The Solis Palazzo is a fully automatic espresso and coffee center, and one of the most feature-rich machines on the market for the money. This Swiss work of art makes perfect espresso or coffee in about 30 seconds at the press of a button. The key feature of this machine is speed. Enjoy fully automated features that will have you making perfect espresso, coffee, lattes, cafe mochas, cappuccino - even a Swiss Cafe Creme. You can have a coffee bar in your home or office without taking up a lot of counter space because the Palazzo is compact and tucks easily under most overhead cabinets. The control panel has just five buttons that include two programmable buttons for brewing (small coffee or espresso and a large coffee or espresso), steam/hot water activation button and cleaning button. The knob on the side of the machine controls the flow of steam or instant hot water depending on what mode it is in. The Palazzo is equipped with a steam wand and milk-frothing tip. The steam wand swivels to accommodate frothing pitchers ranging from 12- to 20-ounces in size. Within 10 seconds of turning on the steam knob, the Palazzo will be steaming at full power, and continue to produce steam as long as the water tank is full thanks to its advanced continuous steam boiler. As soon as the steam function is turned off, you can brew espresso or coffee without the normal cool down requirement common with other machines. An instant hot water feature is designed for making tea, an Americano or for pre-warming or rinsing your cup. With this machine, you can even add pre-ground coffee to a special funnel on top of the machine. If you want a decaffeinated cup of espresso or coffee and the machine only has regular beans in the hopper, simply pour in pre-ground coffee and then push the coffee brew button. The Palazzo will “bypass” the coffee grinding step and use the coffee you poured in instead. Other features include a pre-infusion cycle (this moistens and conditions the ground coffee, maximizing the extracted flavor to increase the thick crema on your espresso), a removable 2-qt. water tank, a powerful, 15-bar pump, a coffee bean hopper that holds up to 1/2-lb. of coffee beans, a durable 1250-watt boiler and a heated area for storing espresso cups. With your Palazzo machine, you'll also receive a cleaning brush, cleaning tablets, water hardness test kit, brew system maintenance tool and detailed step-by-step instructions.
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