Bunn coffee maker brewing extra light. Any reason why?
We have a Bunn coffee maker that we use every day. It was running fine but I cleaned it (vinegar) and now it brews very light, no matter what kind of ‘roast’ we use. It’s been a week now. The water is hot, so that’s not the problem. Does anyone know why this might be happening?
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I also own a Bunn coffee maker and I know that minerals can build up in the lines, etc. You should have gotten a spring thing with the coffee maker to clean, you might need to run that through there.
Here is a website that has questions about Bunn coffee makers. One of the questions on the site says weak coffee could be a missing spray head, so maybe that got dislodged during your cleaning, or has a mineral buildup on it, or sometimes when you do the vinegar thing, it dissolves the minerals and they clog up the screens, so it might be as simple and rinsing the spray head off.
Hope you find the answers to make your coffeemaker work like new again!
Bunn coffee makers are noted for making a pot of coffee in much less time than other makers. The reason is that the water runs through at a quick rate. Minerals is the tubing will make it have a smaller opening and will take the water to finish brewing. Now that you’ve cleaned it the water goes through faster, thus weaker coffee. 2 solutions, 1- use more coffee and 2- get another coffee pot [Not a Bunn], I have a Cuisinart [$79] that makeis the greatest coffee.