Cleaning Coffee Makers Using Ingredients From Your Kitchen
If you are after the freshest, most flavorful cup of coffee in the morning – you NEED a clean coffee maker. A build up of oils from your coffee beans and hard minerals from your water – yes, even filtered water – will dramatically effect the taste of your coffee, and the life of your coffee machine.
A regular cleaning program for the inside parts of your coffee machine is SO important. Doing so will extend the life of your machine, thus saving you money. And it will produce FAR better tasting coffee for you. Whats the point in have a great coffee machine, and buying the freshest coffee, and then running it through a dirty machine? None…
How to clean out your coffee brewer:
1. Throw out any old coffee grinds from your filter and rinse everything with boiling water.
2. Make your vinegar cleaning mix (2/3 hot water and 1/3 vinegar). Fill your coffee decanter and coffee machine’s water reservoir and let stand for at least 10 minutes.
3. Put your machine through a full cycle. Don’t forget to empty out your decanter first of course.
5. When the cycle has finished, let the machine sit for another 15 minutes or so.
6. If you’ve been bad and not cleaned your machine in a while, complete steps 2-5 a second time.
7. Rinse out your coffee carafe with fresh hot water a few times, then fill your water reservoir and run another full cycle with fresh hot water. If you can still taste the vinegar, repeat this step again.
8. And that’s it. Not too bad was it?
Cleaning out the inside of your coffee maker is very important, and not really that difficult. If you are in the habit of using your coffee machine everyday, you really should be cleaning out your machine every month or so. And even if you don’t use your brewer everyday, things should be cleaned out thoroughly every few months or so. So you don’t forget, write yourself a reminder on your calendar or phone so you don’t forget… Happy drinking!
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