Data Sheet

Bella Barista
Nene Court, The Embankment,Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 1LD
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Preparing the machine for use
Peel off any protective film, ensure the water source lever (tank or mains) is in the correct
position (for the test machine this was the opposite way to that stated in the Expobar manual),
lift the machine onto the counter, wash the cold water tank, fill it with filtered water. Don’t
forget to snip the little cable tied at the bottom far edge of the water tank platform (unless you
have plumbed it in), you have to remove the tank to do this. If you don’t the machine will not
switch off when the water runs low
I never like the idea of using a machine without thoroughly flushing it through, especially
considering that the machine may have stale water from factory testing (many months old), or
manufacturing residues, Because of the design, I was inclined to put about 3 tankfulls of
water through it.
Key features
Item/Description Picture Comments
The little pipe behind the group vent. This
is for venting water from the pump OPV
valve (over pressure valve) when pulling
a shot. As the machines only form of
pressure regulation a little water comes
out on every shot. It unfortunately isn’t
long enough to be over the hole in the
drain rack over the drip tray so you get a
pool of water forming on the top drain
rack. Solved by cutting about 30 mm off
water inlet pipe in the tank (of which there
is plenty), placing that on the pipe and
routing it into the drip tray as shown
This really should be fixed, it
cannot be that hard to do and
Expobar should address this.
You have two solutions,
either do as I have done in
the picture or purchase a
piece of Teflon pipe and
route it back into the water
tank, from behind the panel
(most other coffee machines
vent OPV runoff back to the
tank).
Some minor rattles from the drain rack
and cup tray
This could easily be solved by the addition of some spring
tabs on the drain rack which would press on the inner walls of
the drip tray. Rattles are fairly easy to solve with a little foam
tape.
High pressure pump lines were simple
high pressure plastic tubing not the steel
braided pipes seen in some machines
The steel braided high pressure line on
the Zaffiro
I don’t expect it will cause a
problem, It is just an
observation. No doubt
braided pipe would have
added to the cost, with little if
any impact on reliability.