Clean Button
When the brewer needs to be descaled, the red light on the Clean button
turns on automatically. You may descale your brewer anytime, whether or
not the light is red. For best results, use a good quality biodegradable and
phosphate-free coffee brewer descaler.
The Clean button lights up based on the actual performance of your brewer
rather than a pre-set number of brew cycles. As calcium builds up inside
your brewer, the amount of power required to heat and pump the water
increases and the cleaning light turns red. The calcium content of your
water determines how often the light turns red.
1. Fill the water reservoir according to the descaler manufacturer's
instructions.
2. Press the Clean button.
3. The descaling process is finished when all descaler water is
brewed out.
4. When the reservoir is emptied and the descaling process is complete,
the red light will turn off.
5. To rinse out your brewer after descaling, rinse the water tank then brew
with water only on Standard Brewing two or three times. Wait five
minutes between each brew.
*Note: During cleaning the water flows more slowly than it does for coffee
brewing. If you accidentally press the Clean button to brew coffee, as long
as there is no descaler in the machine, the coffee is fine to drink but may
not taste as you expect.
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