Cleaning and Maintenance

Cleaning your coffee or espresso grinder without specialist cleaning products: Recommend Tools: 1 vacuum with nozzle attachment  1 brush 1 clean, dry towel Remove the hopper and empty it of...

You spend a lot of money on your espresso set-up, so you want to make sure its working in tip-top condition. Luckily though, they’re very easy to keep clean. In our...

Descale Instructions - This applies to most of the machines in the Bella Barista product range.1. If your instruction manual has instructions for descaling, please use those instructions as the...

Once again we thought changing a Tap seal would be a valuable video to provide for our customers. In the video below, Martin Richards talks you through the process. For...

Setting up you machine and grinder for the first time can be a challenge. Watch our video and see helpful advise to minimise your frustration.   This is an introduction and...

Backflush - Here at Bella Barista we generally recommend to customers to back flush every time they have finished using the machine for the day. This is based on a E61...

Water for coffee The quality of water used for coffee is extremely important. First and foremost it can dramatically affect the taste. Espresso and brew coffee can taste flat, astringent...

Please view the video below by Technical Manager Martin Richards at Bella Barista. The video uses the ECM Mechanika Slim coffee machine. This is an an E61 group espresso machine,...

This video Martin from Bella Barista will walk you through the process of achieving the correct grind level on your coffee grinder for espresso machines.In this video we use the...