Going into marriage I knew my husband was quite the coffee fanatic. Don't get me wrong I love me my coffee but no one compares to my husband. My husband seems to think our home coffee maker is the local Starbucks! A few months after we first got married I noticed the coffee pot getting brown coffee residue on it so I washed it out with soap and water. No biggie, right? Apparently not! My husband got so upset that I had washed out "his" coffee pot with soap. He said the brown residue is where all the "flavor" is… umm EWW!!! After I kindly explained that that was absolutely disgusting to me he agreed to let me rinse the coffee pot out daily with ONLY WATER. He said the soap makes it taste funny. I figured marriage is all about compromise, right? So I agreed. A few months later, much to my husband's delight and to my horror, I noticed the brown residue returning except this time "WATER ONLY" would not wash it out. But again marriage is compromise so I let it be for a few months. That is until one day while browsing on my beloved Pinterest account, I came across a pin on how to clean a coffee maker. It required using baking soda though, so I had a feeling my husband wouldn't go for it. I was correct. No such luck. It took me about another month of daily begging for him to finally agree to let me try! SUCCESS! So I tried it! This is what I did:
Supplies:
1/4 Cup of Baking Soda
1-2 Cups of hot water (it works with cold or room temperature water too I discovered)
Mix the Baking Soda into the water. I use regular temperature water just because I didn't notice much to any difference between my results.
Mix the Baking Soda into the water with a spoon as best you can.
Pour the Water/Baking Soda mixture into the area of the coffee maker where you usually pour the water. NOTE: Make sure you do not have a filter in the coffee maker.
I noticed after I had poured the contents into my coffee maker that there was some baking soda powder left behind in the pot. I just add about 1/2 - 1 cup more to get all that out.
Let it brew like normal and admire your yummy "coffee." Pretty icky, right?
Repeat this step using clean water each time, until the water brews clear. It normally takes me 4-5 times.
This really works to clean not only the coffee maker but it also got rid of all the icky brown residue in the coffee pot!!! I would recommend repeating this whole process at least once a month. Let me know how it works for you.
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