Which Coffee Maker Cleaner is better? |On Coffee Makers

Which Coffee Maker Cleaner is better?

Every coffee connoisseur will tell you that cleaning the filter basket, water reservoir, and coffee pot isn’t enough. It may sound a bit snobbish at first, but it’s actually true.

Even if you clean the filter basket, water reservoir, and coffee pot religiously, some contaminants still linger within your machine.

This contaminats will become apparent and will have negative effects on the taste and smell of the coffee that is brewed from the coffee maker and also on the performance and lifespan of the coffee maker.

Cleaning a coffee maker isn’t hard to do at all, especially when there are a number of commercial coffee machine cleaners available in the market today.

Among all of the commercial coffee maker cleaners, Urnex Cleancaf, DIP-IT Coffee Pot Cleaner, and Better Brew Coffee Maker Cleaner are the most popular.

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Each of these products guarantees that your coffee maker will brew faster, last longer, and brew better tasting coffee.

And it is true. Each of these products is able to remove any coffee residue along with any mineral deposits that have accumulated in your coffee maker.

However, what you’re really paying for when buying one of these products is an acidic solution. The acidic properties helps get rid of lime scale, mineral deposits, and any rancid coffee oils and residue that remain inside your coffee maker.

In simpler terms, what you’re only paying for when buying a commercial coffee maker cleaner is an acidic solution in an attractive package.

Cleaning Your Coffee Maker - Vinegar

Ewww! Why vinegar? Doesn’t it smell bad?

Why not? Sure it smells bad, but vinegar is natural, free of toxins, and is a good solution to use because its acidic properties are able to get rid of lime scale, mineral deposits, and any rancid coffee oils and residue that remain inside your coffee maker.

In other words, it is able to do the same thing that commercial coffee brewers cleaners are designed to do.

Plus, it’s easier to get a hold of vinegar, especially if you decide to clean your coffee maker at an inopportune moment.

How to Use Vinegar to Clean Your Coffee Maker

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OCM (OnCoffeeMakers.com) was started in 2007 with the first webpage about coffee machines. And for a number of years, we focused on helping people find their desired coffee machine (we still are helping folks with that! So, if you are looking for coffee machines for office or restaurants - check out the link).

In 2010, we started getting enquiries on restaurant marketing and we start to help food and beverage brands with their marketing. Below are campaigns and events that we have done over the years:

OCM's campaigns: F&B Marketing Ideas by OCM

OCM's Events: F&B Industry events by or with OCM

Check out this restaurant marketing guide to learn more about the many campaigns and companies we have worked with.

Since then, we have also created many marketing workshops and classes for the F&B industry. Many of these modules are still running in tertiary institutions such as Temasek Polytechnic Skillsfuture Academy and also ITE College East COC classes, below are some snippets of our lectures and workshops:

OCM’s F&B workshops: Food and Beverage Marketing Lectures | Workshops - click to watch classes on customer journey map, JTBD and more.

So, if you are looking for industry practitioners to help you scale your coffee or F&B businesses, do drop us a message or book an appointment. Do also check out our various social media platforms on regular F&B and coffee market updates:

For regular coffee (F&B) related videos: OCM Youtube

For Daily Coffee Inspiration (fun coffee content): OCM IG

For insights into the coffee (F&B) industry: OCM LinkedIN

PS: For the coffee lovers, we continue to share coffee articles (and videos) and have also started a free coffee class section (with free online coffee training supported by coffee partners).