Dr Coffee Minibar Cleaning & Video Guides

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Daily cleaning steps, descaling and video guides for the Dr Coffee Minibar (Minibar S, S1 and S2). Dr Coffee uses one manual for the Minibar and the Coffee Bar Plus, so the Coffee Bar videos below show the same procedures.

Watch: One Button Maintenance (daily clean)

Watch this first. Shown on the Coffee Bar Plus, which shares the Minibar’s cleaning procedure.

How to clean the Dr Coffee Minibar (daily)

What you’ll need:

  1. Tap the shortcut icon on the screen to open the shortcut menu.
  2. Select One-Button Maint. and follow the steps on the screen. When prompted, use a Cafetto F20 tablet for the brewer and Cafetto MFC milk cleaner for the milk system.
  3. Clean the milk foam device: press the buttons on both sides, pull it down and take it out. Pull out the connection and silicone part, wash them with water and refit.
  4. Clean the mixer (powder) unit: unplug the hose on the mixer and turn the lock anti-clockwise to remove it. Rinse it and refit.
  5. Empty and rinse the grounds container, drip tray and water tank, and clean the fridge milk pipe.

For a quick rinse between cleans, open the shortcut menu and choose Brewer Rinse or Milk Rinse. To run one deep clean on its own, press and hold Brewer rinse or Milk rinse for more than 3 seconds and follow the prompts.

Weekly cleaning

  • Clean the coffee bean hopper and powder hopper.
  • Wipe the outside of the machine with a soft damp cloth.

Descaling the Dr Coffee Minibar

When the machine asks you to descale, open the shortcut menu, press and hold Wipe protect for more than 3 seconds and follow the prompts (see the descaling video below). 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 Minibar video guides

Descaling (Coffee Bar Plus / Minibar)

How to run a descale cycle.

Milk spitting or not sucking (Coffee Bar Plus / Minibar)

Troubleshooting the milk system.

Adjust milk temperature (Coffee Bar Plus / Minibar)

Change how hot the milk is.

Remove and clean the mixing bowls (Coffee Bar Plus / Minibar)

Cleaning the powder mixing bowls used for chocolate, chai or matcha.

Cleaning the drip tray probes (Coffee Bar Plus / Minibar)

Keep the drip tray sensors clean so the machine reads the tray correctly.

Adjust drink recipes (Dr Coffee)

Change strength, volume and recipe settings.

Installing the water filter (Dr Coffee)

Fit or replace a Dr Coffee water filter.

Reorder cleaning products

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Need a hand?

Call Coffee Machines and Beans on 1300 357 575, or book a service or see the Dr Coffee Minibar 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 Minibar/Coffeebar instruction manual and Dr Coffee Australia’s videos.