Dose & DialEspresso machines costed per cup

Coffee machines

Maintenance

Intervals, parts and what they cost.

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A small scatter of dark roasted coffee beans on a plain white surface, photographed close — A dose this size is roughly what a double espresso basket takes once ground.Photo: Jon Sullivan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Looking down into an open blade grinder part-filled with beans, beside a press jug and a cup of coffee

Maintenance

Descaling, filters and water: the maintenance that decides a machine's life

Scale kills home espresso machines. What Australian water hardness means for your descaling interval, what the filter buys, and what a year of it costs.

Updated 3/11/2026 · 8 min

Photo: OKJaguar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons