Initial Use; Place Of Use; Fitting The Hopper; Electrical Connection - Baratza Vario Operating Instructions Manual

4. INITIAL USE

Before using your coffee grinder
CAUTION Before using your VARIO coffee grinder
for the first time, you should wash
the hopper and the ground coffee
container in warm, soapy water.

4.1 Place of use

Place the VARIO coffee grinder on a level,
stable, non-slip surface.

4.2 Fitting the hopper

To fit the hopper (2), align the two small tabs
on the hopper base with the slots on top of
the housing and insert the hopper into the
coffee grinder. Ensure correct alignment
(narrow and wide slot). Turn the hopper
clockwise until it clicks into place.

4.3 Electrical connection

Connect the grinder to a properly installed
safety socket.

4.4 Filling the hopper

Remove the lid (Pos. 1) by lifting it off the
hopper (Pos. 2). Pour the required quantity of
roasted whole coffee beans into the hopper
(max. 250 grams). Replace the lid.
5. GROUND COFFEE CONTAINER AND
PORTAFILTER HOLDER
With the VARIO, you can grind the beans
either into a ground coffee container or direct
into a portafi lter of an espresso machine.
5.1 Inserting the ground coffee container (Pos. 5)
Hold the ground coffee container by the
handle at the top (Pos. 4) and insert it into
the grinder below the display. When correctly
inserted, the container engages noticeably on
the baseplate below.
5.2 Setting and insertion of the portafi lter holder
(Pos. 6)
The portafilter holder can be set so that the
portafilter of your espresso machine is held
in it automatically, and does not need to be
held in position during grinding. Since the
portafilter of different manufacturers have
sometimes very different dimensions, the
portafilter holder may need to be reset.
a) Setting
Remove the portafi lter holder. Place the
portafi lter of your espresso machine in
the portafi lter holder. To do this, place the
portafi lter on the support (Pos. 6b), raise the
handle and push it under the retaining catch
(Pos. 6a). The portafi lter should now sit fi rmly
and horizontally in the holder.
If your portafi lter does not sit horizontally
in the holder, you can reset the portafi lter
support. Loosen the screw (Pos. 6c) at the
lower front of the support using a cross-
head or fl at-head screwdriver, and move
the support to the required height, so that
the portafi lter is held horizontally between
the support and the catch. Then tighten the
screw again
b) Insertion
Grasp the portafi lter holder by the handle
at the front (Pos. 6d) and insert it into the
grinder below the display. On correct seating,
the portafi lter holder engages noticeably on
the baseplate below.

6. GRIND ADJUSTMENT

Two setting levers are provided to set the
fi neness of the grind (Pos. 8+9).
The full extent of the micro-scale corresponds
to one graduation on the macro-scale. For
both switches, moving the switch UPWARDS
produces a fi ner grind and moving it
DOWNWARDS produces coarser grinding.

6.1 Preliminary setting

Push the macro lever (Pos. 8) upwards or
downwards to the required grind adjustment
(coarse setting).
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