Why should you descale your coffee maker?

The best coffee makers make brewing a morning cup as easy or complex as you'd like it to be. Built with convenience in mind and with the top models celebrated for their ease of use, our morning saviours sit quietly in the corner ready and waiting to pour us the perfect cup, sometimes at the touch of a button.

However, there is a little work required for a coffee maker to continue producing your morning brews without a hiccup — descaling.

Leaving these deposits to cling to the inner workings of your coffee maker will block the water flow, stop your machine accurately gauging the temperature of your coffee, and make it work harder to brew each cup. All of this will lead to a coffee that's not quite hot enough (with a weaker flavor to boot), higher energy consumption, and overall damage to the components under the hood as well. Too much limescale can even clog the spray head and reduce the water moving through your system as well.

We're also rounding up all the best Nespresso machines, as well as the top Cuisinart coffee makers and the best espresso machines .

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