Q&A for How to Clean a Nespresso Machine

Yes you can! Fill the container with 2 parts water and 1 part white vinegar. After you run the vinegar solution through the machine, be sure to follow up with 5 more cycles of plain water.

In my experience, leaving it closed keeps dirt or other particles from getting in.

Clean the drip tray every day. You should also empty the capsule container and change the water on a daily basis too. Be sure to descale the machine every 3 months with water and a descaling solution.

Fill the container halfway with water, then fill the rest with 1 part water and 1 part white vinegar. You don't want to use more vinegar than that because it can damage the interior of the machine.

Try lifting it upward before taking it out, as leftover coffee might be making it stick to the coffee machine. Jiggle a little until it eases out.

Some Nespresso machine drip-trays don't come out, and will just fold up, to allow you to put a taller cup under the coffee dispenser. Other drip trays should just come out when pulled. If you're having trouble pulling it out, try pulling it out as straight as possible, and make sure it's not at an angle.

Any descaler will work, just follow the instructions for descaling the Nespresso machine.

The pods will drop into a bin behind the drip tray after use. Simply pull the drip tray out, and the bin will come out with it.

Using filtered water when brewing may reduce how often you need to clean/descale the machine, if your tap water is "hard" (very mineralised) water. Professional coffee tasters say that filtered water makes coffee taste better, too, but the difference it makes to Keurig and Nespresso coffee isn't noticeable to the average consumer