Top 3 tips to Clean Your Coffee and Espresso Machines

You should Keeping your coffee maker clean is important in preventing clogs, bad-tasting coffee, and or breakage of the machine.

To keep your coffee maker running well and your coffee tasting great, here are some top tips on how to clean your coffee and espresso machines. 

1. Daily Cleaning

Keeping up with a brief cleaning routine daily can help extend the life of your coffee machine.

Espresso Machine:

* After you're finished with it, dump the coffee grounds (they are great for compost, sources say).

* Rinse the portafilter.

* Scrub the portafilter with a dish brush.

* If you use soap, make sure it's an unscented variety that won't impart flavors to your coffee.

* Allow all parts to air dry before reassembling.

* Wipe the exterior of the machine.

Drip Coffee Maker:

* Remove the filter and grounds.

* Rinse the basket of the coffee maker.

* Scrub the basket with a dish brush (again, use unscented soap).

* Wash the drip coffee maker's carafe with hot water and unscented soap.

* Allow basket and carafe to air-dry before reassembling.

* Wipe the coffee maker's exterior.

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Bleach?

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Bleach?

Discard any contents from the carafe and fill it with hot water. Leave some space for the bleach to come in. Pour ½ cup bleach into the hot water and allow it to sit for 15 minutes. Turn the coffee maker on and allow it to run through. Allow this solution to stand here for another 30 minutes, before discarding the solution. Fill the carafe with fresh hot water and turn on the apparatus to let it run a cycle. Carry out this procedure with more fresh hot water to get rid of all bleach residues.

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Lemon Juice?

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Lemon Juice?

If you don't have vinegar at home and are wondering how to clean a coffee maker without vinegar, then you can try using citric acid instead. After ensuring the coffee basket is empty, run some cold water through the coffee maker. Throw away this water. Next, take equal amounts of concentrated lemon juice and water and pour this mixture into the rinsed coffee pot. Allow this solution to sit in the apparatus for 15 minutes before turning on the coffee maker. Turn on and allow the lemon solution to work through the apparatus. Then turn it off and allow the lemon solution inside to cool for 15 minutes before turning it on again. Discard this citric acid solution after second rinse and rinse the apparatus twice with cold water. Soak the coffee pot and filter basket in the sink filled with dish washing liquid solution and wash well.

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Baking Soda?

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Baking Soda?

Cleaning the coffee maker with baking soda is recommended to be carried out once every week. To clean, try and remove the carafe's plastic lid if its possible and allow it to soak in a solution of dish washing liquid. Meanwhile to get the filter basket clean, fill the sink with tepid water (halfway). Into this water add 5-8 tablespoons of baking soda. Mix well and use this solution to clean the filter basket. This can be done by wiping the basket clean with a dishcloth dunked in the baking soda. After a thorough wiping session rinse the apparatus with water. While rinsing make sure you have the part of the coffee maker from which the water drips down over the filter rinsed well as this is one area where coffee oils tend to build up.

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Vinegar?

How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Vinegar?

Vinegar is free of toxins and serves as an effective cleaning agent as its acidic properties dissolve the mineral deposits and oils left behind after brewing. For cleaning the coffee maker with vinegar, just mix equal amounts of white vinegar and water and pour this mixture into the water reservoir. Turn the coffeemaker on and allow several cups to run through. Then turn the apparatus off and allow the mixture to sit for an hour. Once again start the machine. Then discard this mixture and pour plain water in its place. Allow the plain water to run through a couple of times, until you stop getting the odor of vinegar. The carafe (glass container holding coffee) and filter basket can be washed in the dishwasher's uppermost rack. Read more on coffee maker cleaning with vinegar.