Brewing module and beverage-preparing machine

A brewing module for preparing a brewed beverage from a single-serve capsule has a first brewing module part (3) and a second brewing module part (4) which can be moved, relative to the first brewing module part, between a first brewing module part position and a second brewing module part position. An operating element (6) is also provided which can be manually moved from a first operating element position to a second operating element position. The brewing module is characterized by a stored energy source (7), which is configured to intermediately store energy coupled into the brewing module by a movement of the operating element from the first to the second position, and, actuated by a release, to convert this back to a movement from the first brewing module part position to the second brewing module part position.