Fluid line external to outside beverage machine housing

Abstract

A machine () for preparing a beverage () has a beverage processing unit () formed of a first processing unit member () and a second processing unit member () that delimit a chamber () and that are movable between a distant configuration in which a flavouring ingredient () is received in the chamber () and a proximate configuration in which the flavouring ingredient () is held and mixed with water () in the chamber (). The machine include: a water source for delivering the water () towards the beverage processing unit (); a water guide () for guiding the water () between the water source and the chamber (); one or more electronic devices (); and a support structure () having a base () that comprises a main outside housing ('), a fluid line support (′″) and a supporting foot () at a bottom of the main outside housing (′). The processing unit () and the water guide (), and optionally the water source, are supported by the base (). The foot () is configured to rest on an external substantially horizontal surface during beverage preparation. All electric device(s) () are confined in and/or comprised in the main outside housing and/or the foot (). The beverage processing unit (), the water source and the water guide () are located entirely outside the main outside housing (′) and outside the foot ().