descaling Tassimo

sunshinetours

Just wondering what others have used to run the descaling program on their Tassimo or similar machines.

I see you can buy the liquid/tablets from Bosch but at £8 a pop they aren't cheap

Thanks

daveyjp

I use vinegar in my Gaggia - dilute it 50:50, fill the water tank then run the machine for a few minutes.

Working fine after 8 years if daily use

sunshinetours

white vinegar or malt or doesn't it matter? Thanks

Butterfly_Brain

Denture tablets, alka seltzer tablets or epsom salts but you have to rinse well and run the machne through twice to get rid of any residue but you have to do this with any shop bought descaler anyway

daveyjp

I used malt vinegar as it's all I had. Thinking back I pumped the vinegar through then left it for a few minutes standing in all the pipework.

I had a lot of scale on the plastic pipes which sit in the water tank. After 5 minutes it wiped off.

Removed water tank and ran it until dry. Filled water tank with clean water and ran this through the machine.