Winter time means lots and lots of coffee!!! But even your coffee pot needs cleaning.....
I drink coffee EVERY DAY and sometimes even three times a day. I like to clean it once a week in the winter and once a month in the summer when it doesn't get used often.
Here are quick and easy steps to clean and dissinfect it:
1. Make a mixture of 1 part white vinegar to 2 parts water-- enough to fill the pot. For a stronger solution (which might be necessary if this is the first time you've cleaned your coffee maker since you got it three years ago) make a mixture that is half vinegar and half water instead
2. Put a filter in your coffee maker, as usual.
3. Pour the mixture into the coffee maker where you would normally add water.
4. Turn the coffee maker on and let the mixture run completely through.
5. Discard the filter and mixture.
6. Let the coffee maker sit and cool for 15 minutes while it's off
7. Rinse the coffee pot
8. Repeat all of the above a second time, but this time with plain cold water. This will make sure all of the vinegar and water solution is completely gone. If short on time, smell the coffee pot and maker after the first rinse. If there is no smell of vinegar left, you can skip the second rinse.
