Problem with scale in kitchen faucet

Or, at least, I’m calling it scale. Little white granules of some sort. I haven’t had it tested or anything.

I live on the east coast of Central Florida (near Cocoa Beach). The water is fairly hard around here, so I know that scale is an issue, but it seems to be more of an issue in the kitchen faucet than anywhere else in the house. I am noticing a distinct reduction in flow virtually every day, sometimes more than once a day. When I unscrew the pullout spout from the hose, I will find the little screen on the hose end plugged with small, hard, white granules. I’ll flush them out and everything will be fine, until it’s not. I don’t seem to be having this problem anywhere else in the house. I removed the aerators from all the bathroom faucets and they were clean. I have not noticed any reductions in flow rate in the shower, and the clothes- and dishwashers seem to be working fine.

We’re parttime residents, and I don’t do anything when I leave in the summer other than shut off the circuit breaker to the water heater. Is there something else I should be doing that might prevent this? In case it matters, it’s a Moen single-lever faucet very similar to this one. The guts of the valve were replaced within the last year, so it should be in good shape.

Does the kitchen faucet just flow more water and have a better screen, because it’s just getting lime or other mineral building up from hard water. It’s possible more water passes through that faucet because of it’s flow rate or it’s usage rate by the household members, and if the screen/filter is ever so slightly finer than other faucets, it wouldn’t shock me if it is the first to clog.

Water softeners are suggested when scale/hardness is such an issue.

My first though upon reading the thread title was “Interesting delima. Does it need to be larger or smaller?”.

Is there a water softener in the system and the sink you have issues with is not connected to it? Its very common for the cold water in a kitchen sink to have a drinking water connection that bypasses a softener/water conditioner.
And a filter, as in whole house or just at this troublesome Faucet can help.