Why descale my Philips Espresso machine?

In short, descaling your coffee machine helps you with the following:

Prolongs the life of your coffee machine.
Ensures correct coffee temperature.
Minimizes the noise created by the coffee machine during brewing.
Avoids repair costs due to lime scale damage.
Ensures perfect tasting of your coffee.

When to descale my Philips Espresso machine?

In short, descaling your coffee machine helps you with the following:

When your machine makes more noise during brewing
When your machine produces a lot of steam during brewing
When brewing coffee takes long time.
When less coffee than normal is brewed
When your machine brews lukewarm coffee
Every 6 months

How to descale my Philips Espresso machine?

What you need for descaling:

For dripfilter you can use white vinegar to descale your coffee machine. However you can also use the specially developed HD7011/00 SENSEO descaler, which results in less odor than using white vinegar.
The correct descaling method. Below you simply choose your Philips Espresso machine to get clear descaling instructions.

Select your Philips Espresso machine for specific instructions

Philips 5000 LatteGo
Philips 5000 LatteGo

Philips 5000 LatteGo
Philips 5000 series
Philips 5000 series

Philips 5000 series
Philips 3100 and 4000 series
Philips 3100 and 4000 series

Philips 3100 and 4000 series
Philips 3000 series
Philips 3000 series

Philips 3000 series
Philips 2100 series
Philips 2100 series

Philips 2100 series

Philips 5000 LatteGo

Philips 5000 series

Philips 3100 and 4000 series

Philips 3000 series

Philips 2100 series

Descale your Philips Espresso machine with the correct descaler

Most acids, such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfamic acid and acetic acid (vinegar) will either damage the pipes and tubes inside your Philips Espresso machine or not dissolve limescale properly. An exception to this are pump-less drip filter coffee machines, as these have thicker pipes that allow white vinegar to be use. However due to the strong odor we recommend SENSEO® descaler for drip filter coffee machines. Therefore please only use the specially developed descaler products displayed below.