Cleaning Coffee Maker Using Vinegar

Introduction

The natural acidity of white vinegar coupled with the fact that it's something easy to find around a house makes it ideal for cleaning a coffee maker. White vinegar cleans gunk out of the coffee maker's lines and also helps clean crud off of the coffee pot. If the coffee maker is heavily used, try to clean it using white vinegar once per week. However, if you don't use the coffee maker regularly, try cleaning it once per month. The entire process can generally be done in less than 15 minutes.

Instructions

1. Remove the filter holder from your coffee maker. Because there's no coffee grinds for the water to go through, you don't need the filter holder to be inserted. Also, removing the filter holder makes the process go a bit faster so you don't have to spend half an hour cleaning your coffee maker.
2. Remove the coffee pot from the coffee maker and then fill it two-thirds to the point you would normally fill it to with water. Fill it the rest of the way to the point you'd normally fill it to with white vinegar.
3. Pour the mixture of water and white vinegar into your coffee pot's water container.
4. Insert the coffee pot into it's position on the base of the coffee maker and then power the coffee maker on so it runs the mixture of water and vinegar through the system and into the coffee pot.
5. After all of the mixture of water and vinegar is in the coffee pot, turn the coffee maker off, remove the coffee pot and then empty the contents of the coffee pot into a sink.
6. Fill the coffee pot up with water and then empty the water into the coffee pot's water container.
7. Turn the coffee maker on and set it up so that it runs the water through the coffee maker and into the coffee pot.
8. Turn off the coffee maker, remove the coffee pot and then empty the water in the coffee pot into a sink. Let the coffee maker dry out for an hour. After the hour passes, the coffee maker will be ready for regular use.