topic Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot in Kitchen

Cleaning my Coffee Pot

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:31:46 GMT

So I ran 4 cups vinegar and 8 cups water. I'm about to run water through 2 more times and clean the baskets and carafe.

I don't like the oils on the top of my cup of coffee in the morning.

How do you do it?

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

nana59 — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:33:55 GMT

same way you're doing it.....

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

Imaoldhippie — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:39:40 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs ..................It has been my experience that the "oil slick" on coffee is not from a dirty coffee maker, but from your water. Try using bottled water and see if that doesnt eliminate the problem.

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

sann — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:51:15 GMT

I always use bottled water mainly because I saw the list of chemicals in the city water. No oily film on top.

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

nana59 — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:51:49 GMT

maybe the oil you see is the oil contained in the coffee....

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

SilleeMee — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:01:13 GMT

Coffee beans have oil in them. The longer they get roasted the more oil comes out of them so the darker roasts will have more oil.

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:07:15 GMT

So I'm on my 2nd batch of cold water flowing through.

Didn't see much of anything coming out but I'll get everything cleaned good.

I will use bottled water tomorrow and see if all the oils are gone. I love my coffee in the morning.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

SilleeMee — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:10:30 GMT

My coffee maker is a Mr. Coffee. It's the kind which uses regular paper filters. When I fill the thing with water I always use a clean water pitcher to fill it. I never use the carafe to fill the reservoir. Same goes for adding vinegar and rinse water. I use a clean pitcher for that, too.

Re: Cleaning my Coffee Pot

Pooky1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:33:57 GMT

I fill coffee maker with just white vinegar and I brew it with just vinegar. Then I brew just water 2 times to

Rinse it out. I let vinegar sit in coffee maker for 30 minutes then I let it brew. I had read that it's good to let vinegar sit in there it helps clean it out better. I always use Britta filtered water to make coffee. Like 5 years ago.my coffee was sometimes had a matalic taste and smell. I bought new coffee. A new coffee maker. I started thinking I getting stupid and u can't make coffee anymore. My wife said maybe its the water. I told her how could it be the water. It only happens sometimes. So I bought a Britta water pitcher .and its been 5 years and we haven't had scrappy tasting water any more.