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Anonymous Posted on Jun 04, 2007

Grind is too coarse and "pucks" are wet and fall apart.

I am getting a weak brew because of not being able to adust the grind to more coarse with the adjustment knob in the bean hopper. The coffee "puck" comes out wet and mushy. I use several Saeco Viennas at various locations and this particular one makes much more noise during its pumping cycle. Dswish

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You say " I am getting a weak brew because of not being able to adust the grind to more coarse with the adjustment knob in the bean hopper" By making it more coarse you are making it weaker. Unless you just wrote it wrong. To make it stronger you should lower the grinder number to a smaller number. Usually about 4-6. Be sure you have the grinder grinding when you move it to a lower number. The pump noise could be that in shipping your pump came loose from it's mount. Nothing you can do without sending it to a Authorized Saeco Repair shop.

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