Care And Cleaning - Breville Cafe Venezia BES250 Instructions Manual

Coffee Making Tips
(continued)
Brewing Your Espresso
The most common mistake in brewing is to
over extract from your ground coffee.
This results in a bitter beverage with visibly
bleached crèma. Crèma is the caramel
coloured layer that floats on top of the coffee
following extraction.
Correct Extraction
A single espresso is approx 30ml
A double espresso is approx 60ml
The taste of your coffee will, of course, depend
on personal preference and on many other
factors such as:
• Freshness of the coffee bean
• Fineness or coarseness of the grind
• Tamping pressure (pressing down)
• Quantity of the coffee grind in the
filter basket
We recommend experimenting by varying
these factors to achieve the coffee taste of
your preference.
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Care and Cleaning

Before cleaning, ensure the 'SELECTOR
CONTROL' is in the 'STANDBY' position and
press the 'POWER' button 'Off'. Switch off at
the power outlet, then unplug the power cord
and allow the unit to cool.
Cleaning The Steam Wand And Froth
Enhancer
• The steam wand and froth enhancer should
always be cleaned after frothing milk.
• Remove the froth enhancer and rinse under
warm tap water.
• Wipe the steam wand with a damp cloth,
and then with the steam wand directed back
into the drip tray, briefly set the 'SELECTOR
CONTROL' to the 'STEAM' position. This will
clear any remaining milk from inside the
steam wand.
• If the steam wand becomes blocked, wait
for the machine to cool before using the
'CLEANING TOOL' to unblock the opening.
• If the steam wand continues to be blocked,
the tip of the steam wand can be removed
by using the spanner in the middle of the
CLEANING TOOL.
• Soak the tip in hot water before using the pin
on the cleaning tool to unblock. Replace the
tip back onto the steam wand and secure
with the CLEANING TOOL.
Cleaning The Filters, Filter holder
And Brewing head
• The stainless steel filters and filter holder
should be rinsed under water directly after
use to remove all coffee particles. Should the
fine holes in the filters become blocked; the
fine pin on the CLEANING TOOL can be used
to clear the holes.
• The group head interior should be wiped
with a damp cloth to remove any ground
coffee particles.
• Periodically run water through the machine
with the filter holder in place, but without
any ground coffee, to rinse out any residual
coffee particles.
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