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 again 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... » Read More 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 again « Show Less
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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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Carol, You will never be able to get the coffee stain out from the carafe. I just wash in hot hot with dawn.I have found that the stain does not effect the taste of the coffee.
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Yes, interestingly, the easiest way seems to be using warm/hot warm with dishwasher powder because it seems you may not even need to do any scrubbing at all. It seems to just take it all right off in most cases. If it doesn't get all of it out, a non-abrasive sponge tends to get the rest out for me. I haven't even had to leave it overnight or anything. It's a 2-5 min process for me.
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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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I tried ice and shook it around. It got some coffee stain out, but it would have taken a long time to get it all. I just lived with it.
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Assuming a stainless steel carafe interior, fill coffee maker w/ water, but no coffee. Place 1 tablespoon of citric acid (mild acid, grocery store, used e.g., for making jellies) powder in the pot. Run the coffee maker and let the carafe fill. Once the pot is done, scrub w/ a bottle brush. Rinse thoroughly. Comes out shiny clean. Note that the citric acid may also be used to clean the coffee maker, so you could just do the whole shebang at once! Amazon has a pretty good deal on 5 and 10 lb bags of citric acid, but hit the grocery store for a small quantity to try first. I'm sure you'll be back for the big bag... Assuming a stainless steel carafe interior, fill coffee maker w/ water, but no coffee. Place 1 tablespoon of citric acid (mild acid, grocery store, used e.g., for making jellies) powder in the pot. Run the coffee maker and let the carafe fill. Once the pot is done, scrub w/ a bottle brush. Rinse thoroughly. Comes out shiny clean. Note that the citric acid may also be used to clean the coffee maker, so you could just do the whole shebang at once! Amazon has a pretty good deal on 5 and 10 lb bags of citric acid, but hit the grocery store for a small quantity to try first. I'm sure you'll be... » Read More Assuming a stainless steel carafe interior, fill coffee maker w/ water, but no coffee. Place 1 tablespoon of citric acid (mild acid, grocery store, used e.g., for making jellies) powder in the pot. Run the coffee maker and let the carafe fill. Once the pot is done, scrub w/ a bottle brush. Rinse thoroughly. Comes out shiny clean. Note that the citric acid may also be used to clean the coffee maker, so you could just do the whole shebang at once! Amazon has a pretty good deal on 5 and 10 lb bags of citric acid, but hit the grocery store for a small quantity to try first. I'm sure you'll be back for the big bag... « Show Less
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I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I would try muriatic acid (available from pool supply companies). Again rinse very heavily afterwards. I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I... » Read More I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I would try muriatic acid (available from pool supply companies). Again rinse very heavily afterwards. « Show Less
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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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The dishwasher powder works too... just put about 1/2 tsp into boiling water and soak for a few hours.... turns out perfect!!
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Dawn Power Scrubber works well, just be sure to rinse it all out! (look for it in a blue spray bottle near the dishsoap)
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You have to run an actual "clean" cycle, not just run a regular brew cycle with water and vinegar. The manual has the directions to do this, and it can be downloaded from KitchenAids website if you don't have the original paper version that came with the coffee maker.Remember to pull out the charcoal water filter during a cleaning cycle.
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Clean everything first with soap & water. Fill the mug 1/2 full with white vinegar & carefully add a few teaspoons of baking soda (depending on the size of your mug). "Carefully" because it will react/expand & pour out all over if done too quickly. Add water until full. A better way to do it, if possible, is I separate my mug from the lid & put them both inside my French Press when cleaning it. Everything stainless steel comes out looking almost brand new, & all the seals etc are clean as well.
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I've had this same problem. I keep my coffee maker clean, use the clean cycle with vinegar, use Q tip on lid. It's still pouring coffee (or water when I tried to clean it again today) all over my counter top. Mine is less than a year old, usually one pot a day. I'm really frustrated@
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I've had my Cuisinart Thermal coffee maker for a over a year. Like all of you, I saw how the inside would get darker and darker over time. I used Dip-it Coffee pot cleaner and boiling water. Worked great. Vinegar works wonders on a good cleanup of the internal system. This is one of the best Coffee makers for the price.
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I didn't have this problem. On page 9 of the directions that came with the coffee maker, it states that you should clean the decanter, basket and lid with soapy water and then run it through a brew cycle with water only before using for the first time. Maybe you didn't do this?
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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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Andy, when I clean my Mr Coffee 12-Cup Coffeemaker I use a 32 ounce bottle of White Vinegar. Just pour it in like your going to make coffee. I use a coffee filter. Let it run through the first time. Now the vinegar will be hot and I pour it through one more time. Before you pour the hot vinegar into the coffeemaker turn it off for two minutes so it don't shoot out steam, you could get burned. Let it run through again. It should be clean now. Dicard the vinegar and check the filter for little particals, this will give you and idea if anything got into the coffeemaker as this could eventually clog it and won't let the water flow through. Dicard the filter. Depending on how much coffee you make I generally clean my Mr Coffeemaker once a month. I clean the coffee pot and coffee filter holder with soap and water after every use. Andy,I hope this answers your question.
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Make sure you fill water below the spout opening. You could also try cleaning it with 1/4 cup vinegar and fill with water just below opening and run full cycle. Then empty and make fresh pot of coffee.
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OMGoodness. I just tried this thanks to you. I do not know if you have a black or white machine. Mine is an older white 12 cup. I mixed two tablespoons + full carafe. The pot filled up with medium brown water. I then put in 12 more water + 1/4 cup of vinegar and much lighter. Now is clear water and the carafe looks great. The inside is 10 times lighter and its pumping like crazy. The ground holder is lighter but will need to be soaked. I am not that much of a clean freak but I am so happy with the results. I would not overdo with the chemicals though. Thank you for this suggestion.
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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
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I clean mine semi-regularly FIRST by washing out with Dawn dishwashing soap & hot water, rinsing, THEN filling it with very hot water plus two denture cleaning tablets. I leave it fizzing for a couple of hours (or overnight), then rinse it well. This works well with all my thermal mugs, water bottles (glass, metal, ceramic, etc). I also soak the lids in the solution.
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Cleaning the Aeropress is simple: once the water has been pressed through the coffee and out of the cylinder, all that is necessary is to push the used coffee out of the cylinder in the same way that the water had been pressed. You must remove the plastic filter holder, of course. The used coffee grinds are pushed through and into the garbage or recycling bag. All that is necessary then is to rinse all of the parts of the Aeropress to remove any lingering grinds. The press is dishwasher safe, so I put it through the dishwashing cycle once a week or so. If you haven't tried Aeropress coffee, you are in for a treat. Cleaning the Aeropress is simple: once the water has been pressed through the coffee and out of the cylinder, all that is necessary is to push the used coffee out of the cylinder in the same way that the water had been pressed. You must remove the plastic filter holder, of course. The used coffee grinds are pushed through and into the garbage or recycling bag. All that is necessary then is to rinse all of the parts of the Aeropress to remove any lingering grinds. The press is dishwasher safe, so I put it through the dishwashing cycle once a week or so. If you haven't tried Aeropress coffee,... » Read More Cleaning the Aeropress is simple: once the water has been pressed through the coffee and out of the cylinder, all that is necessary is to push the used coffee out of the cylinder in the same way that the water had been pressed. You must remove the plastic filter holder, of course. The used coffee grinds are pushed through and into the garbage or recycling bag. All that is necessary then is to rinse all of the parts of the Aeropress to remove any lingering grinds. The press is dishwasher safe, so I put it through the dishwashing cycle once a week or so. If you haven't tried Aeropress coffee, you are in for a treat. « Show Less
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I use only hot water in my thermos and have found over the years no matter what thermos one uses there is a problem to clean them.What I would do if I were you is to make your own bottle brush as your using coffee or tea or what ever in it. First I would by a new sponge with the scrubber on one side and then get your self a dowel of wood and cut it off to 15" or more and then wrap the sponge around the dowel so it will fit through the 1.5" opening of the thermos with so line that can be washed clear after use and your set. Hope that info helps and if not you can ask around and I am sure there is some one out there that will know where you get a bottle brush long-enough. I use only hot water in my thermos and have found over the years no matter what thermos one uses there is a problem to clean them.What I would do if I were you is to make your own bottle brush as your using coffee or tea or what ever in it. First I would by a new sponge with the scrubber on one side and then get your self a dowel of wood and cut it off to 15" or more and then wrap the sponge around the dowel so it will fit through the 1.5" opening of the thermos with so line that can be washed clear after use and your set. Hope that info helps and if not you can ask... » Read More I use only hot water in my thermos and have found over the years no matter what thermos one uses there is a problem to clean them.What I would do if I were you is to make your own bottle brush as your using coffee or tea or what ever in it. First I would by a new sponge with the scrubber on one side and then get your self a dowel of wood and cut it off to 15" or more and then wrap the sponge around the dowel so it will fit through the 1.5" opening of the thermos with so line that can be washed clear after use and your set. Hope that info helps and if not you can ask around and I am sure there is some one out there that will know where you get a bottle brush long-enough. « Show Less
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I, too, have had my Cuisinart thermal coffee maker for a few years and found black flakes were beginning to appear in my coffee cup. Like others, I thought that the thermal carafe had a black lining that was flaking off. I went to Cuisnart's web site and sent an email to customer support explaining the issue. A few days later, I received a phone call from a Cuisinart customer service rep. Yes - a phone call from an actual person! It turns out that Bubba and Lucyred are right. The carafe does not have any lining. It is just stainless steel and the black flakes are just baked on coffee. The customer service rep told me to clean the coffee maker with 1 1/2 cups white vinegar and water. I then mixed a little baking soda and vinegar in the carafe and let it soak. I wiped it clean and was left with clean stainless steel. Bottom line: I am a very happy Cuisinart customer!
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Don't remember sent it packing. Coffee was not hot enough probably because thermal pot needs to be preheated and I only made about 5 cups at one time. Have and old pot just made 12 cups Sunday and coffee was hot, not hot when just 4 or 5 cups made
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First did you wash out the coffee pot before use, and second maybe the water. I have never had a problem