How-To & Fixes

Step-by-step fixes for descaling, error messages, blinking lights, short cups and more.

A 45-minute routine that fixes short cups, slow brews and flat-tasting coffee, plus fixes for a descale light that won't clear.

The Prime message means water isn't reaching the pump. Work through these six fixes in order and most brewers are back in minutes.

Short cups almost always mean something is restricting water flow. Here are the five usual suspects, in the order to check them.

Humming, sputtering or no water at all? The official fixes from Keurig's own guides, including the model-specific purge buttons most articles miss.

Orange, red, green or white, fast or slow: what your Vertuo's light is telling you and how to fix it, straight from Nespresso's manuals.

The exact button sequence and solution-to-water amounts for the Vertuo Next, Pop, Pop+, Plus, Up, Lattissima, Creatista and original VertuoLine.

The three usual causes, Nespresso's official fixes for each model, and the popular internet tricks the manuals warn against.