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Keep Your Coffee Equipment Clean
by Ryan Jacobs
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Drip Coffee Maker
To maintain your Auto Drip coffee maker, you will want to do a basic cleaning weekly and a thorough cleaning at least monthly.
The purpose of the thorough cleaning is to remove mineral deposits that may build up in your coffee maker. These deposits will
eventually clog up the piping inside the machine and will give off flavors to your brew. Some modern drip makers have built in
filters which actually will trap a great deal of these minerals in the filter before brewing. To avoid doing this at all , you can use
distilled water only for your coffee. Most people won't go to such extremes though.
Do the following weekly:
- Clean the Carafe: Remove the plastic lid if possible and soak in dish detergent. Soak this while cleaning the lid and the filter basket.
- Filter Basket: Fill your sink about halfway with warm water and at least 4 tablespoons of baking soda. Using a rag, wipe the residue coffee oils from the plastic components. Rinse thoroughly with water.
- Finish cleaning the carafe by swirling the soapy water around a bit with a cleaning rag. Rinse thoroughly with water. You may even want to rinse this with a baking soda solution to fully rinse.
- Using the rag that was in the baking soda, wipe around the coffee maker itself. Pay close attention to the shower head as many old coffee oils will be there.
Do the following monthly:
- Perform your weekly cleaning routine.
- If you have a filter built into your coffee maker, remove it. Fill your carafe with water and add two tablespoons of vinegar to it.
- Pour into the coffee maker and begin brewing.
- Halfway through the brewing cycle, stop the machine and wait 10-15 minutes. Resume the brewing process until completed.
- Rinse your carafe out and brew another one to two cycles of plain water through the system. Rinse out the coffee maker and you are done!
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