A brewing module for preparing a brewed drink from a portion capsule, comprising: • a housing; • a first brewing module part and a second brewing module part, which is movable relative to the housing between a first brewing module part position and a second brewing module part position, wherein a brewing chamber is formed in the second brewing module part position, said brewing chamber at least partly surrounding the portion capsule being located in the brewing position with the brewing procedure, wherein the brewing module is configured to brew a brewed drink by way of introducing a brewing fluid into the portion capsule and to discharge this out of the portion capsule; and • an operating element, which can be brought manually from a first into a second operating element position, • a transmission mechanism for transmitting a movement of the operating element into a movement of the second brewing module part relative to the housing, a damping device for damping the movement of the second brewing module part, said damping device being designed such that it has non-constant damping characteristics as a function of the position and/or as a function of the movement direction, characterized in that the housing comprises a sliding surface, and an element that is moved given a movement of the second brewing module comprises a damping element which on account of an elastic force and/or on account of a jamming on the part-stretch is pressed against the sliding surface, or vice versa, and in that the damping element is arranged and designed such that when it comes into contact with the sliding surface, it is deformed in the one direction by a movement relative to the sliding surface and exerts an elastic force upon the sliding surface, whereas it can yield given a movement in the other direction and can slide along the sliding surface in an essentially force-free manner. • a housing; • a first brewing module part and a second brewing module part, which is movable relative to the housing between a first brewing module part position and a second brewing module part position, wherein a brewing chamber is formed in the second brewing module part position, said brewing chamber at least partly surrounding the portion capsule being located in the brewing position with the brewing procedure, wherein the brewing module is configured to brew a brewed drink by way of introducing a brewing fluid into the portion capsule and to discharge this out of the portion capsule; and • an operating element, which can be brought manually from a first into a second operating element position, • a transmission mechanism for transmitting a movement of the operating element into a movement of the second brewing module part relative to the housing, a damping device for damping the movement of the second brewing module part, said damping device being designed such that it has non-constant damping characteristics as a function of the position and/or as a function of the movement direction, characterized in that the housing comprises a sliding surface, and an element that is moved given a movement of the second brewing module comprises a damping element which on account of an elastic force and/or on account of a jamming on the part-stretch is pressed against the sliding surface, or vice versa, and in that the damping element is arranged and designed such that when it comes into contact with the sliding surface, it is deformed in the one direction by a movement relative to the sliding surface and exerts an elastic force upon the sliding surface, whereas it can yield given a movement in the other direction and can slide along the sliding surface in an essentially force-free manner. characterized in that the housing comprises a sliding surface, and an element that is moved given a movement of the second brewing module comprises a damping element which on account of an elastic force and/or on account of a jamming on the part-stretch is pressed against the sliding surface, or vice versa, and in that the damping element is arranged and designed such that when it comes into contact with the sliding surface, it is deformed in the one direction by a movement relative to the sliding surface and exerts an elastic force upon the sliding surface, whereas it can yield given a movement in the other direction and can slide along the sliding surface in an essentially force-free manner.