Friday, September 22, 2017

How To Descale a Coffee Maker — How To

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We make a lot of coffee in my house. We also have very hard water. So I often brew a pot and return to pour myself a cup, only to find an alarmingly bright-red light on my coffee maker. (Luckily, it still brews the full pot!) It’s the sign telling me that it’s time to descale my machine. It’s always scary to see a red light on my machine — especially when all I want is more coffee! Luckily, it’s not all that hard to deal with.

Here’s how to descale a coffee maker.

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