What's the best way to clean a coffee pot?

Question

My coffee pot leaves this nasty film when I brew coffee (or tea). I've heard you can clean it by running vinegar through a cycle. Is that true?

I don't think it's the pot that's dirty. whatever it is is coming from running the cycle itself

Answer 1

When I used to waitress, we would put ice cubes, salt, and lemon slices in the pot...swish it around for a couple of minutes..The salt would act as the scrubber and get the film off... it worked great and there were no worries of chemicals being added...then just run vinegar through the machine, followed by fresh water...Good luck!!

Answer 2

Yes and happens to be exactly what I was going to tell you to do.

Use between 1/2 cup to 1 cup of white vinegar and pour into the water chamber and run it through the pot about 3 or 4 times. Make sure that the vinegar is not diluted. After the 3 of 4 times, dump the vinegar out and then run straight water through another 3 or 4 times.

Also, if you are making coffee on a regular basis, then once a week pour about a 1/2 cup of bleach into the actual glass part of the coffee pot and add hot water until it's filled to the top. Let it soak for a few hours and then rinse thoroughly or in a dishwasher.

Answer 3

Yes ....thats what you do and after you have run the straight vinegar through a couple of time,make sure you straight water through a few times also. Another option is to buy a coffee pot descaler its a liquid you can buy at Walmart in the coffe pot section for a few dollars.

Answer 4

YEAH thats the best way to clean it,then after the vinegar use plain water through a cycle,before making coffee.

Answer 5

Yes try running about 3 table spoons of vinegar with some water and then trow it out and run plain water about 2 times after and it should be fine i do it every 3 or 4 months to keep it clean it depends how much u use it. Try it it should work .Good luck!!

Answer 6

you may want to clean out the tube the water flows through you may have hard water deposit buildup vinegar would help that also but be sure to run water 2 or 3 times after to rid any residue- the pot can be cleaned using tabasco crushed ice and salt throw it in pot and shake around works excellant

Answer 7

Yes! Vinegar works well. You can use it full strentgh OR dilute it. It will, however, stink to high heaven (depending on how strong you use it).
You can also try a diluted solutin of Oxy Clean. Just be sure to run clean water through it once or twice afterwards to flush it.
GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 8

thats true , but you have to run about 4 cycles of clean water afterwards ,to get the vinegar taste out .

Answer 9

Yes, I run Vinegar through my coffe pot every so often to clean it.

Answer 10

You can use vinegar diluted with water. I would run it a second time with plain water just to make sure there is no vinegar left.