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Coffee machine light flashing? What it means, by machine

61 light patterns from 7 machine lines, each from the maker’s own manual. An orange light blinking twice a second is a cleaning cycle on a Nespresso Vertuo Next; on a De’Longhi Dedica an orange light is the descale warning — so pick the light you see, then the machine.

Find it by what you see

61 light patterns.

The descale warning, machine by machine

The light people most often look up. Each machine shows it differently — and the Essenza Mini has none: Nespresso gives a cup count instead (300 cups of 40 ml in hard water, 600 in medium, 1200 in soft).

The same light, different meanings

Colours and rhythms that mean different things on different machines. This is why no single chart of coffee machine lights is right for every machine.

You seeWhat it means, by machine
Orange, flashing or blinking
White, flashing or blinking

By brand and machine

Not a coffee machine?

A descale or machine-care light on a dishwasher has its own page: Dishwasher machine care and descale light. A water-tank symbol on a tumble dryer means its condensed-water container is full: Empty the water tank (dryer).

What these pages cannot do

Left out, and why

Only brands whose own manual could be read and quoted, with at least 5 documented lights, get a page. These were left out:

Sources

Each maker’s own manuals and support pages only, read on the date shown.

Nespresso Vertuo Next

Nespresso Essenza Mini

De’Longhi Dedica EC685

Philips Fully automatic espresso machines

Philips Barista Brew

Sage / Breville Bambino Plus

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