how to clean a thermal coffee carafe. thanks you all. found out what to do. used dishwasher tablet and filled carafe w boiling water. let sit all night and in the morning it was spotless. then ran through baking soda and and a plain water cycle. thanks...
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I use a tablespoon of oxyclean and hot water and let it soak overnight. Rinse and it's bright and shiny again.
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I use about 2 tbsp. of baking soda, add about a cup of hot water, and scrub with a bottle brush. Then fill the carafe with hot water and the baking soda solution. Let it sit overnight and rinse out with hot water the next morning before use. The baking soda solution leaves the inside of the carafe bright and shiny.
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Sorry, not really an answer to your question, but I have had the thermal carafe for almost a year and haven't had any problems. I'm not particularly careful with temperature changes either (rinse with cold water after emptying hot brewed coffee).
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We clean our glass lined Thermos by putting in about 1/4 cup of baking soda & then filling it with really hot water. We put the pump in place, close it up and let it set for a day or so. This will loosen any built up coffee film. Before we rinse it we pump a few pumps of the baking soda solution through everything. After pouring out the baking soda/water mixture we rinse it with really hot water and pump some through the pump system. You can tell by looking in the Thermos if the glass liner is clean. If it's stained really badly you may have to repeat the process. Doing this whenever you notice a film starting to build will keep the liner clean and improve the taste of your coffee!
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I no longer use this coffee maker. It developed a leak (after warrantY0, but as I recall, it shuts off automatically. The coffee then sets in the thermal carafe and the pad under the carafe is not powered. I found the coffee was better when I warmed the carafe with hot water before making coffee. I replaced it with a KRUPS. I do not need a timer so it is pretty simple, the way I like.
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Sorry that happened, and I wish I could help, they do not make that pot anymore, I called and emailed them to no avail. Do you have the booklet any more? Never mind, I just looked at mine, and it hasn't got any sort of answer to that, good luck, I have to throw mine out, it has no replaceable carafe!! What a waste.
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No, never, but depending on your water, you may experience mineral build up on the flat metal heating element inside of the carafe. I just wipe it out with a microfiber cloth and it wipes right off, or you could try a white sponge too. Great product! I use it every day!
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Try to do the cleaning cycle again, could just be a simple malfunction. I've never had that problem. I love my DeLonghi Coffee Maker, it makes the best coffee, but I have a problem with spilling coffee when I'm pouring a cup. I believe it's the engineering of the pot.
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Depending on how long you've had it, how long in between usages, what kind of 'milk' or milk product such as Silk has been used, it's possible it just needs some special cleaning. I had to run a weak solution of vinegar through the coffee maker part of mine as well as taking the steamer nozzle apart and soak it in a weak solution of vinegar, then used filtered water to run some steam back through the nozzle to rinse it well. Hope that's useful.
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Hi Victoria:I delayed answering your email because I wanted to be 100% sure I was correct. I went home and made a pot of (Mountian Blue) coffee. I filled it up to 5 cups - on the glass carafe it was just a tad under the max line and not a drop spilled. So short answer your pot is defective :(
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Yeah, mine has vertical cracks up the sides now, and you can hear it crackling when I pour in the hot water. It's never been in the dishwasher, I always washed it by hand. It leaks coffee when pressed. Kind of disappointed in it. Back to the glass one, I guess.
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This I do not know. Ours is flashing "clean," but we have yet to clean it. Still working and coffee tasting fine, so I haven't attempted a cleaning.
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My grandmother owned and operated restaurants and clubs most of her life. To clean a coffee carafe she would put ice cubes and coarse salt in the carafe and swirl for a minute or two. The abrasiveness of the coarse salt and the ice cubes would remove stains without adding soap that will inevitably leave a small but detectable residual taste in your coffee. Note: She did this regularly before too much residue and stain could build up. Also, most of these carafes were made of glass, not stainless steel.
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Yes I had to wash mine, but I usually do that and run just water for the first brew on any new coffee maker. When I did not do this, I noticed the burnt plastic taste/smell to the coffee as well. Also be careful with the flimsy K-cup brewer mechanism. Mine broke after about 3 uses.
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Hello, Sara. I have used my Bonavita fairly exclusively for the six months that I have had it, and the only time I noticed condensation anywhere was when it immersed the coffee pot in water; it took some time to drain it completely. They do warn against immersion; I forgot. After I cleared up that problem, it has been smooth sailing...Judging by my experience, it sounds as if your coffee-maker has a defect. Perhaps a crack somewhere? Hope you find an answer! Margaret Warren
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Good luck, tried the cleaning with vinegar & water MANY times. The machine still has issues & have complained to Krups. I have had other Krups coffee makers for many years & never been so irritated & disappointed in their product. They have offered for me to send it back, but that will take weeks for them to receive it, diagnose it & basically send me a new one(which is what I requested in the first place). My machine has a real problem. It can't figure out whether to beep or brew or not brew or beep & then brew maybe later. I am just going to trash it & never buy another KRUPS.
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I have not had to clean mine yet, due to the water we have (very few minerals in it), but when brewing a bussing sound is normal, but this unit is suppose to shut off in 90 or so seconds after brewing a cup of coffee. Which means the blue indicator lights that you have on the unit that blink after you brew a cup will stop flashing , and you would need to press the on button again to turn the unit on before you can brew another cup. In short, if the lights don't go off, you have a problem, and if they do, the unit would not be able to overheat because it would be off. Hope that helps. Also, if you have cleaned the unit, you likely opened up the cap that gives you access to the water filter section, I do know that if that has not been put back on correctly, the unit will be very loud, and not function properly (wife when she first used it thought that was were the water was poured into, and didn't get it back on correctly), the way the marking are for lock/unlock really do not line up correctly, so you have to make sure you secure it back on correctly. Jim V