How do you descale your Nespresso Pixie?
Get started with descaling
We'll explain how to descale your Nespresso Pixie in 3 steps. These are the steps we'll go through:
- Step 1. Prepare the descaling
- Step 2. Start the descaling
- Step 3. Rinse the machine
You need:
- 1L container
- Nespresso descaler or a universal descaler
How often do you descale the Nespresso Pixie?
We recommend you to descale your Nespresso machine every 6 months. The machine doesn't notify you automatically, so you'll have to remember this yourself. You can use a universal descaler or the Nespresso descaler.
Step 1: prepare the descaling
- Turn the machine on with the center button on top of the machine.
- Lift the handle and let the used coffee cup fall into the container.
- Remove the drip tray and container. Empty the drip tray and container.
- Place the drip tray and container back into the machine.
- Fold up the drip tray and place a container of at least 1L under the coffee outlet.
- Fill the water tank with 500ml of water and add the Nespresso descaler.
Step 2: descale the machine
- To descale the machine, you'll first have to set the machine to descaling mode.
- Once the 2 buttons on top of the machine are no longer blinking, you press and hold both buttons for 3 seconds.
- The buttons will start to blink shortly after each other.
- Press the 'lungo' button.
- The machine will now rinse with the descaler.
- When the machine stops descaling, you fill the water tank with the descaler that just went through the machine.
- Place the empty container back under the coffee outlet.
- Press the 'lungo' button again to rinse the machine again with the descaler.
Step 3: rinse the machine
- Take the water tank out of the machine and rinse it thoroughly.
- Fill the water tank with fresh drinking water and place it back.
- Empty the container and put it back under the coffee outlet.
- Press the 'lungo' button to have the machine rinse with water.
- When the machine is done rinsing, you'll remove the container and empty it in the sink.
- Take the drip tray and capsule container out of the machine and empty them in the sink.
- Place the drip tray and capsule container back into the machine.
- Press and hold the 'espresso' and 'lungo' button at the same for 3 seconds to exit the menu.
- Your Nespresso Pixie has now been descaled successfully.