The Royal Professional espresso machine has long been a staple of the Saeco
line by offering low cost professional quality service for making any of your
favorite coffee house drinks. While most folks purchase this model as a home or
office coffee maker / espresso machine, it is well suited as a light commercial
espresso machine for use in a small café or sandwich shop as well. The Royal
Professional features a “button to coffee” approach to brewing espresso or
coffee drinks in seconds; just press a button for espresso or coffee. An
easy-to-read, backlit digital display will guide you completely through the
espresso and coffee making process. The control panel also gives you
unprecedented control over the machine. You can adjust the quantity of coffee
and water for each cup and the coffee temperature too. You can have a coffee bar
in your home or office without taking a lot of counter space because the Royal
Professional is compact and it easily tucks under most overhead cabinets.
A stunning feature of this model is the fully automated automatic milk
frothing system that will have you serving perfect foam for cappuccino and
frothy lattes in seconds. As an additional feature to the standard built-in
steam wand, the auto frother makes dense foam at the press of a button!
The Royal Professional has also been equipped with the coveted Saeco Rapid-Steam®Technology,
an advanced system that reduces the normal waiting time between coffee brewing
and steam output to just a few seconds. That means fantastic cappuccinos and
lattes in no time in the home or office. Turn the steam knob and you'll
instantly have lots of steam for all of your favorite coffee house drinks.
With the other advanced features of this model you can: follow prompts on the
digital message screen, program coffee strength and ounces to be brewed per cup,
switch between espresso or coffee options instantly, change coffee temperature,
use pre-ground coffee in addition to whole coffee beans, adjust the built-in
coffee grinder for fine tuning your espresso/coffee, program the special
pre-brew coffee conditioning system, view messages in multiple languages, view
the cup counter, program the energy saving mode and timer, adjust the water
hardness setting, and more.
Also enjoy a cup warming feature, swivel base for better access to the side
and back of the machine, comprehensive automatic cleaning and descaling
features, removable internal brewing system for simple cleanup, accessories for
maintaining your new Saeco machine, and unlimited toll free telephone support
and advice. Saeco offers a one year parts and labor warranty.
Detailed Product Features:
Completely Automatic Espresso & Coffee Brewing
Love espresso but have a busy schedule? Hate to clean up? This is your
machine. Just press the button and the Royal Professional will automatically
grind your coffee beans, and dispense freshly brewed, rich and flavorful coffee
into your cup. Press the brew button once for a single espresso or coffee.
Pushing the brew button twice quickly will put a double shot of espresso or
coffee in your cup. Utilize the enormous flexibility of the this machine’s
programming options by varying the water volume up to 12 ounces and the ability
to select up to 9 grams of ground coffee per brewing cycle. By experimenting
with the water volume and grams of ground coffee you can fine-tune your coffee
and easily program these parameters into the memory. Take it one step further by
programming the coffee temperature for the ultimate cup of coffee. However, feel
free to utilize the factory settings as well if you wish.
Fully Automated Milk Frothing System
The Royal Professional is one of the few coffee and espresso centers that
features a built-in automatic milk frothing system for making textbook
cappuccinos. Although this machine comes equipped with a milk frothing wand for
heating milk for lattes and café mochas, the automatic milk frothing system
yields perfect foam for cappuccinos. It works by drawing milk out of a container
(like a pint of milk or small pitcher), combines the milk with steam, and then
froths the milk which then is deposited right into your coffee mug. You can also
control the consistency of the foam.
Multi-Function Digital Screen
It’s good to keep tabs on your machine. With a quick glance at the digital
screen, you’ll see all the functions and options. Do you want to brew one cup or
two? Is your machine in the automatic rinsing or cleaning cycle? Is it grinding
or brewing? It’s all on the readout display. This versatile machine is also
multilingual and can be programmed in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German,
Japanese, Portuguese, or Dutch.
On-Screen Functions:
- Program your favorite language.
- Select just the right temperature from Low, Medium, High and Maximum.
- Set up the cup size you’d like for each brewing cycle to small, medium or
large, or any volume in between.
- Monitor the number of cups you brew in a day.
- Set the machine to turn itself off after 15 minutes or up to 3 hours of
non-use.
- Set a warning signal telling you when the machine needs to be cleaned.
- Select the automatic rinsing and de-scaling function. (Good maintenance
insures top working order and prevents mineral deposits and lime scale from
accumulating in the boiler and brewing systems, a major cause of mal-functions!)
- Tell the coffee warmer to turn on or off.
- Vending information center and password.
- Plus many other features.
Hot Water Dispenser & Rapid-Steam®Technology
We’re all steamed up about Saeco's patented Rapid-Steam® system! Turn the steam
knob and have instant steam you want for cappuccinos or lattes. Other systems
can have you waiting up to 45 seconds for the steam function to be ready but not
with Rapid-Steam®; you’ll have consistent steam for repeated drinks. An optional
frothing tip for adding milk froth comes with the machine and delivers perfect
foam every time for lattes or cappuccinos, even if you have never foamed milk
before! The steam wand is located on the left-front of the machine and it
accommodates frothing pitchers up to 32 oz. If you need instant hot water for
making tea, hot cocoa, or Americanos, the hot water feature is available at the
press of a button.
3 Pre-Set Buttons for Cup Size Selection
Getting a great cup of your favorite coffee is as easy as one, two, three. Press
a button for a single or double shot of espresso. You can brew a small, medium,
or large cup of coffee and vary the strength to your taste. Just press the
button and within 30-40 seconds you will be enjoying a perfect beverage.
Espresso or Fresh Brewed Coffee By The Cup
Ready to move to connoisseur status? Then try making a Café Créme! It’s simple
with the Royal Professional’ ability to adjust for the coarseness of the ground,
allowing you to brew a Café Créme, 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 1.5 ounces.
For a Café Créme, (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 Royal Professional a natural
replacement for traditional coffee makers
Special Pre-Ground Coffee Funnel
This option allows you to pour pre-ground coffee into a funnel that is accessed
by lifting a small lid on top of the machine. This feature is perfect when there
is someone in the crowd who wants a decaffeinated espresso and there are only
caffeine espresso beans in the machine, or if you wish to sample other blends of
coffee. After making a cup of coffee with the pre-ground option, the machine
automatically resets back to the beans held in the machine. It’s all up to
taster’s choice.
Coffee Strength Function
The Royal Professional has a feature that will allow you to adjust the amount of
coffee to be ground for each individual cup. Adjust it from 6 grams (- sign) to
9 grams (+ sign) to change the strength of the coffee. 7 grams of ground coffee
is the usual amount for espresso, 9 grams is used for coffee.
Special Pre-infusion Brew System Cycle
Pre-infusion allows you to get maximum flavor from the brewing process. This
advanced system takes the newly ground coffee beans from the internal Royal
Professional coffee grinder and correctly tamps the coffee. Next comes
“pre-infusion.” To optimize the flavor extraction, a special step injects a
little hot water into the freshly ground coffee, in order to soak it and let it
swell up. This is done just before the actual brew cycle commences. The grounds
are pre-soaked and then brewed before being discarded automatically into the
internal dump box. The machine then resets itself for the next brewing cycle.
Additional Product Features, Maintenance & Information:
Professional Quality Coffee Grinder
Proper grinding is at the core of excellent coffee production. The Royal
Professional has a built-in, conical type burr grinder, the same type used by
the professionals. Pushing the brew button sets the cycle in motion with the
grinder measuring out the correct amount of beans for the selection made and
then grinding it to specifications.
Conical burr grinders are made up of a cone shaped grinding wheel that turns
slow enough not to burn the coffee beans, (a problem with low cost grinders).
The heavy-duty steel of the grinding wheel promotes a life of long service and
that’s strong enough to resist damage from the little stones that sometimes slip
in with the beans. This durable construction is consistent with top quality
machines and little or no maintenance or service is needed.
Built-in 82 Ounce Water Tank
The Royal Professional water reservoir can easily be refilled while it is
still on the machine or by removing it with the easy-grip handle and filling it
at the kitchen tap. The reservoir is made of clear ABS plastic so checking the
water level is a breeze. When the water runs low, the digital display will
remind you when to refill it.
For Perfect Coffee Extraction - a Powerful Pump
Delivering a maximum pressure of 15 bars, this on board water pump pulls the
maximum flavor from the coffee beans.
Coffee Bean Storage Hopper & Internal Dump Box
Keeping ½ pounds of beans fresh and ready for grinding is the built in,
lidded coffee bean hopper. This large capacity allows up to 30 cups of coffee to
be prepared before refilling is needed. When the coffee grounds are spent, the
machine delivers them to the internal dump box, which can hold up to 30 expended
coffee portions. It’s easy to remove and clean.
Cup Count
Inquiring minds want to know how many cups of espresso you’ve brewed in a
day or a week or a month. It’s fun to see the number of drinks your machine has
produced, but it also serves to alert you to maintenance and even financial data
if it’s being used in an office. Just how many cups of coffee are your employees
drinking each day?
Heavy Duty Heating System
One of the reasons this the Royal Professional is great for anything from
small commercial settings to home or office use, is its durable 1250 watt
boiler. It provides for continuous use or a lot of servings over a short time
period
Adjustable Beverage Dispensing Nozzle
This coffee dispensing nozzle moves up or down to accept cup sizes up to 4
inches high.
Heated Cup Stacking Surface
Located on the top of this machine is a heated surface made of non-stick
metal that allows you to stack up those espresso cups and keep them toasty.
Using the on-screen functions, you can turn this feature on or off.
Swivel Base
Getting into your espresso machine for cleaning and maintenance is important
for the long life of your machine. The swivel base makes it easy to access all
sides of your machine to remove the water tank and open the side service door.
Cleaning & Maintenance of Components
In order to keep the inside of your machine healthy, your machine must be
cleaned periodically. Scale buildup from naturally occurring minerals in your
water can build up on sensitive components like the inside of the boiler, which
left unchecked can cause considerable damage to the machine. By descaling your
machine every two-three months, your machine will last for many trouble-free
years. Saeco espresso machine cleaner can be purchased from us or by calling the
support number in your user guide.
The machine will tell you when it’s time to activate the self-clean system by
displaying a message on the digital screen. After adding our cleaner, just press
the clean button. The machine will take it from there. Descaling and general
cleaning is important even if you have a sophisticated water filter system, and
especially if you use well water.
Used coffee grounds are collected in the grounds dump box, which can hold up
to 30 spent portions of coffee before emptying is required, and a message will
appear on screen to let you know it needs to be emptied. Waste water left over
from the rinsing cycles is stored in removable drip tray that simply pulls out
from the machine and reinserts in seconds. All components such as the used
grounds container, drip tray, and water tank can be hand washed with regular
soap and water.
Removable Internal Brew System – Cleanup Is Easy
The patented removable internal brewing system (brew group) has been tested
millions of times throughout the world. It only takes a simple gesture for it to
be quickly and easily removed from the machine and cleaned. Just rinse it under
running water to remove all traces of dirt and coffee residues, which when left
inside the machine, change the flavor of the coffee and interfere with the
correct functioning of the brew group. In this way, the quality of the finest
espresso never alters.
Installation & Accessories
Plug it in and the Royal Professional is ready to go. No fuss, no muss, no
special plumbing for water intake or discharge and no special electrical outlets
are required. This model can not be plumbed to a water hook-up; it must use the
internal water reservoir. If you need this feature, please see the Saeco Royal
Coffee Bar model, as it has a water hook-up feature. Detailed instructions on
the optimum care and operation of your machine is included with the purchase
along with a brewing group maintenance tool and a coffee grinder cleaning brush.
Service & Support
All Saeco products are offered with an unlimited toll free technical support
service. If you have any questions or need help, just call us at the number
provided in your help guide. We offer a full one year parts and labor warranty
for home or office use.
Product Specifications:
Color: Silver and Royal blue
Power: 1250 watts - 120 volts
Size: 15.35”W x 15.55”H x 18”D
Weight: 33 pounds
Body Material: Steel with molded plastic components
Warranty: 12 month parts and labor
Support: Unlimited toll free technical support
Origin: Italy
BONUS OFFER: With Purchase of This Item
FREE 2 Pounds of our freshly roasted gourmet coffee
FREE cookies or biscotti