Coffee machine like any technique needs care. When using water, Even distilled, On the walls of the device, an scale is formed over time. This can negatively affect the technical condition of the apparatus itself, but on the taste of the drink. Coofemachine cleaning from scale Produced systematically, regardless of the brand of the apparatus.
How to determine, that in a coffee machine formed a scale
Ideally, The device needs to be careed daily, Without waiting, When failures appear in his work. The degree of stiffness of the used water affects the frequency of cleaning the apparatus. If there are few salts in the liquid, then decalcination can be carried out approximately once a year, And if there is a large amount of impurities in it, then at least half a year.
The main features of the formation of scale in the coffee machine:
- The device began to heat up much longer;
- The taste of the drink has changed;
- The sediment remains at the bottom of the glass after coffee.
Some devices are equipped with a sensor, which, when contaminating the coffee machine, begins to blink red.
How to clean
Coofeman cleaning from scale is carried out in two ways:
- automatically;
- with the help of decalcinating means.
Automatic or auto -cleaning is possible only if there is such a function in the device. To do this, it is necessary to remove coffee from the unit, Pour hot water and cleaning agent into it. Next, you should activate the self -cleaning mode. In conclusion, the coffee machine is washed several times with water. It is also worth remembering, that the first 3 portions of coffee after cleaning the device cannot be drunk.
Manual cleaning is not much more complicated. It is necessary to pour warm water into the coffee machine into the water department and dissolve the appropriate decalcinating agent in it. Then it follows 3-4 run the preparation mode of simple coffee. At the end, it is recommended to prepare 2 cups of coffee, which, as well as in the previous case, can not be drunk.
Instead of a special cleaning agent, you can use citric acid or vinegar. However, in this case, it will be difficult to achieve high -quality cleaning.
If independent cleaning of the apparatus from scale did not bring results, then the coffee machine should be shown to specialists. Sometimes even the most expensive and effective decalcinating agents are not able to cope with a solid sediment, and when removing the scale manually, you can damage the device. Also, the inefficiency of cleaning products may indicate possible malfunctions of the coffee machine, which can be eliminated only if there are relevant knowledge.
