Maintenance

Limescale is the most common cause of premature failure in commercial coffee machines, and it is almost entirely preventable. This guide covers UK water hardness by region, the different filter types available, how to size and change a cartridge correctly, and when descaling is genuinely the right answer.

Most commercial coffee machines that fail early fail for entirely preventable reasons. This is a practical maintenance schedule covering daily cleaning, weekly deep cleans, monthly and quarterly checks, and the annual engineer service that keeps a machine producing good coffee for years rather than months.