How to Clean Your Coffee Maker

Coffee makers that are used regularly should be cleaned about once a month to maintain a clean tasting brew. Vinegar will help remove hard water build-up and mineral deposits.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Your coffee pot
• water
• white distilled vinegar

1. Mix one part water and two parts vinegar in your coffee pot.

2. Pour the mixture into the reservoir of your coffee maker.

3. Turn your coffee maker on to let the mixture filter through.

4. Once the mixture is filtered through, turn the coffee maker off.

5. Let the pot cool before handling. (You can either pour the mixture down the sink or see here for ways to use the leftover mixture: http://www.versatilevinegar.org/usesandtips.html)

6. If your coffee maker is used once or more daily, you might want to repeat the process again to ensure a good cleaning.

7. Fill the resevoir with plain water and let that filter through. This will ensure that any residual vinegar taste is filtered out.

Tips & Warnings

• If your coffee maker has a charcoal water filter, be sure to replace it regularly.
• While this cleaning process should work for any coffee pot, please check with your owner's manual before using. (Most owner's manuals can be found online at the manufacturer's website.)

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on 12/18/2008 I was about to give up on finding a good eHow on cleaning a coffee maker - then found yours. Thank you. Make it a great day, Sandy a.k.a. Mom