Have you cleaned your Keurig coffee maker lately? I think it is time you did. Cleaning your coffee maker is similar to cleaning laundry and polishing hardwood floors; maintaining your small kitchen utensils will improve your health. Therefore, it is necessary to take good care of your coffee maker as well because you are going to use a Keurig coffee maker each morning.
The convenience of single-serving coffee brewers is unmatched, but unlike traditional brewers, many models retain water in water reservoirs for long periods, creating mold and mineral deposits. It would help if you looked out for some signs, which indicate that it may be time to clean your coffee maker.
It takes longer to make coffee.
When you want a full cup of coffee, but only half your cup's worth of coffee is made.
The presence of extra coffee grounds in your cup.
Unpleasant odor (mold or mildew).
The mineral residue is visible on the machine.
The mineral deposit linked with hard water, whether it is visible or not, is responsible for many of these coffee maker problems. If you have hard water, you may also feel the need to descale your coffee machine more often than you need to.
Steps to clean your coffee maker
Start by draining the water from the reservoir.
Remove components of your coffee maker and wash them in warm soapy water in a sink. Some models also have dishwasher-safe parts. If your coffee maker makes excellent espresso and has a milk steamer attached to it, clean these pieces after separating them as well.
When the coffeemaker is partially separated, use a small, clean brush dipped in vinegar to clean around the machine's base where the reservoir is present and the area where the cup goes.
Reusable filters also need a good cleaning over and over again, as the coffee grounds will make the mesh clogged. You can soak it in a bowl of vinegar and use a small brush to
loosen the grains and clean the fine mesh. If you use a small brush, you can clean it a lot better.
Once you have cleaned on the outside, cleaning the inside of a coffee maker is just as important. Readjust the reservoir that you have just washed, make sure it is dry, and fill it with four cups of white vinegar and 2 cups of water. Please note that for this piece, the choice of cleaning agent is solely vinegar, but if you do not have it available, there are alternatives to it as well, so make sure you also know how to clean a Keurig without vinegar as well.
Run the machine several times without a filter, brewing hot vinegar. After cycling a few cups, let the machine sit with the vinegar solution for a few hours and then complete the rest of the cycles so that all the solutions go through the machine.
Next, remove and clean the reservoir one more time; this time, fill it with water. Run more cups of water through the pool so that you can clean out leftover vinegar. You are all set to use your Keurig coffee maker now.
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