I love coffee. I love my Keurig. Life is good.
My Keurig coffee maker is now three years old, purchased for me for Mother’s Day by My Three Sons in 2012. Every morning, rain or shine, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 or 10 a.m., I am pushing that button and waiting for the blue lights to come on. In seconds I am smelling the most delicious brew and ready to settle down for a cup with my Bible study.
But I have discovered if I don’t keep it clean, it won’t be long before there is build-up, a not-so-full cup or a funny taste. I usually clean mine every six months, sometimes more often if it seems it needs it. If you have hard water then three months is probably better.
I said it was easy. Let’s get started.
You need this. You must have it. You can’t clean your Keurig without it. Distilled White Vinegar; buy the gallon size. You won’t use it all this time but you will have it.
Take the coffee maker apart beginning with the draining dish. Wash them in hot, soapy water and dry. Wipe down the entire unit and dry. Next, take out the K-cup holder, it pulls right out!
I wash that in hot, soapy water too, rinse well and let dry. Be sure to not stick your finger down in that K-cup! There is a needle inside that punctures the K-cups to let the water in and coffee out. With a wet paper towel or your wet dishcloth you can clean all around the K-cup area, coffee dust is usually plentiful and you need to clean that out. There is another needle in the top of the lift handle, carefully clean around that as well. (Yep, we are adults, we can do this!) If you feel as if your needle is clogged, mine was once, just open up a paper clip and use it to clean out the hollow needle. Super easy and it works!
Now you are ready to descale the unit.
Fill the water reservoir with the distilled white vinegar, doesn’t have to be completely full, even 3/4 is good. Let the unit heat up and then just begin to run through cycles, without any coffee of course, just the vinegar will pour into your cup. I just put a large measuring cup there to hold several run-through’s. Do this until it is almost empty, it will stop with vinegar still in the reservoir because it isn’t enough to make a “cup”. Pour that out and rinse the reservoir well. Now fill it with clean water and start the process over again. I go through three full reservoirs of clean water, some only do it once. I just don’t want any vinegar laden coffee in the morning!
That’s it! The vinegar will take away any hard water deposits, the water will rinse away the vinegar and you are good to go. Be sure and do this every 3-6 months and your Keurig should stay in good shape for years to come!
Want to make your own creamer? Read my easy DIY posts here and here!
The Daniel Fast Devotional is still going strong! This week I was privileged to be a part of a podcast interview on the Apostolic Informer with Host Rob Barrow. He allowed me to talk about the book, how it came to be, what is a Daniel Fast, etc. and even give away a book or two. Folks, I don’t do well listening to my own voice, yikes. But Rob is doing a great job getting information on district happenings within the UPCI for Indiana and beyond. Take a listen here and get your copy of The Daniel Fast, A Devotional, today!
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