How often should I clean Sage Barista Express?
For home brewers, we’d recommend running a cleaning cycle around once a month. Your Sage Barista Machine has a ‘Clean Me’ light that will flash when a cleaning cycle is due. It tends to flash after making around 200 cups and is a lifesaver for all you forgetful folk! Neglecting regular cleaning can lead to several issues that affect both the taste of your coffee and the longevity of your Sage coffee machine . Over time, coffee oils, milk residue, and limescale accumulate inside the machine, clogging essential components and interfering with extraction quality.
How often should I clean my Barista Express?
Cleaning and maintenance covers all aspects of your machine, from cleaning your group head and steam wand to descaling and regularly changing the water filter. As a general rule, if you’re making between two and five cups of coffee a day, you need to clean most parts once a week. If you don’t clean your espresso machine, you risk crappy tasting coffee, bacterial build-up, and the function of your machine. While you’re using your espresso machine throughout the day, espresso grinds, coffee oil, and mineral scale from water intake build up throughout the day.There’s extensive research around bacteria and germs that live inside coffee machines when they we don’t clean them regularly. A study done on nine Nespresso® machines and Krups® revealed that bacteria can thrive in the coffee machines’ drip tray and spread to the rest of the machine as they multiply due the moisture.General cleaning helps remove dirt and oils from the machine While descaling addresses mineral buildup, minerals aren’t the only deposits that build up in coffee makers.