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Brewing Coffee in your Saeco Venus
The best coffee begins with top-quality Arabica beans. We recommend using whole bean coffee, roasted to perfection
and ground immediately prior to brewing. For this machine, Saeco recommends a medium grind. If you are unsure about
grind size or your home grinder, please call Saeco Customer Service at 1-800-933-7876.
1. Plug in the coffeemaker.
2. Flip up (open) the water reservoir/filter lid to access the filter basket holder.
Make sure the removable internal filter basket holder is in place.
3. Place filter (permanent or paper) into the internal filter basket holder, located in the filter basket holder.
Use a standard size (3.25” base) basket filter.
4. Place the appropriate amount of ground coffee into the basket filter. Saeco recommends a coffee to water
proportion of 1 level tablespoons (5 grams) of ground coffee to every 6-8 ounces of water; you can adjust this
recipe to suit your own personal taste.
Coffee Brewing Hint: When brewing a full carafe, up to 4 oz of water can remain in the ground coffee once brewing is
complete. Adjust your own brewing recipe to ensure a perfect cup every time.
WARNING:TO AVOID OVERFLOW, NEVER FILL WATER TANK WITH MORE WATER THAN
FITS IN THE CARAFE.
5. With the filter basket & water reservoir lid up (open), fill the reservoir with cold, fresh water (approximately
65°F/18ºc). Fill the water tank reservoir to the appropriate point to brew the desired amount of coffee.
6. Flip the filter basket & water reservoir lid down (closed). Be sure the Filter Basket is securely snapped into
place before proceeding.
7. Place the lid on the thermal carafe in the locked position. You will feel a slight click when the lid is locked.
Ensure lid is locked into place before brewing.
8. Place the thermal carafe into the coffeemaker.
Coffee Brewing Hint: Preheating the carafe by filling and rinsing with hot water prior to brewing can assist in maintaining
the overall temperature of your brewed coffee.
9. Press the On/Off Button ON. The brewing light will illuminate.
10. When finished brewing, the coffeemaker will automatically shut off and the brewing light will go off.
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