Dr Coffee F16 Cleaning & Video Guides

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Daily cleaning steps, descaling and official video guides for the Dr Coffee F16 office coffee machine, including the F16 Plus T we sell. Videos by Dr Coffee Australia.

Watch: F16 One Button Maintenance (daily clean)

Watch this first: the F16 daily one-button maintenance, start to finish.

How to clean the Dr Coffee F16 (daily)

What you’ll need:

  1. Tap the menu icon in the top left corner of the screen to open the menu.
  2. Select One-button maint. and follow the prompts on the screen. This runs the brewer deep clean and the milk deep clean together – the screen tells you when to add the Cafetto F20 tablet and the Cafetto MFC milk cleaner.
  3. Remove the milk foam unit: squeeze the left and right handles of the coffee outlet inward and pull the outlet down and out.
  4. Take the milk foam device out of the outlet, pull out the joint and silicone parts, and rinse them clean under the tap. Rinse the coffee outlet too.
  5. Put the milk foam device back into the coffee outlet and refit the outlet.
  6. Take off the cover, take out the blue silicone milk tube, rinse it under the tap and put it back in.
  7. Empty and rinse the drip tray and coffee grounds container.

The machine also runs quick automatic rinses. Dr Coffee recommends the brewer deep clean and milk deep clean at least once a day, and more often in busy sites.

Milk system and brewer deep clean (one at a time)

If you only need to clean one part, open the menu (top left) and choose Deep Cleaning for the brewer, or Milk System Deep Cleaning for the milk system, then follow the prompts.

Weekly cleaning

  • Clean out the bean hopper (open the hopper cover with the supplied spanner and lift the hopper out as shown in the manual), then refit it.
  • Wipe the outside of the machine with a soft damp cloth. Don’t spray water or use a steam cleaner on the machine.

Descaling the Dr Coffee F16

When the machine asks you to descale, open the menu (top left), select Descaling and follow the prompts. Descaling is required when the machine asks for it – don’t skip or cancel the prompt. You’ll need a descaler such as Clean Machine descaler.

More Dr Coffee F16 video guides

Milk deep clean (F16)

Running the F16 milk system deep clean on its own.

Brewer deep clean (F16)

Running the F16 brewer deep clean with a cleaning tablet.

Milk not sucking (F16)

What to check if the F16 won’t draw milk up.

Reorder cleaning products

Prefer to order by phone? Call us on 1300 357 575.

Need a hand?

Call Coffee Machines and Beans on 1300 357 575, or book a service or see the Dr Coffee F16 Plus T in our shop.
1/48 Shandan Circuit, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527

Servicing: home users should have their machine serviced every 12 months; cafés and other busy commercial sites at least every 6 months.

Videos are by Dr Coffee Australia and are played from their official YouTube channel, Dr Coffee AU. Written steps are based on the Dr Coffee F16 instruction manual and Dr Coffee Australia’s videos.