Sunday where Orpheus said to Jason "These Argonauts are a noisy rabble"

[wakemalcolm]

Nice short ride to Greendale Farm Shop, and hurrah, ran the descale programme on the Magnifica S without incident this time, the crucial bit of info missing from the video I watched the first time being that "The first descaling cycle will take up to 30 minutes and involve several separate flushes. Only when the refill water light flashes move onto the rinsing cycle."

Since I upped the water temperature and made the grind finer, it's been consistently better coffee.

Wasn't until the last paragraph that I was sure this was about a coffee machine and not about trumpet practice drills.

 

[briantrumpet]

Wasn't until the last paragraph that I was sure this was about a coffee machine and not about trumpet practice drills.

I practise descales and arpeggios daily, it's true.

 

[Dadam]

Nice short ride to Greendale Farm Shop, and hurrah, ran the descale programme on the Magnifica S without incident this time, the crucial bit of info missing from the video I watched the first time being that "The first descaling cycle will take up to 30 minutes and involve several separate flushes. Only when the refill water light flashes move onto the rinsing cycle."

Since I upped the water temperature and made the grind finer, it's been consistently better coffee.

It's a right faff isn't it! Do you use the official Delonghi descaler?
I confess to just using the Tassimo descale tablets so don't dob me in if I need a warranty claim! Can't be that different, at the end of the day it's just a mild acid solution, so I keep meaning to research cheaper alternatives. I've read people mix up a solution using citric acid powder but haven't got round to trying it.

 

[VinSumRox]

It's a right faff isn't it! Do you use the official Delonghi descaler?
I confess to just using the Tassimo descale tablets so don't dob me in if I need a warranty claim! Can't be that different, at the end of the day it's just a mild acid solution, so I keep meaning to research cheaper alternatives. I've read people mix up a solution using citric acid powder but haven't got round to trying it.

I just use plain water to run through the descale process as our water is so soft it doesn't scale up.

 

[briantrumpet]

It's a right faff isn't it! Do you use the official Delonghi descaler?
I confess to just using the Tassimo descale tablets so don't dob me in if I need a warranty claim! Can't be that different, at the end of the day it's just a mild acid solution, so I keep meaning to research cheaper alternatives. I've read people mix up a solution using citric acid powder but haven't got round to trying it.

It's fine as long as you're patient on the first descaling bit (and don't use a very incomplete video as your guide). I bought a Delonghi 500ml bottle, so at about £3 per descale once in a while, it's no great expense, though it's probably just phosphoric acid, which you can get at £21 for 5 litres as milkstone remover (i.e. a sixth of the price).

EDIT - the DeL stuff is lactic acid, according to the label.

 

[briantrumpet]

I just use plain water to run through the descale process as our water is so soft it doesn't scale up.

Hmm, maybe I could get away with that here, as it's soft here too, and just do a proper descale every fifth time or sumfink. The kettle never gets limescale.

 

[briantrumpet]

FWIW https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20524134...8rr3RBXJ1MWKgcrW/DDPYt778A==|tkp:BFBMntmZ2NZm

 

[VinSumRox]

Hmm, maybe I could get away with that here, as it's soft here too, and just do a proper descale every fifth time or sumfink. The kettle never gets limescale.

Our water actually gradually descales kettles, we noticed from the one in our MH.

 

[briantrumpet]

Our water actually gradually descales kettles, we noticed from the one in our MH.

Is it slowly descaling your guts too?

 

[Dadam]

I just use plain water to run through the descale process as our water is so soft it doesn't scale up.

I used to do that with our Tassimo but started using descaler every time. I had always understood our water to be fairly soft. It tastes fine and we don't have issues with lathering, but according to Yorkshire Water our postcode is "fairly hard". There's a bit of scale in the bottom of the kettle, but it's been in daily use for >15 years and never descaled.

 

[VinSumRox]

Is it slowly descaling your guts too?

Probably, don't want any scales down there.....