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How To Maintain A Coffee Maker – Follow These Steps

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For long lasting performance and delicious coffee over time, maintaining your coffee makers is one of the most important things. Most coffee makers are quite expensive so why not make all your dimes worth it by maintaining the machine so that it can last as long as you expect. Maintenance of the coffee maker involves a variety of things such as regular cleaning of the removable parts, cleaning the interior and exterior whenever necessary, checking out for any broken or damaged parts on the machine and so many others that I will be discussing with you in this post. Also keep in mind that you do not have to wait for the coffee maker to stop performing well for you to take up maintenance solutions, maintenance is something that should be done frequently even if your coffee maker has not stopped working the way it did the first time. On that note let us go directly into the tips that will help you perfectly maintain your coffee maker.

 

Always clean both the interior and exterior of the coffee maker: it is advisable that you do not wait for your coffee maker to start brewing bitter or weird tasting coffee for you to clean, cleaning the coffee maker interior should be done every once a month. Using white vinegar will help you to thoroughly clean your coffee maker so when you are going to clean it, ensure that you have enough for vinegar depending on how big your coffee maker is.

  • Make a mixture with 50% water and 50% vinegar and get rid of any coffee grounds or coffee that may have remained in the coffee maker
  • Clean the filter if your coffee maker uses washable filters and if it uses disposable ones just put a new and clean filter in the filter basket.
  • Pour the solution you made into the water tank or reservoir
  • Turn the coffee maker on and brew the vinegar solution the same you brew coffee.
  • Turn the coffee maker off just in the of the brewing process, wait for some 15 minutes for it too cool and there after turn it on again to brew completely. These will be like two cleaning cycles.
  • Pour away the vinegar mixture and leave the coffee make to cool
  • Now flush out all the vinegar that might spoil your coffee flavor by running another brew cycle but this time with only fresh water.
  • If the coffee maker does not smell any vinegar after this then you are through with cleaning, if it has the vinegar smell keep rinsing with fresh water till all vinegar is out.
  • Another cleaning option is using lemon juice, you can make your own lemon juice and make a solution with half water and half lemon juice. Then follow the same cleaning procedure used with vinegar.
  • Use a dish towel, deep it in warm soapy water, leave it just damp and wipe the exterior.

Try using dish washing liquid or specialized cleaning solution: much using white vinegar is the commonest method used to clean coffee makers, there are things that you can use to excellently clean the machine. All you must do is ensure to follow the directions given on the specialized cleaning solution to clean the coffee maker.

Wash the removable parts after every use: these parts usually get dirty with coffee residue and oils so for hygienic purposes you are advised to wash those small parts after each use. Use warm soapy water or dish washing liquid and a sponge to clean to wash the filters, lid and carafe. In case of any stubborn dirt that seems hard to remove you can use baking soda.

If possible use distilled water instead of hard water to brew coffee: this is because hard water contains too may chemicals which means whenever it if filtered a lot of residue is left on the filters and the more residue builds up, it is most likely to clog the filter. On the other hand distilled water does not leave residue behind so you will not have to change the filters every now and then.

Work on any damages as soon as possible: each time you clean the coffee maker please be keen enough to check out for any damaged or cracked parts and ensure to have them repaired as soon as possible. If your coffee maker is starting to brew coffee at an extremely slow or fast rate it is a sign that the filters need replacement of cleaning, if the machine is leaking, a cracked pot or any problems with the cord then ensure to work on them as soon as possible.

Make any additional replacements in the specified time: if you have used the filters for a really long time then do not wait for the machine to start brewing poor tasting coffee before you replace them. After the specified time ensure to replace the parts immediately.

Dust the coffee maker daily: this will make your coffee maker last really long and looking new yet it only takes up a few seconds of your time so spare that time and dust the coffee maker every morning before or after using it. To remove any stuck in dust, you use a canned air container since it is more thorough at getting rid of that dust.

Turn the coffee maker off when it is not in use: there is absolutely no reason as to why you waste the coffee maker’s power by leaving it turned on when it is out of use. Be cautious enough to turn it off or plug it out as soon as you are done with your coffee, this will prevent your machine from getting by electricity and keep it strong.

Follow the manual: coffee makers come with manuals that help you out on how best to use the coffee maker therefore do not ignore those instructions and use the machine as you desire because in the end it is you to suffer the outcomes. It is always best to use the coffee maker as shown in the manual.

Store the coffee maker correctly: always keep your coffee maker in a clean and cool room after use and keep it in the kitchen, do not just leave it where to prevent any accidents.

Vanilla Farmer, Amazon Retailer & Tech Researcher. Yosaki is my personal blog but I'm working on some big tech project back doors. I will keep on posting various topics on things I have knowledge about.

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