Posted April 18, 201114 yr comment_1390929 I have a Gaggia Classic espresso maker and usually use Gaggia's own cleaning sachets to descale it once every three months. They are becoming increasingly hard to find and can also cost a fortune when in short supply. I noticed last time they contain 30g Tartaric Acid and wondered if I just buy brewers Tartaric Acid it will be the same thing, or whether there are different grades or strengths. I'm no chemist so any advice gratefully received.
April 18, 201114 yr comment_1390931 I have a Gaggia Classic espresso maker and usually use Gaggia's own cleaning sachets to descale it once every three months. They are becoming increasingly hard to find and can also cost a fortune when in short supply. I noticed last time they contain 30g Tartaric Acid and wondered if I just buy brewers Tartaric Acid it will be the same thing, or whether there are different grades or strengths. I'm no chemist so any advice gratefully received. I use citric acid from the chemists and it works well so I don't see why brewers tartaric acid wouldn't.
April 18, 201114 yr Author comment_1390942 Cheers mate, isn't there an issue with aluminium boilers and citric acid, or did I dream that? Do you have the same machine as me?
April 18, 201114 yr comment_1390961 Cheers mate, isn't there an issue with aluminium boilers and citric acid, or did I dream that? Do you have the same machine as me? I have a aluminium-less Braun coffee maker so you may want to find out if there is an issue first!
April 18, 201114 yr comment_1390968 we clean large capacity ( make that ginourmous boilers) with citric acid it will if given chance (temp and time) eat through steel, be carefull if you use it, ie dilute it, dont leave too long, and RINSE it very very well KW
April 18, 201114 yr Author comment_1390980 Cheers, I'll stick with Tartaric. I was just checking really to see if anyone knew of a difference between the cleaning one and the brewers one. I'll give it a go with 30g of brewers diluted in 1500ml water (same as with the Gaggia cleaner) and then a good rinse - again as usual.
April 18, 201114 yr Community Expert comment_1391149 Youth of today, with your new fangled coffee machines with girly electric pumps. What's wrong with a good old fashioned lever machine to make man's coffee
April 18, 201114 yr comment_1391170 OMG Tartaric Acid, I used to use it to make stnk bombs in the 1980s 3:2:1 Tartaric Acid, Water, Iron Filings Probably gives off Hydrogen Gas! which smells like bad eggs
April 19, 201114 yr Author comment_1391520 Youth of today, with your new fangled coffee machines with girly electric pumps. What's wrong with a good old fashioned lever machine to make man's coffee http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item108102.aspx Bargain...
April 19, 201114 yr comment_1391532 We have a gaggia commercial coffee machine and use a product called puly caff plus comes in a 900g plastic from any good coffee supplier always foes the trick it is designed to clean espresso machines and inhibate scale
April 19, 201114 yr comment_1391564 We have a gaggia commercial coffee machine and use a product called puly caff plus comes in a 900g plastic from any good coffee supplier always foes the trick it is designed to clean espresso machines and inhibate scale just been on the puly caff site they do a domestic descaler thats reasonably priced might get some for my cubika kw http://www.happydonkey.co.uk/hd0588-puly-baby.html
April 19, 201114 yr comment_1391611 if I just buy brewers Tartaric Acid it will be the same thing, or whether there are different grades or strengths. The brewing stuff will do the job just fine, no need to worry about different grades. I'm no chemist so any advice gratefully received. I am
April 19, 201114 yr Community Expert comment_1391791 http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item108102.aspx Bargain... I didn't pay that much for mine, but then it was "several" years ago that I bought it. I just love the morning coffee ritual.
April 20, 201114 yr Author comment_1392311 Much obliged for this info, have ordered some. Just in case any coffee enthusiasts are still reading, I buy freshly roasted coffee beans from TwoDay Coffee Roasters in Bristol (they will post it out). It is outstanding, but I warn you it will ruin you for the usual shop-bought stuff: https://twodaycoffee.co.uk/
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