04-02-2008, 12:07 PM
Here's a couple tricks to keep that coffee pot sparkling clean with NO effort at all.
1) Have you ever burned the coffee in the bottom of the pot until it got like burnt charcoal? Ever freak out at this not knowing how to clean it?
Well simply let the pot cool down, toss in a few ice cubes and salt. Swish it all around and viola! LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL!
Now once that is cleaned, the next step will finish it up nicely....
2) OXY- Clean your teapot, kettle, percolator or drip machines!
Simply put a tablespoon into the machine, fill with HOT and I mean HOT water and let sit. Put all the 'fittings' into a bowl or the pot itself if it fits as well. Leave this for half an hour. Scrub clean and you'll have a pot that looks BRAND NEW!
You can also do this with the water reservoir in the drip machines. Let stand alot longer though, and this takes more time as you need to run the machine and make hot Oxy-clean.
You need to keep making plain water until all the oxy-clean is out of your reservoir.
Plain white vinegar works as well too. Probably better as that is the only thing that takes out lime and calcium deposits.
1) Have you ever burned the coffee in the bottom of the pot until it got like burnt charcoal? Ever freak out at this not knowing how to clean it?
Well simply let the pot cool down, toss in a few ice cubes and salt. Swish it all around and viola! LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL!
Now once that is cleaned, the next step will finish it up nicely....
2) OXY- Clean your teapot, kettle, percolator or drip machines!
Simply put a tablespoon into the machine, fill with HOT and I mean HOT water and let sit. Put all the 'fittings' into a bowl or the pot itself if it fits as well. Leave this for half an hour. Scrub clean and you'll have a pot that looks BRAND NEW!
You can also do this with the water reservoir in the drip machines. Let stand alot longer though, and this takes more time as you need to run the machine and make hot Oxy-clean.
You need to keep making plain water until all the oxy-clean is out of your reservoir.
Plain white vinegar works as well too. Probably better as that is the only thing that takes out lime and calcium deposits.