Congratulations on your purchase of the Saeco Renaissance XX !

1. Congratulations on your purchase of the Saeco Renaissance XX! Saecois the premiere manufacturer of European style coffee machines. Saeco has worked diligently for 25 years to ensure that your home coffee brewing experience is successful and satisfying. Your new Renaissance XX is designed to give you years of great coffee. The precision brewing system heats water to an ideal temperature, and the stylish thermal carafe allows you to prepare, serve, and savor exceptional coffee. Four Factors to Great Coffee To achieve the best results from your new Renaissance XX Coffeemaker, our coffee experts have provided some guidelines to brew the best coffee. There are Four Factors which are key for you to achieve YOUR ideal cup. They are: The Water, The Coffee, The Grind, & The Recipe. The Water is one of the most fundamental and most often overlooked ingredients when making great coffee. The water used should be fresh, clean and cool. Bottled or filtered, water free from undesirable smells or tastes like sulfur or iron is preferable. Distilled water is not recommended as it may leave your coffee tasting dull or flat. The Coffee Buying fresh, good quality coffee beans is the second step to making great coffee. Any kind of coffee beans when ground correctly, can be used in the Saeco Renaissance XX Coffeemaker. Your coffee's freshness in part determines how flavorful the brewed coffee will be. Do not store coffee beans in your freezer or refrigerator as they tend to take on the flavor of the foods stored in the refrigerator. To keep coffee fresh, store in an airtight container at room temperature in a cool dark place. Protect your coffee from these 4 elements-Air, Light, Heat and Moisture, all of which will greatly diminish its flavor. For the best results, coffee should be ground fresh for each use. The Grind is the key to regulating how fast the hot water passes through the coffee and picks up all of those wonderful coffee flavors. If the grind is too coarse, the water passes through too quickly and the brewed coffee often seems weak. Reversely, a too fine grind will not allow the water to pass though the coffee grinds quick enough, resulting in a very strong, over extracted, bitter coffee and possible water overflow from the filter basket. We recommend a MEDIUM grind, which gives the hot water the proper amount of interaction with the grinds in order to extract the best brewed coffee. The Recipe is simply the proportion of water to ground coffee. Adjust the amount of ground coffee used to your taste. Less for milder coffee, more for stronger coffee.