Descaling agent for coffee machine

A cup of hot, fragrant and invigorating coffee is able to pleasantly and gently wake you up in the early morning. To get such feelings every day, you need to learn how to take care of a coffee machine. The state of this device depends not only on the taste of the prepared drink, but also on your mood for the whole day. In this article we will tell you what kind of descaling agent for a coffee machine you can use, and also try to understand why you need to clean this device and how to do it correctly.

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When is it necessary to carry out preventive cleaning?

How often do you need to clean the desiccant of the Delonghi coffee machine, depends directly on the quality of the water you use:

• , using a soft and cleaned liquid, the machine should be cleaned every six months;
• If hard water is used from the tap, the procedure is performed approximately once a month.

Important! Another criterion for cleaning the coffee machine from scale is the intensity of the use of equipment. Preparing about 200 cups of coffee is a signal that it's time to conduct prevention.

Some models of equipment for this are equipped with a special counter, which independently notify the owner about the need for cleaning. If the unit is not so perfect, then you need to pay attention to the following factors:

• a cup of coffee pouring into the cup becomes much thinner than usual;
• the coffee machine starts to hum;
• a whitish sediment appears in the drink.

If any of the above signs appear, you must prepare to clean your appliance from scale.

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Cleaning agent for the espresso machine

Usually, all manufacturers of coffee machines produce special descaling agents inside their devices. The most popular are the chemical compositions from the following manufacturing companies:

• Philips;
• Bosch;
• Delonghi;
• Melitta;
• Top House;
• Krups.

Important! You can buy these funds in almost any hardware store. However, when using chemical formulations, strictly follow the instructions on the bottle regarding the dosage and the way the specific substance is used.

Usually, branded antiperspirant products for coffee machines are available in the form of capsules, liquids or cleaning powders. Such substances have a fairly high cost, but in the modern market can be purchased and universal means, which may well serve as their replacement.

In principle, it is not necessary to use branded chemicals to clean the espresso machine, but you can use folk remedies, for example, lemon juice or acid.

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Cleaning procedure

Depending on the equipment model and the product you have chosen, the espresso machine can be cleaned in one of the following ways.

Self-cleaning function

If the machine has a display and a counter for prepared cups of coffee, the cleaning procedure is performed according to the following algorithm:

1. Follow the instructions on the detergent pack and prepare the solution.
2. Pour it into the water tank.
3. Thoroughly clean the coffee and waste container.
4. Turn on the automatic cleaning mode and monitor the signals that the coffee machine periodically feeds. Often, she asks to add water and again to clean the pallet.

The machine will conduct the rest of the cleaning process independently.

Manual cleaning

If the function of automatic cleaning by the designers of the machine is not provided, the procedure is as follows:

1. According to the instructions for the coffee machine, prepare a cleaning compound.
2. Fill this solution with a water tank.
3. Clean the filter of the coffee residue and empty the waste container
4. Turn on the appliance and open the tap to drain 100-150 ml of boiling water from the unit.
5. Repeat the draining procedure 4-5 times approximately every 5-7 minutes.
6. If the unit is not equipped with a pulverizer, then, without draining the cleaning solution, fill up the coffee and start the program of its preparation.

Important! If the coffee maker is of the carob type or there is a pulverus, then you can start the program without falling asleep coffee.

1. Pour out the resulting liquid.
2. Repeat the procedure until the solution is filled in the coffee machine tank.
3. Wash the water tank thoroughly, fill it with cold water and repeat the procedure.
4. Clean the operating unit of the unit with running water.

Important! For proper cleaning in any case, you must first read the instruction manual. Some machines have special containers, in which are laid down cleaning agents in the form of a tablet.

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Popular cleaning methods

If you prefer to use natural remedies, then there is a way to decalcify a coffee machine without the use of chemicals. To perform cleaning procedures you will need lemon juice or citric acid, you can also use a solution of vinegar.

To clean the Delonghi coffee machine from scale with citric acid, proceed according to the following instructions:

1. Clean the coffee maker from the waste and rinse the detachable parts with running water.
2. Prepare a solution of lemon juice squeezed out of 1-2 lemons, depending on their size, which must be diluted in 1 liter of water. You can also use 6-8 teaspoons of acetic acid / citric acid.
3. Pour the resulting solution into the water tank and leave it for a couple of hours, because the acid dissolves the scale more than the special agents.
4. After the end of the allotted time, start the coffee brewing program. As with the use of special tools, this process is done with the filling of coffee or without, and repeated until the end of the solution.

Important! The received drink is impossible. If the scale is too much, then a similar procedure is repeated several times.

In this article we told you what to wash the espresso machine from the scum at home, and sincerely hope that the equipment will delight you with delicious and fragrant coffee for a long time.