How To Clean The Coffee Maker With Vinegar And Other Natural Products

The coffee maker can be one of the household appliances or kitchen appliances that we use the most on a daily basis. For this same reason, it tends to get dirty or stained easily if we do not maintain a periodic cleaning.

Coffee made in a dirty or unmaintained pot can leave a strange and unpleasant aftertaste. If you are looking to have a pristine coffee maker, we will tell you how you can clean with vinegar and other natural products. This will avoid using chemical or industrial cleaners that are less sustainable and pollute the environment.

How to clean your coffee maker with vinegar

As you know, vinegar is a natural cleaner that is used for many cleaning tasks around the home; It is a perfect home remedy for removing difficult stains, cleaning glass, tiles among others. It is one of the products that should never be missing in a home, since it is very practical when cleaning a large number of surfaces, economically and above all ecological.

To optimize the cleaning process, we have to differentiate two types of coffee maker: the coffee maker as an ‘appliance’ and the Italian coffee maker that is made on fire.

How to clean a machine coffee maker

Materials

• Water
• White vinegar

What should you do?

1. Clean all the coffee residues from the carafe, empty the coffee container and the old and used filter.
2. Rinse the coffee pot with cold water and fill it with two parts water and one part white vinegar.
3. Leave this vinegar and water solution in the tank and turn on the machine as if you were going to prepare coffee in the normal way. Once the cycle is finished, turn off the coffee maker.
4. Let stand 15 minutes this prepared.
5. After the indicated time,  clean the remains of the vinegar with boiling water. To do this, add water and let it pass through the filters. Once the remains of the vinegar have been removed, it will be ready for normal use.

For best results, the ideal would be to do this procedure once a month. We must bear in mind that it is a household appliance that is used practically every day of the year. If you haven’t cleaned your machine in a long time,  repeat this vinegar and water preparation twice to remove all residues and coffee grounds that have been encrusted.

Cleaning an Italian coffee pot with vinegar

To clean this type of coffee maker and leave it spotless, follow these steps:

Boil water with vinegar

• First , bring the tank to a boil with a mixture of water and vinegar. You will need one part vinegar to three parts water. You should never exceed the valve because, otherwise, it would be clogged.
• Place the coffee filter on top of the coffee maker. Bring it to a boil until all the mixture evaporates and you find it at the top. Actually, it is as if we were making coffee but without adding  the ground product.

Clean the inside of the coffee maker and the base

Once we have all the liquid on top, we empty the result. With the help of a scouring pad, we will rub until all the stains inside are eliminated until it acquires shine.

Then we will dedicate ourselves to cleaning the base with a scouring pad suitable for steel. With a little soap, we will rub in a circular way until it is clean. We have to be careful because we could leave marks if we press the surface too much.

Clean valve and filter

The valve of the coffee makers is that little warning that is located halfway up the water tank. It marks the water level and we must not exceed it.

The coffee filter should be cleaned after each use, once it has cooled down. It is very important to keep it clean and free of impurities so that it does not get clogged. If clogged, the steam will not come out of the holes and will lead to bad coffee.

Do not abandon the coffee maker, and much less neglect the small details such as the filter and the valve!

Cleaning coffee makers with natural products

We find other natural products that can also help us in this cleaning work. They are ingredients as natural and ecological as vinegar. We tell you how you can clean your coffee maker with these methods.

Cleaning the coffee maker with lemon juice

It is well known that lemon juice has an antibacterial effect similar to vinegar and, for this reason, the procedure is quite similar.

• To clean it we will use the same system as with vinegar, but this time we will use one part of water for two parts of lemon juice.
• This juice will work very well to eliminate the remains deposited in the filter of our coffee maker.

Cleaning the coffee maker with baking soda

Baking soda is also one of the quintessential household products. For this reason, it is also perfect for removing the remains of our coffee maker and keeping it spotless.

• To carry out this cleaning you have to apply a little baking soda to a damp cloth and clean the inside of the coffee maker. Then rinse to remove the remains.

Clean the coffee machine with cleaning tablets and descalers

When it comes to cleaning capsule coffee machines, you can effectively remove limescale with just one tablet.

• They are used in a very simple way, since it is enough to drop a pill in the water tank and then start it.
• Most modern machines usually have a cleaning cycle. If this is not the case, we can use the normal cycle.