Reconditioned by the manufacturer to "like new" condition; includes 6-month limited warranty
Manufacturer Description
The Saeco Italia fully automatic espresso and coffee center is one of the most feature-rich machines on the market for the money. This work of art makes perfect espresso or coffee in about 30 seconds at the press of a button. The Italia is beautifully designed using an all stainless-steel housing and heavy-duty construction. The Italia is part of a current line of Saeco machines so this model is not outdated. The key feature of this machine is speed. Enjoy fully automated features that will have you making perfect espresso, coffee, lattes, cafe mochas, cappuccino, and other great coffeehouse drinks in the blink of an eye. You can have a coffee bar in your home or office without taking a lot of counter space because the Italia is compact and tucks easily under most overhead cabinets.
Advanced features include programmable brewing options, adjustable coffee strength, the ability to use pre-ground coffee of your choice in addition to coffee beans, rapid switching between brewing and steaming functions, adjustable coffee grinder for fine tuning your espresso/coffee, special pre-brew coffee conditioning system, and an automated cleaning system.
Detailed Product Features:
Automatic Espresso and Coffee Brewing
The Italia was designed so that anyone, regardless of their experience, could easily master the art of making great coffeehouse drinks. When the coffee button is pressed, the machine will grind just the right amount of coffee beans, place the grinds into the brewing system, extract your coffee or espresso, and clean up after itself in one complete step. The control panel has just five buttons, which include two programmable buttons for brewing (small coffee or espresso and a large coffee or espresso), steam/hot water activation button, and cleaning button. The knob on the side of the machine controls the flow of steam or instant hot water depending on what mode it is in. A series of lights show machine functions and modes.
Rapid Steam System
The Italia is equipped with a steam wand that insures loads of foam for lattes and cappuccino with little or no effort on your part. The steam wand is conveniently located and swivels to accommodate frothing pitchers ranging from 12 ounces to 20 ounces in size.
Within 10 seconds of turning on the steam knob, the Italia will be steaming at full power, and continue to produce steam as long as the water tank is full thanks to its advanced continuous-steam boiler. As soon as the steam function is turned off, you can brew espresso or coffee without the normal cool-down requirement common with other machines.
The Italia is equipped with an instant hot water feature; by turning the steam/hot water knob on the right side of the machine, hot water will dispense from the steam wand. Use this feature for tea, Americano, and pre-warming or rinsing your cup.
Two Pre-Set Buttons for Cup Selection
Just two buttons control coffee brewing. One is for brewing a small cup of coffee or espresso and one is for larger cups of coffee or long espresso (known as a lungo). You can also program the volume of coffee that the machine will brew for each coffee button. This program will remain until it is changed, even if the power is turned off. By pressing the brew button once, the machine will make one espresso or coffee and if pressed twice, two shots of espresso or larger cup of coffee.
Espresso, Cafe Creme, or Coffee?
This machine can do it so try making a Cafe Creme! It's simple with the Saeco Italia's ability to adjust for the coarseness of the ground, allowing you to brew a Cafe Creme, often referred to as Swiss-brewed coffee for the country that made it popular. Here's the difference. Espresso uses a finer ground bean to create a dense pack that restricts the water flow through the grounds, hence the very strong, intense flavor. It also takes a little longer to brew, anywhere between 15 to 20 seconds for 1-1/2 ounces.
For a Cafe Creme, (or crema coffee) a courser ground is needed, a simple adjustment on this great machine. This coarser ground allows for more water to pass through faster, resulting in a frothy layer of coffee that floats on the top, the crema. Aromatic and rich, it is not as intense a coffee as the espresso but equally delicious. This feature also makes the Italia a natural replacement for traditional coffee makers. In 35 seconds it will brew a 7-ounce cup of coffee from freshly ground beans to your exact specifications.
Pre-ground Coffee Option
As if enjoying coffee brewed from freshly ground coffee beans wasn't good enough, Saeco added a feature to the Italia that permits you to add pre-ground coffee to a special funnel on top of the machine. If you want a decaffeinated cup of espresso or coffee and the machine only has regular beans in the hopper, simply pour in pre-ground coffee and then push the coffee-brew button. The Italia will "bypass" the coffee grinding step and use the coffee you poured in instead. By having the by-pass feature you can sample other pre-ground espresso and flavored blends.
Coffee-Strength Function
You can also adjust the dosage of ground coffee that the machine uses each time it makes a cup of coffee from 6 to 9 grams. The average shot of espresso uses about 7 grams of ground coffee.
Pre-infusion Brew System
The two-step pre-infusion cycle moistens and conditions the ground coffee, which maximizes flavor extraction to increase the thick crema on your espresso. The Saeco Italia accomplishes this by infusing (or presoaking) the fresh coffee grounds with a dash of hot water for two seconds. Thereafter, it completes the brewing process by infusing the remainder of the predetermined water through the coffee grounds. The result is a superior cup of espresso or coffee.
Heavy-Duty Heating System
The Italia comes with a tough, durable 1250-watt boiler. Once it is warmed up, it provides for continuous use or a lot of servings over a short time period.
Adjustable Beverage-Dispensing Nozzle
What's more, the spout where the coffee is dispensed is adjustable between 3 and 4 inches to accommodate small and large coffee cups.
Features:
- 15-bar pump pressure
- Removable, 2-liter water reservoir
- Removable drip tray and grounds box
- Swivel base for easy rotation and access
- Double cup, adjustable height, dispensing head
- Adjustable Optidose doser
- Pre-brewing option
- By-pass doser for pre-ground and decaffeinated coffee
- Panarello steamer
- Hot water/instant steam option
- Cup warmer
- Removable brew group
- Stainless-steel boiler
- Metal machine housing
- Abs housing cover
- Wash/clean cycle
- Automatic descaling cycle
Product Description
Great Back to School Item!\nPerfect machine to keep your Dorm or Apt Clutter Free!\nCoffee and Espresso will keep you going late at night before the Big Test! The Saeco Italia fully automatic espresso and coffee center is one of the most feature-rich machines on the market for the money. This work of art makes perfect espresso or coffee in about 30 seconds at the press of a button. The Italia is beautifully designed using an all stainless steel housing and heavy duty construction. The Italia will have you making perfect espresso, coffee, lattes, cafe mochas, cappuccino, and other great coffeehouse drinks in the comfort of your own home or office without taking a lot of counter space because the Italia is compact and tucks easily under most overhead cabinets. Advanced features include programmable brewing options, adjustable coffee strength, and the ability to grind beans and make your espresso automatically or use pre ground coffee in the bypass funnel. Rapid switching between brewing and steaming functions adjustable coffee grinder for fine tuning your espresso/coffee, special pre-brew coffee conditioning system and an automated cleaning system.
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