1) Set a heat-tolerable container under the spout. Preferably a 24oz one.
2) Fill your tank with water + salt (if no descaler solution).
3) Press the button 3 times and hold, machine light will blink and hold a steady orange light and begin shortly after.
4) Descaling dispenses 3 cups (24oz) of hot liquid. Make sure you carefully dispose the liquid because it's boiling hot!
5) Rinse & repeat until satisfied. In my case I did it 3 times. I would wait an hour before you dispense coffee.
by ConservativeBlack
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Wait you don’t need a pod though? I have a vertuo machine
From the user guide:
We recommend descaling your machine every 3 months or 300 capsules, whichever comes first.
It’s recommended to do a rinse cycle weekly.
Love living in Scotland and not having this issue haha
Interesting. On my pop+ three rapid pushes puts the machine in cleaning mode not descaling. Also not crazy about idea of salt. Really bad on electronics if any leak at all. Recommend sticking with a proper descale solution ….. not vinegar either. But each to his own …..
Salt isn’t going to descale anything. You need an acid like vinegar or citric acid to break down deposits, but for a Nespresso machine the best thing is to just use the Nespresso descaling solution since it’s formulated for their machines. Anything else could damage the machine.
Also worth noting the triple press on a lot (I thought all but I guess I’m wrong?) is just going to run a regular rinse cycle, which isn’t the same as descaling. You have to do a complicated series of opening/closing the machine to initiate descaling, but the easiest way is to just use the app.
Just descaled mine last week after over 2 years of not doing so. I do a rinse on a weekly basis though and that seems to have kept my machine fine. I’m going to start descaling yearly now.
Nothing about this is descaling. Just a bunch of rinse cycles
Ewwww. You need to rinse/clean the machine once a week, it also helps to do a quick rinse/clean every day or two. Press the button on top three times (no pod in the machine) to start a rinse/clean cycle. A quick rinse is stopping the cycle after round one of the cycle. At the end of the rinse open the top and wipe everything with a paper towel and let the machine dry out. Give the rinse fluid to your plants. Your daily coffee must taste like shiat.
PS – Feel free to remove the legal disclaimers from your plugs unless you need to read them every morning.
Nah, I like the minerals. Its healthy 🤣
I thought the machines were supposed to tell you when they need to be descaled. Am I imagining that? Mine has never prompted me and I think I’ve only done it once. 😲 I’ve had it for years.
Salt ? If you don’t want to buy or simply don’t have the Nespresso de scaling package. Just google a simple descaling solution ratio with vinegar. Companies like Nespresso and Zippo(The lighter company) stresses use their brand only. but their product isn’t an insanely specific, complicated thing. It’s just an acid diluted with water in Nespresso case. Yes if you have a super strong home made descaling solution it can damage the rubber seals and gaskets in the machine. But if you do it within the recommended time period and an appropriate ratio, followed a proper rinsing of the machine you’ll be good.
Just had watery coffee and no descaling warning. Descaled based on user feedback. Worked like a charm.
where i live has some of the hardest water in the US. i have switched to using only filtered water for my coffee and it’s a game changer.
hot tip: if you’re using a large bottle of descaling solution, write the date you descale on it in sharpie – then you know when you last did it.