How to Descale the Delonghi Eletta Explore (and other Delonghi Superautomatics)

In this video, I show you how to descale the Delonghi Eletta Explore superautomatic coffee machine. The steps are easy: fill in the solution and water, descale, rinse once, rinse twice. The whole process takes about 45 minutes, but it's really important to do!

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► Brita Filter to Avoid Scale:

► DeLonghi Descaler*:

Machine source: private purchase

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Descaling
2:16 Why descale?
3:58 Rinse 1
6:17 Rinse 2

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[TomsCoffeeCorner]

I hope this video will be helpful to some of you - the process should be the same for most Delonghi machines with a screen.

[Lorec]

Great video, Tom.
Even though the process is fairly simple for all delonghi machines, I still found myself looking for a descaling video for my EC885 just to make sure Im doing it right.
Surely it will come in handy for someone. Cheers!

[SunriseLAW]

Tom, I use CLR instead of the Gaggia descaler for my GCP. It is a fraction of the cost and seems to have the same ingredients. I put Oxyclean in my blind basket for the backflush. Oxyclean has mostly the same ingredients as the official stuff at a fraction of the cost, I make sure to rinse really well. It is not so much 'cost' as it is convenience. I have CLR on hand for my tankless hot water flushing and oxyclean for laundry.

[johne]

Yeah, I use a Pyrex loaf dish as well. Only for the descale pass I use plain tapwater - the descaler will make short work of any Ca++ in it.

[vijithawettasinghe]

Thanks I did my machine under your instructions.

[edwardrodriguez]

Tom, thanks for another great video. I have this machine and love it. Quick question: would you recommend using reverse osmosis filtered water? I have an RO on my sink, but also use a whole house inline carbon filter. So far I have been using tap water because supposedly it is recommended to have water with minerals on it which reverse osmosis removes. I also use the filter inside the water reservoir. Thank you!

[ArminArmin-ggtt]

Hey! For espresso, at what number do you recommend I put the grinder and not to force the espresso machine?
As coffee I use delonghi 80% Arabica 20% Robusta.
Thank you!

[ihabahmed]

I have descaled it four time and still asking to add descaler ???i am using citric acid for cleaning( 10 gm in 100 ml water then added 900 ml water, i have also used the official Delonghi descaler

[Albertojedi]

Hello Tom. This would be my to go superautomatic machine but unfortunately Amazon does not ship it to Puerto Rico any longer and locally there is nowhere to find it. It would be interesting to know how if there's a noticeable improvement in taste after the Bean Adapt Technology is applied.

[cpbellamarie]

Can You rinse a couple times? My concern was because the solution is toxic so we need to rinse a couple times? Just trying to figure out this whole Machine care. 👏🏽☕️💛🙏🏽

[gosman]

I have an inline filter with my tap water. If so, do I need their internal filter on the machine? Will the filter detect the filtered water that I am putting in and decrease the descaling time period? If not, why pay for the extra filter?

[pemista]

Can you use Vinegar instead of the chemicals?

[takeajakebreak]

How long does that entire process take?