How do I clean a dirty espresso machine?!

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You can try to CLR cleaner. I use it all the time and it won't affect the taste of the coffee. Or you can try a 1/2 cup water and 1 tbsp. of lime juice. It works as a natural cleaner.

Or as many others would say, 1 part vinegar and 1 part water.

Myself

50/50 vinegar and water. Do not run soap at all, your espresso will taste like ***. Just run the 50/50 mix like your brewing espresso, then run it one or two more times with water. You should be set after that.

*btw nothing but the vinegar and water should going through the machine...no espresso beans. Just incase you didn't get that.

been there done that

I remember there is a question similar to your question asked by someone few days ago. Someone has answered it very well, and the answer has been chosen as the best answer. You can try to search it in search function above, hope you luck

As HuskerPower said Vinerag and water in a diluted 50/50 mixture. i have an esspresso machine and that is all i use to clean it.