How to Clean a Coffee Maker With a Natural Cleaner

It's important to clean a coffee maker at least once a month in order to ensure that your coffee maker delivers a great tasting cup of coffee every morning, and to make sure that the coffee maker stays in good working condition for a long time! The Best way to clean a coffee maker is using natural ingredients, since you are bound to ingest small amounts of whatever you use to clean the coffee maker.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• White Vinegar
• Water

1. 

   It's easy to clean a coffee maker. First, make a solution of one part vinegar to two parts water in your coffee pot. If you are using a twelve-cup coffee pot, this means that you should put 4 cups of vinegar into the pot, and fill the rest of the pot up with water.

2. Pour the vinegar and water solution into the reservoir of your coffee maker, and run it through the machine as if you were going to make a pot of coffee. You should still put an empty filter in your machine, especially if you use a metal filter. Once the vinegar solution has completed it's cycle through your coffee maker, let the solution sit in the heated coffee pot for about 1/2 of an hour, then discard the vinegar solution.

3. 

   Your coffee maker is now clean; however, you should run a pot of clean water through the machine to flush out any remaining taste of vinegar.

Tips & Warnings

• If you still detect a smell of vinegar, after completing this process, you can run another pot of clean water through the machine.

[Ladybugblue]

on 2/28/2009 Thanks for the advice and the good article! 5*

[Merriment]

on 2/27/2009 It is time for me to do this again. But, I think I'll wait until I can open up the house. Vinegar steam doesn't smell too good!

[healthymomof5]

on 2/25/2009 Great tip! I think I'll go do this now!5*