Having a clean, fresh and healthy house is super important to most people. Yet many people do not regularly clean the inside of their coffee makers.
Having a clean coffee machine IS VITAL – in not only having the best tasting coffee you can, but also in adding to the life-span of your coffee maker. It doesn’t need to be a big deal to clean your machine, but if you let it go too long, it will definitely reduce the life of your beloved coffee machine.
How to clean out your coffee brewer:
1. Rinse any old coffee from your coffee filter, and carafe.
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 everything stand for another 15 minutes or so.
6. If you haven’t cleaned your machine in a while, you might want to repeat steps 2-5 a second time.
7. Rinse everything thoroughly with fresh hot water, and run a cycle through your machine with fresh hot water to remove the vinegar taste. This step may also need to be repeated if you can still taste or smell the vinegar.
8. And there you have it… You now have a clean coffee maker!
8 steps, not too difficult or costly. If you can clean your machine thoroughly like this regularly, you will really notice the difference. Not just to the taste of your morning brew, but to the life of your machine. If you use your machine everyday, once a month or so would be good. If you aren’t a daily drinker of coffee, still try to do this every few months. Writing down the date on your calendar will help you remember.
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