How do you clean your coffee maker? / myLot

Canada

May 11, 2010 7:52am CST

When I bought this coffee maker the coffee was so fresh tasting and enjoyable. I have never cleaned it and it's been about a year. I'm not sure how to do this? Do I just rinse water through it? Or use bleach? Or something else?

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5 responses

scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

23 May 10

they sell stuff just for coffeemakers..vinegar cleans them to a degree,but that stuff seems to take all the yuck off the carafe really quick.

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Bella75

@nixxi76 (3191)

• Canada

23 May 10

I will have to keep my eyes opened for this stuff. I would like to know the name of it if you can remember? Thanks for your answer, Happy Mylotting

lomns98

@lomns98 (110)

• United States

13 May 10

you could try to add 1 slice of lemon to the boiler wth some water

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Bella75

@nixxi76 (3191)

• Canada

14 May 10

I forgot that people use lemons for cleaning for the scent. Thanks for the reminder lomns

icequeen

@icequeen (2840)

• Canada

11 May 10

You can clean it with vinegar and water...just run it through the brewing process a couple of times to completly get the vinegar out...

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laglen

@laglen (19759)

• United States

11 May 10

I use the vinegar method and actually need to do this today! I brew vinegar through a clean filter. Then I run through about 4 pots of plain water. This cleans it very nicely. Then I clean the filter basket and the coffee pot with mild sudsey water and a wash cloth.

@Java09 (3075)

• United States

11 May 10

A good way to clean it,is to run vinegar and water through the coffee maker.alot of people use this method,because vinegar makes a good natural cleaner.

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Bella75

@nixxi76 (3191)

• Canada

13 May 10

Thanks I will try that.. do you know how much vinegar I should use?