make sure 3 recesses in outside of a Female Blade are clean without any residue.
- 3 recesses must be fitted on 3 projections inside bottom part of a Body (see Drawing at bottom right hand side), and make sure it sits on flat and will not turn.
- Male Blade fixed on a Cone Base is inserted onto a Shaft.
- Adjusting Wheel must be inserted on a Shaft and fasten a Male Blade until it touches a Female Blade lightly. This position is considered at fine grinding grade.
ADJUSTING WHEEL FOR COARSE TO FINE GRADE
Coffee grounds could cause trouble in setting a Wheel appropriately. So, make sure that no coffee grounds get stuck with any part of the grinding mechanism.
When relaxing Adjusting Wheel too much for coarse grade grinding, it could be dropped out of a Shaft during grinding, along with Ceramic Blades. When it happens stop turning a Handle and re-set them as per the above steps.
Make sure a Wheel is inserted onto a Shaft from correct side (see Drawing of Adjusting Wheel – having 8 tiny dots at top).
DRAWING OF GRINDER PARTS WITH NAMES
1) STAINLESS STEEL BODY
2) STAINLESS STEEL LID
3) STAINLESS STEEL CUP
4) CERAMIC FEMALE BLADE with 3 TINY RECESSES
5) CERAMIC MALE BLADE
6) ADJUSTING WHEEL
7) STAINLESS STEEL SHAFT
METAL HANDLE
9) PLASTIC HANDLE GRIP
10) POM MALE BLADE BASE (male blade is set on this base)
