Baratza Forte-AP manuale d’uso

W eight and T ime Based Coffee Grinder OPERA TION S MANU AL TM F or te ® TM F or te -BG -AP[...]

F or te TM Man ual 2 Thank you for pur chasing the F orté. For the r est of this manual, the gen eric name “F or té “ will be used wh en talking about the F or té-AP an d Forté-BG. If we are talkin g about a specic grinder , we will call it out. The F or té is a compact, weight or time-based, commer cial grade grinder , dedicated to gri[...]

3 F or te TM Man ual Burrs The Forté is a durable workhorse using 54mm at burrs. The Forté-BG uses at steel burrs which produce an accurate and precise grind, with fewer nes, delivering ex ceptional cup quality for brew methods fr om Press Pot t o Drip. The Forté–AP uses at ceramic burrs, which are great for all styles of coffee. C[...]

F or te TM Man ual 4 T ABLE OF CONTENT S INTRODUC TION 2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS 5 P AR TS IDENTIFICA TION 6 SAFET Y INF ORMA TION 7 OPERA TION 9 Setting the Macr o and Micr o Adjustment 10 Normal Grindin g Operation 10 W eight-Based Grinding Operation 11 Time Based Grindin g Operation 11 Programmin g 12 Sleep Mode 13 PortaHolder Set-Up and Use 13[...]

5 F or te TM Man ual Burr Calibration 13 Scale Calibration 14 CARE and CLEANING 16 Remo ving the Bean Hopper 16 Remo ving the Upper Burr 16 Cleaning the Gr oun ds Bin, Hopper and Burrs 16 Replacing th e Burr 17 Replacing th e Bean Hopper 17 A utomatic Cleanin g 18 W ARRANTY and SER VICE 19[...]

F or te TM Man ual 6 P AR TS IDENTIFICA TION Whole bean h opper (300 grams) Programable pr eset buttons (3) Micro grind adjustm ent lever Macro grind adjustm ent lever Grind weight adjustment butt ons (2) Ceramic burr (Forté TM -AP Brew Grinder) Ground coff ee bin (125 gram capacity) cutaway to show Weight Platform Weight p latform PortaHolder TM [...]

7 F or te TM Man ual Please read th e information below v ery carefully . It contains important safety information for this applian ce. Please keep th ese instructions for future ref eren ce. ► Use only with A C current and th e correct v oltage. See the label on the base of the grinder t o determine th e correct v oltage. ► Only clean the grin[...]

F or te TM Man ual 8 ► Do not lea ve your grin der unattended while turned ON. ► Shut off and unplug th e grinder from the electrical outlet when n ot in use and befor e cleaning. ► T o unplug, grasp plug an d remo ve fr om the outlet. Nev er pull on the cord. ► Keep y our grinder out of the r each of childr en. ► Do not immerse th e grin[...]

9 F or te TM Man ual OPERA TION Place the F or té grin der on a level surface. With the hopper lid in place, m ount the hopper on th e grinder housin g by lining up th e two small tabs at the base of the hopper with th e two slots inside th e collar on th e top of the grin der . The Open/Closed le ver should be oriented t o the back of th e grinde[...]

F or te TM Man ual 10 Setting th e Macr o and Micr o Adjustment The Forté TM must be running when grind adjustment ar e made. Micro Adjustment A-Z Macro Adjustment 1-10 Partially ground coff ee beans may remain between the burrs when th e grinder is turn ed off. When making ANY grin d adjustment, the grin der must be running. Normal Grindin g Oper[...]

11 F or te TM Man ual W eight-Based Grin ding Operation Select WEIGHT , then inser t th e coffee bin on the l oad cell and pr ess T ARE. Then pr ess one of the pr eset buttons (1,2,3). The scr een will show the pr e- programm ed grind weight in grams. Press ST AR T to begin grin ding. While grindin g, the screen will display in real-tim e, the weig[...]

F or te TM Man ual 12 reset again t o the pr ogrammed time. F or gr eater quantities of ground coffee press th e M (Manual) button, then ST AR T . The grin der will count up to 40 seconds (AP), 60 seconds (BG), then shut off automatically . A t any time during MANU AL operation y ou can stop the grin ding by pr essing the ST OP butt on. The mot or [...]

13 F or te TM Man ual 5. T o program th e other buttons r epeat steps 1-4. If the grinder is unp lugged it will retain th e stor ed settings Sleep Mode T o minimize stan dby power consumption, the F or té will go int o “ sleep mode” automatically after 3 minutes of non-use. While in sleep m ode, the screen goes blank. T o “wake up” y our F[...]

F or te TM Man ual 14 T urn the grinder on and lower th e Macro an d Micro lev ers, all the way t o the bott om. Let the grinder run l ong enough t o expel any remainin g ground coffee. Rem ove th e grounds bin (F or V ario-W and F or te , T ARE the grinder). Now press any on e of the pr eset buttons, th en press ST AR T and insert the Calibration [...]

15 F or te TM Man ual display ed. Then pr ess button M, the disp lay will read “ cal”. Gently set the 200g weight onto the platform. Th e display will ash “ pas” and then show the total weight of the bin an d coffee beans (it sh ould read 200). After r emoving th e bin the scr een will show 0.0. Empty the beans. Then press ST AR T to bri[...]

F or te TM Man ual 16 CARE an d CLEANING Remo ving th e Bean Hopper Rotate the hopper le ver , so it is in the CL OSED position, then pr ess the ST AR T button t o run any remainin g beans through th e grinder . Remo ve the p lug from the power outlet. Remo ve the hopper by twisting it, with both hands (with the lid on) in a countercl ockwise dir e[...]

17 F or te TM Man ual CARE an d CLEANING TM F or te If the grinder is used daily , the burrs (steel or ceramic) sh ould be cleaned at least every f ew months using tab lets (see below for A utomatic Cleaning) or with a stiff brush. Proper cleanin g enables the burrs to achiev e the most consistent grind possible. Cleanin g also rem oves som e coffe[...]

F or te TM Man ual 18 clicks to a st op (about ¼ inch or 4mm). Th e Open/Close le ver should be oriented towar ds the back of the grinder . Open the lever to allow beans t o ow to the grind chamber . A utomatic Cleanin g A thor ough, fast, and easy cleaning can be accomplished using Full Circle(tm) biodegradab le grinder cleaning tablets. Full [...]

19 F or te TM Man ual W ARRANT Y and SER VICE U.S. and Canadian W arranty Information Limited W arranty for Baratza Grinders is 1 y ear . This warranty cov ers all defects in materials and wor kmanship (par ts an d labor) including fr ee groun d transpor tation to and fr om our repair facility within th e US and Canada. This warranty does not apply[...]

F or te TM Man ual 20 © 2013 Baratza 3923 120th A v enue, SE Bellevue, W A 98006, USA www .baratza.com Manual Revision Date 1/2014 ®[...]