The coffee pot at work was left on all night..?

Question

because that happened, the coffee dried up and burnt on the bottom of the pot.. is it still safe to use or should we just buy a new one... ???

Answer 1

I have worked in A LOT of restaurants, the way that every single one of them does to remove and clean the burnt coffee from the pots is as follows:

Ice
Lemon Juice
Salt (lots of it)
Water (or if available at work Soda Water)

Mix all of these together in the pot with a wooden spoon and stir. Also shake it lightly. If it is really bad you might have to let it sit for a few minutes and then stir. That will not only remove the burnt coffee, but it will also clean the pot of any stains. The pot should be about 3/4 full of all of the ingredients, so just don't skimp on anything.

Answer 2

Yup, it's still safe to use, you'll just have to clean it really good. Soaking in hot water will help loosen the gunk at the bottom. If it's a glass carafe, and you have access to ice cubes, put some cubes and salt in the pot after soaking away the gunk, and swirl them around. Best way to get a coffee pot clean. Either way, it's still safe to drink out of a container that had burnt coffee in it.

I have a small cleaning company and the employees at a few places are repeatedly leaving the coffee pot on but never checking to see what the level of coffee is in the pot. I've had to clean burnt-on coffee many times.

Answer 3

Use ice, rock salt, a squeeze of lemon juice and soda water and swirl it for a few minutes then scrub clean.

Or you can use vinegar. Pour equal parts white distilled vinegar and water into the pot and allow it sit. Then scrub and rinse clean.

The sign that you need to buy a new one is if it is cracked.

Answer 4

That happens a lot here where I work, too. Vinegar and ice will help, but I've had a hard time getting rid of the vinegar taste. I use regular dish detergent with a small amount of hot water. Let it soak a while, pour that out and add the ice cubes. You may have to repeat, but it will work.

Answer 5

use lemons ice and salt. put all together in coffee pot and let sit for about an hour. After that shake it around a bit and then wash it out. All the black stuff should come out

Answer 6

You could probably just wash it really well and scrub all the burnt crap off the bottom. You could probably still use it if it doesn't all come off, as long as the burned stuff doesn't make your coffee taste weird.

Answer 7

In the pot itself use hot water, salt and crushed ice to loosen all the crud from the bottom then...
Run vinegar and water through your machine as if you were making coffee. (This will aso clean your water lines of any caked up particles from your water supply)
Run the machine two more times with clean water.
(If you want you can use one more rinse with a little vanilla in the water)

Answer 8

if it works use it...if it don't then the element has burnt out...it may still make coffee but the bottom plate may have burnt out...feel it and you can tell if its hot....vinegar in the burnt pot and let soak helps clean it...been there and done it...

Answer 9

safe to use, put some salt in the bottom and then fill halfway with ice and swish it around, the salt will act like a brillo pad without damaging the pot!!

Answer 10

you can still use it but you need to let it sit for a while with ice cubes in it...this will help the coffee come off of the bottom...if you prefer you can use vinegar instead.