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Have you ever noticed that sometimes your morning cup
of coffee tastes absolutely horrid? Does a bitter taste sometimes creep
into your favorite coffee? How long has it been since you last cleaned
your coffeemaker? Yes, coffeemakers need cleaning just like anything
else. Maintaining clean coffee machine cannot be stressed enough.
If all espresso machines were cleaned regularly, espresso quality
would increase several fold and create a larger market demand for espresso
drinks. Cleaning a coffee machine is equally important as buying good beans,
roasting properly and blending well.
Cleaning your coffee maker is necessary to keep your machine producing
great tasting coffee. Although cleaning a coffee maker is usually an
easy task, deep cleaning it once in a while is very important as well
and can have some tricks. Cleaning a coffee maker thoroughly can make
a great difference on the quality of the coffee you have since it would
not be affected by impurities such as old oils and hard water deposits.
It is important to have in mind that it is recommendable to do a deep
cleaning to the coffee machine on a monthly basis.
Following are some important tips to clean your coffee maker properly:
Do the following weekly:
Remove the plastic lid if possible and soak in dish detergent. Soak
this while cleaning the lid and the filter basket.
Fill your sink about halfway with warm water and at least 4 tablespoons
of baking soda. Using a rag, wipe the residue coffee oils from the
plastic components. Rinse thoroughly with water.
Finish cleaning the carafe by swirling the soapy water
around a bit with a cleaning rag. Rinse thoroughly with water. You
may even
want to rinse this with a baking soda solution to fully rinse.
Using the rag that was in the baking soda, wipe around the coffee
maker itself. Pay attention to the shower head as many old coffee
oils will
be there.
Do the following monthly:
1. Perform your weekly cleaning routine.
2. If you have a filter built into your coffee maker, remove it. Fill
your carafe with water and add two tablespoons of vinegar to it.
3. Pour into the coffee maker and begin brewing.
4. Halfway through the brewing cycle, stop the machine and wait 10-15
minutes. Resume the brewing process until completed.
5. Rinse your carafe out and brew another one to two cycles of plain
water through the system. Rinse out the coffee maker and you are done!
In conclusion, coffee machines aren’t meant to last forever
but if you take proper care of your machine it could last you several
years or more. Like with cars if you use it more often you will still
have to replace it more often but with proper care you can extend the
life of your investment.
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for making espresso coffee
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