Safety Warnings; Before Using For The First Time; Brewing Espresso - Bella 13683 Manual De Instrucciones

Safety Warnings

• Proper precautions must be made to avoid burns from sprays of hot water or steam.
• Avoid touching any hot surfaces on the machine or any parts of the filter basket holder, filter basket, or
any parts of the steam wand while the Espresso Maker is in use or after it is just been used to prepare hot
beverages.
• To avoid water spillage, it is necessary to wipe the drip tray clean. Lift the drip plate up and off the unit.
Empty water, wipe dry, and replace drip plate.

Before Using for the First Time

1. Before brewing your first cup of espresso, we suggest you pre-clean the machine. Place the Espresso
Maker on a level surface, within close proximity to a sink to discard water.
2. Make sure the Espresso Maker is unplugged.
3. Brew 2 carafes of water without coffee, following the procedures outlined in the Brewing Espresso section
of this Instruction Manual. This will thoroughly clean the unit.

Brewing Espresso

1. Make sure the function knob is in the OFF position. Plug the Espresso Maker into a 120V AC electrical
outlet. The blue POWER light should be off.
2. Remove the water tank safety lid by turning it counter-clockwise.
3. To brew fresh espresso, fill glass carafe with 2 to 4 cups of cold water, using the markings on the carafe for
reference. Pour water into the water tank.
4. Turn the water tank safety lid clockwise until it is tightly sealed.
5. If the filter basket holder is locked into the Espresso Maker, remove from the brew head. Grasp the handle
firmly and turn clockwise until the handle faces the left, unlocked position. The filter basket holder will
drop down and out from the brew head.
6. With the measuring spoon, measure ground espresso coffee and place into the filter basket until the "4"
level mark indicated inside the filter. Gently tamp the coffee to pack it.
To assure a proper fit into the Espresso Maker's brew head, do not add coffee above this "4" level mark.
For best results, use MEDIUM to FINE (espresso) ground coffee.
7. Place the filter basket into the filter basket holder.
8. Align the filter basket holder with slots up in the Espresso Maker's brew head.
Turn handle counter-clockwise (to the right) until the filter basket holder is securely locked.
9. Place the cover on the carafe and return the carafe to the Drip Tray Cover.
Align hole in lid under nozzle.
10. Turn the function knob to
11. a. When brewing only 4 cups of espresso (4 cups of water will be added into the water
tank), espresso will begin to flow into the carafe after approximately 2 minutes.
b. When brewing 4 cups of cappuccino (4 cups of water + 1 steam
be added into the water tank), espresso will begin to flow into the carafe after
approximately 3 minutes.
NOTE: For cappuccino, refer immediately to the Preparing Cappuccino section in this Instruction Manual.
12. When the coffee has stopped flowing into the carafe, turn the function knob to OFF.
The blue POWER light will turn off.
13. To refill the water tank for additional servings, make sure the water tank is cooled and empty and the blue
POWER light is off.
CAUTION: This Espresso Maker will continue to heat water under pressure until the water tank is empty.
Before removing the Filter Holder, or the water tank safety lid, turn the function knob to
When no further steam is emitted from the steam jet, turn the function knob OFF. The blue POWER light
will turn off.
CAUTION: To avoid scalding or burns, do not open the water tank safety lid or remove the Filter Holder
during the brewing process, or when the blue POWER light is illuminated.
(espresso). The blue POWER light will illuminate.
level of water will
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(steam) .