Inserting and removing the portafilter
Always have the arms up as high as they can go when inserting or removing
the portafilter.
When inserting the portafilter you
must lift it up first and then slide it
over to the right as per the red
arrows.
If you try and insert it like on a
conventional machine, such as
shown by the orange arrow, it will
not be easy.
To familiarize yourself with locking
in the portafilter into the main body,
you can practice without a basket in
place.
To remove the portafilter turn to the
left. Then break the seal by tipping
the end of the handle down whilst
leaving the main body where it is
as if it were a pivot point.
That will break the seal and then
you can remove the portafilter and
basket together.
If you simply turn the handle left and
lower the portafilter there is a good
chance the basket will be stuck to the
piston.
So for this reason we advise the tipping
the handle method above.
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