Descaling agents for coffee machines

If you love coffee and you have a coffee machine, then you probably understand that it needs to be periodically cleaned and all scale removed. Manufacturers took care of coffee lovers and began to produce special tablets for cleaning the coffee machine, so that keeping the equipment clean would not be difficult. In this article, we will tell you which descaler for a coffee machine is the most effective.

 

Everything affects the taste: the brand of coffee, how it was ground, the quality of the water and its hardness. Making good coffee is a talent. This is if you brew a drink in a Turk. If you use a coffee machine, then the process is much easier. But your assistant needs periodic care, washing, cleaning. Modern coffee machines have a self-diagnosis system, thanks to which the machine itself will tell you when it needs to be washed. If your coffee machine does not have such a system, then it should be cleaned every thirty days or after two hundred servings of brewed coffee.

Types of coffee machine soiling

1. Scale. Each coffee machine has a ten, and it becomes covered with limescale during use. This is most often the cause of equipment breakdown. Sediment cements water channels, making it difficult for hot water to circulate and brittle plastic and rubber parts. Various chemicals are used to remove lime deposits.
2. Coffee oils. The brewed coffee goes through the dispensing system into the mug. Over time, coffee oils settle in the hydraulic system and degrade the taste of the drink and change the color of the film in espresso coffee. System cleaning work should be carried out to remove oils.
3. Milk residues. If your coffee machine has the ability to prepare cappuccino where milk needs to be frothed, then after each cup you will have to clean the system using a grease remover.

Types of pills and what they clean from

Each of the manufacturers of equipment for brewing coffee produces chemical products for cleaning their coffee machines. They look like tablets and have special markings that indicate their characteristics and use. In addition to the "native" tablets, there are universal detergents on the market. (Read also: How to clean a coffee machine at home )

The tablets can be divided into:

• Cleansing the hydraulic system from coffee oils.
• Descaling equipment.

The descaling agent for the espresso machine is available in liquid, powder or tablet form. The cost is about 300 rubles. There are decalcifiers that resist plaque formation. The cost is around 600 rubles. Special tablets that cleanse the system of oils and fats cost up to 500 rubles.

Special filters are used to purify water and reduce its hardness. Water purification is a preventive measure that helps to reduce contamination of the coffee machine during its operation. The cost of filters is highly dependent on manufacturers and the quality of water purification.

Using these cleaning agents, you can keep your equipment running and prepare a delicious and invigorating drink.

Signs of contamination of the coffee machine

• The prepared drink flows very slowly.
• Strong extraneous sound.
• A light precipitate appears in the cup.
• Debris from the nozzle is visible when the valve is open in steam mode.
• The coffee maker does not turn on, the electronics issues a fault code.

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Cleaning the coffee machine with tablets

To clean the coffee machine well, follow these steps:

1. Take the descaling agent for the coffee machine in the amount indicated in the instructions for its use, pour it into the coffee machine, add hot water to the full volume and wait for the required amount of time.
2. We check how the cleaning process went. To do this, without the coffee itself, we make a drink and see if there is scale. If there is, we repeat the cooking process until all the liquid in the tank runs out.
3. We wait 10-20 minutes, after which we pour out the rest of the liquid. We rinse the inside of the coffee maker with clean water.
4. To better clean the coffee machine, you need to fill in purified water and repeat all the previously listed points.

To get rid of coffee oils and sour tastes, you should periodically rinse clogged filters and tubes with water with a small addition of common cleaning agents.

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Tips for choosing cleaning tablets

• Ingredients.
• The tablets must be NSF certified. He confirms that the product is safe and compatible with metal.
• It is better to choose tablets with a label on the coffee machine you are using. In this case, you do not need to worry that the car will suffer from the use of untested chemicals.

All manufacturers of equipment for making coffee, along with the equipment supplied, provide instructions for its care. Cleaning and other maintenance work should be done regularly. It is recommended that you use the machine descaler recommended by the equipment manufacturer. Then you won't have to spend money on expensive repairs or buying a new coffee maker.