Kitchen

[Mistreatedbycs]

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?

[nana59]

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

[Imaoldhippie]

@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.

[sann]

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

[nana59]

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

[SilleeMee]

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.

[Mistreatedbycs]

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!

[SilleeMee]

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. 

[Pooky1]

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.