THE EASY WAY To Descale the Delonghi Dedica EC685

How should you descale your Delonghi espresso machine, and how do you do it? I show in this video how I descale my Delonghi Dedica machine with a citric based descaling solution. The process is quite easy, if you follow the instructions. Since it is a lot of text to read in the manual, I made this video.

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Chapters:
0:00 Subscribe for more Tips and Reviews
0:25 Why descale?
0:45 Time to descale / How to descale?
1:30 Citrus or Milk based acids
2:01 Starting the descaling process
2:40 Descaling with solution
3:33 Now to rinse!
4:23 Second rinse, then voila!
5:15 Removing and rinsing screen

Descale the machine when the orange light
comes on.
1. Turn the machine on.
2. Completely empty the water tank (A) and
remove the water filter (if present).
3. Fill the tank with the descaler solution obtained
by diluting the descaler (B) with water (C): fill the
water tank up to the MAX level.
4. Place an empty container (D) with a minimum
capacity of 50 oz under the hot water spout and
brewing unit.
5. Press the button and hold for 10 seconds.
The lights will blink in sequence. You are now in
the setting menu.
6. Turn the steam dial to and press
button. The descaling program automatically
performs a series of deliveries at intervals to
remove the lime scale from inside the coffee
machine.
7. From time to time turn the steam dial to the
position to deliver small quantities of
descaler from the brewing unit.
8. Once the water tank is empty, the orange light
starts blinking.
9. To remove the solution and lime scale residues,
rinse the tank and fill it with fresh water (without
descaler); empty the containers and place them
under the boiler outlet and hot water spout.
10. Turn the steam dial to the position and
press the button to start the rinsing.
11. From time to time turn the steam dial to the
position to deliver small quantities of
water from the boiler outlet.
12. Once the water tank is empty, turn the steam dial
to position.
The appliance is now ready for use.
Repairs to the coffee machine relative to lime scale
problems are not covered by the warranty if the
descaling procedure described above is not performed
on a regular basis.

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[TomsCoffeeCorner]

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[rudyfan]

Who else shows up here every few months to refresh how to descale like you’ve never done it before? This must be Tom’s most viewed tutorial. 😂

[stevieg]

I have to descale my DeLonghi a few times a year and I forget how to do it every time, it drives me nuts because I fix things for a living and I can’t remember this simple procedure lol, thanks Tom. 🇮🇹😎🇮🇹

[yigitgokdal]

Much better and understandable than the original video from Delonghi

[rickhayhoe]

I'd forgotten about cleaning the screen! Thanks, Tom.

[Chuzini]

So glad I found your video! Exactly what I needed to guide me through the process. I'm sticking this in my calendar! Your voice is so pleasant and your demeanor so calm, you took the first-time jitters away.

[rsqwlno]

You saved the day! You always come in for the rescue! Thanks again for continued advice.

[sofskrbic]

This is the video I always come back to! 🎉 THANK YOU! It saves me so much time and thinking when it comes to descaling. Your video “DeLonghi Dedica Home Espresso Machine Review & Test” was actually the first one I saw when I first bought my Dedica EC685 - that’s where you earned my trust

[thomasfay]

Your videos are very helpful and easy to follow. Thanks for all the help!

[jtudghq]

Thanks Tom! Really useful video and always a pleasure to watch your videos! 🙂🇫🇷🙂

[suenew]

Thank you for sharing watching you and going it as you go through the steps makes it easy thank you

[vernongriesel]

Thanks for the reference and honesty. Lovely music, easy to follow instructions and great editing. Thanks again! Keep up the wonderful work!

[markpringle]

Fantastic! Googled the process because I couldn't find the manual😂. Thanks very much mate.

[emilycohan]

I refer to this vid every time I descale my Delonghi - thanks so much!

[charlesthevoice]

It’s that time again and Tom thank you for making this informative, thorough and easy to follow video. Still loving my Dedica after multiple daily use of over 5 years straight now! Wahoo!

[GoingSwimmingly]

Very new espresso machine owner here, this is very helpful, thank you!

[JP-kini]

Thanks Tom, this is great. I found the manual hard to follow.

[arthuryu]

Thanks for sharing this useful step by step info.

[stradnyc]

Thank you for your hard working, Tom! The next thing I noticed that is the lighting outside of your window changed, again appreciate you time and effort !

[DryFastWithMe]

Thank you so much for putting this video together….very helpful 👍