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How to Descale and Clean Your Espresso Machine (The 5-Step Routine)
Limescale mineral buildup is responsible for 90% of all machine breakdowns. Here is the 10-minute monthly maintenance schedule.
If your espresso machine starts making a screeching pump sound, takes twice as long to steam milk, or the water isn’t as hot as it used to be, minerals from your tap water have coated the boiler walls. The Monthly 5-Step Maintenance Routine:
- Backflush with Cafiza: Put a blind rubber disc into your 54mm portafilter with half a teaspoon of espresso machine detergent. Run 5 brew cycles of 10 seconds each to dissolve rancid coffee oils from the solenoid valve.
- Soak the Steam Wand Tip: Unscrew the tip and soak it in warm water with a drop of Rinza or dish soap to dissolve baked-on milk proteins.
- Descaling Cycle: Run citric acid or official Breville/De’Longhi descaling solution through the water tank and flush thoroughly with two full tanks of fresh water.
- Clean the Grinder Chute: Vacuum out old coffee grounds from the conical burrs with a narrow nozzle to stop stale oils from spoiling fresh beans.
- Use a BWT Water Filter Pitcher: Softening your brew water before it hits the tank prevents scale from ever forming in the first place.
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