Drinking coffee in the morning is no longer just a habit for many, but a necessity. An aromatic and tasty drink helps you wake up faster and start a new day in a good mood. Most people use coffee makers to prepare this drink, because they are convenient and easy to use. However, your coffee maker requires proper and regular care, just like any other appliance. Therefore, in order for the use of equipment not to become a problem, you need to know exactly how to clean the coffee maker efficiently and quickly, so that this does not in any way affect the taste of the drink prepared in it and extends the service life of the machine.
Why do you need to clean your coffee maker?
When buying a coffee maker for your home, you need to be prepared for the fact that it needs to be descaled regularly. Since it is a popular and frequently used household appliance, many coffee lovers need to learn how to descale a coffee maker on their own.
Regardless of what kind of water you use to make coffee, constant contact of the liquid with the elements of the coffee maker leads to the appearance of scale, deteriorates the operation of the device and the quality of the drink being prepared, and shortens the service life of the product. If drastic measures are not taken in time and the machine is not cleaned, a large amount of scale will lead to breakdown of the household appliance.
Today, many well-known models of coffee makers are equipped with automatic descaling. This feature allows you to rid the coffee maker of scale and deposits by simply pressing a button. Often on such models there is also an indicator that signals that it is time to clean the coffee maker.
If the equipment does not have these properties, it is necessary to rid it of plaque and scale yourself. For cleaning, special household and folk remedies are used.
Special cleaning products are available in the form of tablets, liquids and powder. An individual product is sold for each coffee maker, but you can use universal options.
What products should not be used to clean
Bleach is not suitable for cleaning coffee makers. The walls of the apparatus will be cleaned, but aggressive components will settle on them: sodium hypochlorite, sodium carboxymethylcellulose. They cannot be eliminated even if you wash the device parts with water.
Don't use soap. The product reacts with coffee oils, so the drink takes on a soapy taste.
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Vadim Kudryavtsev
Coffee expert, professional barista and simply in love with this aromatic drink.
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Do not mix store-bought and folk cleaning products. Their components will react with each other, ruin the parts and disable the device.
Be sure to run water after using cleaning products. Brew at least 3 cups of coffee.
You should not drink coffee immediately after the procedure, as it contains impurities of cleaning products.
How to clean a coffee maker with citric acid
Citric acid is often used to clean coffee makers because it is inexpensive and quite effective. So, how to clean a coffee maker with citric acid? All you need to do is follow these steps:
- dissolve 30 grams of citric acid in a liter of warm water, mix and pour into the coffee maker;
- if the machine has an automatic cleaning button, you just need to press it;
- when the button is missing, you need to turn on the coffee maker and wait until the water with citric acid flows from the reservoir into the coffee pot;
- after all the solution is in the coffee pot, the coffee maker must be turned off and all parts of the machine must be rinsed with clean water;
- To remove the remaining citric acid from the coffee maker, you need to fill the container with clean water twice and turn on the device, after which the water will rinse all the parts from the inside and pour into the coffee pot.
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