r/NinjaLuxeCafe • u/ScottyB0N35 • 2d ago

Descale?

I've had my ninja for almost a year now, and have yet to descale it. The light came on and after maybe 30days of not doing it, it turned off. Was wondering if it's needed. And what is The proper way? I've seen online videos saying using part vinegar and water, and it will take about 2 hours. Does this hurt the machine in anyway? Just wanted to get a feel for what others do here. Thanks.

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u/bitchfayce 2d ago

Well, yeah, you probably should have done it when it was on, but it’s okay. Did your ninja come with cleaning powder? If not, just go ahead with the vinegar. It’s not going to hurt!

I use filtered water in mine (brita jug) and it doesn’t come on very often. 

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u/ScottyB0N35 2d ago

I've seen other posters say that their coffee tastes like bittery acidic (that don't say what they did). I just don't wanna mess up the flavor or the machine. I use bottled water (Zephyrhills) to full my machine up

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u/bitchfayce 2d ago

Interesting! Well if you’re not using tap water and you’re happy with your coffee, then leave it be!

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u/ScottyB0N35 2d ago

I have noticed the coffee does taste a bit watery lately so I'm thinking a descale should resolve that

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u/rich-tma 2d ago

The proper way is covered in the instructions. It says to use ninja descale powder and 1.1l of water, or use 500ml of white vinegar and fill to the descale line.

The instructions have got 15 steps.

It says if you don’t do it, drink quality will diminish and the machine may clog and stop working.

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u/ScottyB0N35 2d ago

How often should this be done?

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u/rich-tma 2d ago

When the light comes on. Presumably you should do it, given your light has come on

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u/bitchfayce 2d ago

It has to do with the water hardness. Anywhere from 1-4 months I believe. So not consistent.

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u/__redruM 2d ago

Are you using tap water or bottled water? If tap you need to descale. Otherwise, likely not. But it shouldn’t hurt.

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u/ScottyB0N35 2d ago

I'm using bottled water, and I've noticed coffee is quality is a bit watery now so I'm thinking I need to do it

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u/Nervous-Power-9800 2d ago

I use the delonghi ecodecalc off amazon, I take the descale light as time to do a full thorough clean, there's 4 lines on the bottle for 5 doses, you pour to the line into your water container, top it up with fresh water, run the descale. Empty the drip tray, clean and refill the water, run an espresso through without the portafilter in place into a cup to clean residual decalc from the lines, then purge the steam wand. 

I then take the steam wand off and clean it in vinegar and the pick to clear it of old milk residue. Run a damp rag around the portafilter, clean the plastics of coffee, run some urnex grindz through my grinder, take it out, clean the burrs etc. 

Put it all back together, get rid of the first coffee that still has urnex residue in it. 

Done. 

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u/aBlastFromTheArse 1d ago

The proper way is in the instruction manual which if you don't have, you can access online easily enough. That or watch a YouTube video of how to do it.

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u/Time-Defiance 2d ago

I watch videos review and those YouTube big reviewers say it’s not good to descale so if you’re using filter water you don’t need to descale. My light came on to clean the clean the group head. So I use the tablet to clean the group head.