My boyfriend says you cannot wash the pot (the glass pot that holds the coffee) with soap and water. He says you have to wash it with a vinegar solution. I said you can wash the pot with soap and water, and it's the actual coffee maker that needs to be cleaned out with vinegar and water (you run the solution through the coffee maker). Who is right?
2006-10-27 16:18:08 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
You are right. There is nothing special about the coffee pot that makes it unable to be washed with regular dish soap and water.
You clean the coffee maker with vinegar because you can't reach inside all the parts of a coffeemaker to clean with soap and water.
Your boyfriend is pretty retarded, but don't make him feel to bad about it.
2006-10-27 16:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by stevejensen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a Bunn coffee maker and the directions say to run vinegar THROUGH the part that you pour the water through to clean it. I wash the glass pot out occasionally with soap and water and even put it in the dishwasher to clean it. If the glass gets stained from the coffee, I sometimes pour some bleach into the pot full strength and then add hot water from the tap. After it soaks for a while, I empty it out and fill and empty it several times till you can't smell the bleach any longer.
2006-10-27 23:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by garden lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are! The only thing that happens with using soap and water in a glass pot is that it gets clean.
You are also right about the vinegar and water solution. I clean mine and the coffee pots at the gym regularly with soap and water.
The pots at the gym have metal bottoms and unthinking people will leave the empty pot on the burner and the coffee gets baked on. I use easy off oven cleaner to get it out.
Make sure you rinse it good.
Although I am a man, I have learned that sometimes it pays to listen to a woman -smile.
2006-10-27 23:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by GERALD S. MCSEE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are right to wash your glass coffee pot with soap and water. Your coffee maker needs to be cleaned out with vinegar and water.
2006-10-28 00:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quick wash with soap and water doesn't hurt but BF is right. put some vinegar in with the water inside the coffee maker. add baking soda into the part that holds the coffee grinds. run the water. Another trick, if you have burnt coffee is to leave a piece of lemon immersed in water overnight in the coffee pot.
2006-10-27 23:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both! You can wash the pot with soap and water, but to clean the machine run vinegar through it just like you were brewing a pot. You can also run the pot through the dishwasher. It's the same as washing a cup or glass - just rinse it out good.
2006-10-27 23:20:25 · answer #6 · answered by bethie1114 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you run the vinegar through the maker you will have to catch it in the pot. Cool! No need to wash pot. Rinse throughly though as the vinegar makes the coffee taste really nasty. I however use the same process only with hydrogen peroxide. I think it does a better job and no bad taste.
2006-10-27 23:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by Badger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash it in dish soap and water then rinse it in water that you add some white vinegar to. This will cut any soap that remains. Rinse again in plain water and dry well. When we went to a Waffle house restaurant saw the girls putting crushed ice and salt in the pot the combination helped remove the coffee stains and oils. They just swirled it around and rinsed it out. I'm sure there are many ideas what is best.
2013-10-01 01:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by Mama Jazzy Geri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ew, I'd hate to see the coffee pot never washed with soap and water! He's right about running vinegar through once in awhile, it cleans out the "guts" but definitely wash it with dishsoap!
2006-10-27 23:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by punkrawkgurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a waitress at a coffee house for years, a better way to clean your coffee pot is this...
Put ice about 1/4 to 1/2 way full
cut a lemon and squeeze the juice and put lemons in pot as well.
put in some salt.
shake it around for a few minutes and then rinse it out.
It gets it cleaner than soap and water.
2006-10-27 23:26:54 · answer #10 · answered by drewsylla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋