How to Descale & Clean the Philips Automatic Espresso machine

[@Basicguycooking]

Forgot to mention remove your water filter!!

[@Sash_karu]

Realised you had removed the filter only once I did Step 1. Took it off then. Would it have affected the process?

[@MiriamsHunger]

I appreciate the walk-through. I would say that water is not the problem with the flavor when the calcification is the issue. It’s got like a sour coffee flavor when it needs to be done, and I usually notice that the day before the machine tells me.

[@MrNvinci]

First cup, you set the coffee size to 3 of 3. The 2nd cup you set to 2 of 3. Of course, it's "less watery." There is literally less water added 😂 But that aside good clear instructions on how to descale

[@woodyamsterdam]

Thanks a lot! I have lost the manual years ago so I was clueless about how to descale. Now I know.🙂

[@Sysshad]

Manuals can always be downloaded from manufactorers webpage

[@kertolen1348]

Also dont forget to clean your brewing unit regulary… helps a lot!

[@fungqq9744]

Thank you for your teaching, it helped me solve the problem❤

[@81dinz]

Thanks it helped a lot

[@robertf2584]

Thanks for this. The directions say to take out the filter before you do this, might want to mention that in your video, otherwise it just filters out the descaling liquid.

[@Basicguycooking]

Great point. I will pin that as a comment

[@EdGere-d8o]

I missed this and kept filter in . Suggest you edit the beginning of this video.

[@estherstahl8630]

Thank you so much for showing us😊

[@lauraholcombe5341]

Thanks! I just completed the cleaning before the entire family is home for the holidays. On another topic, I can't get my machine to make a basic cup of coffee. Any ideas? I can use all other functions.

[@marianamegyeri6106]

Great video, I just cleaned mine. Thank you!

[@vjbhatia77]

Thanks for showing. Is this it helped us avoid reading the confusing instruction book

[@Sysshad]

Official videos also says you should open the side lid, take out the entire grinder block, and clean that also. How often do you do that, they recommend weekly. Sounds like alot of work for this machine

[@Sysshad]

im sure plain old vinaeger works too instead of them expensive bottles, with plastic

The water doesn’t come out from the coffee pipe only in the steamer pipe. I think it has to come out from the coffee pipe

[@rodrigocalixto470]

I have the same problem!! Please let me know if you find a solution!

[@georgegeorge3954]

Hey i had the same problem! The solution for me was: fill the water tank with water, flip the filter upside down under the water . If the filter floats upwards, we know the problem: the filter is filled with air, and the water is not flowing correctly. Hold the filter under the water until it stays on the bottom (so we know the air is gone from inside) Put the filter back on its place and try to make a coffee. For me this worked and now i can use it properly. If this doesn’t help i guess you need a new filter or run a cleaning program with some cleaning tablets. I hope it will work for u guys 🤞

[@FastandFineRenderingStudio]

thank you so much how can you turn off blue light?...

[@elsiewaldner1599]

why doesn't the aqua clean light go off when i'm done😊

[@MagdasGascar]

Longpress it, then play

[@b.1565]

Helpful, thanks

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

Thanks for this

[@johnlouisemanalili8675]

Do you need to remove also the coffee beans before to proceed with everything?

[@TycoonRR]

No

[@lorrainebennett7555]

My calc clean indicator is lite up. But nothing else works- hold it for 3 secs 10 secs doesn’t matter- no response. I can run nothing else. Any ideas what is happening with it?

[@philmepowers]

Doesn't taste like watery coffee no more after you reduced the water content ...lol....Great comparison....not

[@EdwardLui]

hard to tell coffee looks different, we'll have to trust your taste buds

It's a big difference

[@ZontZooZattZont]

I have the same system I find that in the bottom of my drip pan I find lots of grains and water/coffee and my cup of Coffee isn’t that much any ideas what I should do?

[@Laissez_Faire]

You can also use vinegar and only fill half of the water container

[@xSyberprox]

Vinegar is not suited best for these machine. It can break the rubber seals

[@Laissez_Faire]

@@xSyberproxvery interesting. I never knew vinegar was bad for rubber seals. Thanks for the heads up 👍🏼

[@SuperKaRoLiA]

My milk frotter stop working.Steam is going thru everywhere,but milk doesnt come.What to do?

[@QhemistMusic]

Buy a new frother. Had to replace mine twice already as first one started messing up and second one fell and broke during addition of milk. Its how they get you to keep paying them. Filters, descaler (isnt anything except water) and new milk frothers. Next we will be buying coffee beans directly from phillips/saeco because it will be the only bean useable inside this machine.

[@maki9396]

Thank you!!!

[@Christina-jz9gb]

Can i use philips coffee oil remover tablet instead?

[@Basicguycooking]

I imagine you could yup

[@IulianGilca]

So basically you wasted 1/2 of the solution! 😂 Thank you for showing me that I only need to put half in half water!

[@LaurieDesAutels]

Thank you.

[@Basicguycooking]

thanks for watching :)

[@ankepieterse408]

How do you clean out the small compartment where you put the grounded coffee in? Please help.

[@QhemistMusic]

Weird it looks exactly the same as your first cup. I think the descaler is just water and a placebo affect. Used some hot water in place of the descaler and cleaned it out exacly the same. Making my mind think that it was cleaned out. My recommendation is dont use faucet water for your coffee, buy a gallon of filtered water and use that instead and refill as necessary at your water filling station. I have a few gallons around and just fill them up when I fill up my 5 gallon drinking ones. Coffee tasted light years better with filtered water instead of faucet.

[@Basicguycooking]

Maybe looked the same, but the taste is as day and noght

[@jonathanmcelroy5491]

What about the water filter…

[@evitaDobschutz]

The instruction are for machines without a descaling program. You have one, so this was not necessary

[@in4mer1]

do you not use an aqau filter?

[@dlv0187]

I quit using them because of the cost. I just put clean water in every time I use it.

[@emmanuelapetras2045]

❤

[@orangecoolius]

Talky

[@markmanning2921]

I jsut ran a calc clean for the first time. i got 99.99999999999999999999999% of the water coming out of the frother / hot water tube. i got nothing but dribbles out of the main spout. the machine would do gadzzzz... gadzzzz. gadzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz with water flowing out of the hot water spout fort about 10 seconds. Then it woudl do Gdzzzz... gaddzzzz... and a dribble or a few drops of water would come out the main spout. This would repeat over and over till the water was empty. The rinsing cycle also dispensed ***NOTHING*** what so ever out of the main spout.

[@rodolfolottin]

That also happened to mine! Did you fix it?

[@markmanning2921]

@@rodolfolottin nope

[@Joycemcnamara]

This stupid guy should’ve said right away remove your water filter!!!!! cost me $15 now I had to buy a new one.

[@Basicguycooking]

Happy you got a new water filter

[@steveg9078]

lol