Guidelines For The Grind Adjustment; Normal Grinding Operation; Dosing Via Set Grind Time; Manual Dosing - Baratza Vario Operating Instructions Manual

D O M E S T I C C O F F E E G R I N D E R S
Push the left lever (micro-setting, Pos. 9) to
the middle of the scale (fine setting).
Grind a small amount of coffee by pressing
the START button (Pos. 10), and then press
the button again to stop the grinder. Check
the fineness of the ground coffee. If the
fineness is approximately to your liking, use
the micro-lever for the fine fine adjustment of
the grinding level. If the fineness needs to be
changed significantly, move the macro-lever
to a new position and then make the fine
setting using the micro-lever.

6.2 Guidelines for the grind adjustment

The actual fineness achieved with any
particular setting depends on several factors:
the degree of roasting (light or dark), the
roasting date, the moisture content, type of
bean, oil content etc. You will soon find the
setting most suitable for your taste, brewing
method and your favourite coffee beans.
CAUTION
When the coffee grinder is switched
off, partially ground coffee beans may
remain between the grinding discs.
The grind adjustment in the FINE direc-
tion (upwards) should always be made
with the coffee grinder in operation,
since this may otherwise result in da-
mage to the adjustment mechanism.
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7. NORMAL GRINDING OPERATION

7.1 Dosing via set grind time

Press the required dosing memory button –
Espresso (Pos. 14), Filter (Pos. 15) or Press (Pos.
Espresso 16). The blue LED next to the button lights
up, and the display (Pos. 17) shows the corre-
Filter
sponding programmed grind time in seconds.
Now press the START button (Pos. 10) to start
French Press
the grinding process. During grinding, the
seconds count backwards to 0. When the dis-
play reaches 0 seconds, the motor stops and
the display resets itself to the programmed
time.

7.2 Manual dosing

To produce larger amounts of ground coffee,
press the MANUAL button (Pos. 11) and
then START. The coffee grinder counts up to
the maximum time of 90 seconds and then
switches off automatically. You can stop the
grinding process at any time by pressing the
START button again. The motor stops and the
display is reset to 000. The maximum time of
90 seconds cannot be reset by the user.
8. PROGRAMMING THE GRINDER
DOSING TIMES
The VARIO is set at the factory with three
programmed grinder dosing times. The
dosing memory buttons are practically
labelled for Espresso, Filter and Press. These
programmable buttons only set the TIME of
the grinding process, but not the FINENESS of
the ground coffee.
Button programming (factory setting):
- Espresso (Pos. 14): 10 seconds,
- Filter (Pos. 15): 20 seconds and
- Press (Pos. 16): 30 seconds.
After you have set the grind adjustment to
the required level, press the corresponding
dosing memory button, and then START. The
coffee grinder starts, and the display (Pos.
17) counts downwards from the preset time.