How to Clean a Coffee Maker Quick

Everyone enjoys having a fresh brewed cup of coffee, but when your coffee maker gets dirty from use a proper quick cleaning is in order. Follow a few easy steps and you can have your coffee maker shining in no time!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ice
• Salt
• Vinegar

1. Fill your coffee maker with water.

2. Add approximately 2 ounces of white vinegar to the water. The vinegar will help remove any deposits the coffee has left behind inside of your coffee maker.

3. Brew the mixture of water and vinegar through the coffee part 2-3 times. Make a fresh mixture of water and vinegar each time to really get your coffee maker clean.

4. Brew fresh water through the coffee pot 2-3 times to remove any left over vinegar from the cleaning process.

5. Remove the coffee filter basket and wash with warm soap and water. Rinse the basket well with warm water.

6. 
    
   Just enough ice to cover the bottom of the coffee pot.

   Add 6-8 ice cubes, 1-2 tsp salt, and 1 ounce vinegar to your coffee pot. Swirl this mixture around for about 1 minute to remove all the old coffee deposits from your pot.

7. 
    
   Look how nice and clean the coffee pot is now!

   Wash the pot clean with warm water and soap. You are now ready to enjoy a fresh brewed pot of coffee from your clean coffee maker.