Coffee machine cleaner „Coffee Clean“, 15 × 20 g

„Coffee Clean“ — coffee machine cleaning powder in sachets

Coffee oil cleaner for espresso machine group heads, filters and portafilters. 15 × 20 g sachets per box.

„Coffee Clean“ is a coffee machine detergent made in Italy by „REPA“ that cleans group head parts thoroughly and lifts grease and coffee stains from cups and saucers. The powder has a strong degreasing and emulsifying action on vegetable fats, coffee oils included, and releases active oxygen in solution.

It contains sodium carbonate, sodium triphosphate and sodium percarbonate (15–20 % each), sodium metasilicate (5–10 %) and an anionic surfactant, sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate (3–5 %). The product is a white powder that dissolves readily in water; a 1 % solution has a pH of 11.3, so it is strongly alkaline. The solution rinses off easily, leaving the cleaned parts spotless.

Applications

• Espresso machine group heads — backflushed with a blind filter.
• Filters and portafilters — soaked in the solution.
• Cups and saucers with grease and coffee stains.

Directions for use

Group head cleaning:

1. Put a teaspoon of powder into the blind filter and lock the portafilter into the group head.
2. Start the brew as if making coffee and stop it after about 10 seconds.
3. Wait 10–20 seconds and start the brew again. Repeat until the discharged water runs clear.
4. Remove the portafilter, swap the blind filter for the normal one, and rinse the group head and portafilter thoroughly with water.

Soaking filters, portafilters, cups and saucers. In a stainless steel container, make up a solution of one tablespoon of powder per litre of water and immerse the items. Leave them to soak for 10–20 minutes, until they are clean, then rinse them thoroughly with water.

If your espresso machine's instructions specify a different group head cleaning procedure, follow them.

Safe use

Warning: causes serious eye irritation (H319). Wear protective gloves, protective clothing and eye or face protection, avoid splashing the solution, and wash your hands thoroughly after handling. If in eyes: rinse cautiously with water for several minutes; remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do, and continue rinsing. If eye irritation persists, get medical advice. Unsuitable for aluminium, zinc and tin items — sodium metasilicate solutions corrode these metals and their alloys. Do not mix with other products, especially acids such as descalers — the sodium metasilicate it contains reacts violently with acids. Do not transfer the powder to another container — it could be mistaken for food. Store only in the original, tightly closed pack in a dry, well-ventilated place, away from heat and sources of ignition.

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