How do you maintain a commercial drip coffee maker?
We have a Bunn coffee maker that has a "two pot" water reservoir, so when you add water there is an instant brewing process because there already is hot water inside. This week I noticed that the flow was literally down to a drip, now it takes triple the time to brew a pot of coffee. How do I get it to flow better? All I see is the vinegar method, but I’m afraid, with the reservoir, that I’ll never be able to get all the vinegar rinsed out. I’ve heard of the term "delime." Is there any special procedure or product for this?
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I’ve done the vinegar method. It worked for me. There wasn’t any left over flavor or anything.
The de-lime thing is about cleaning out the spout where the water comes out over the coffee grounds. That sprayer thing unscrews and you can clean under there but you have to empty the pot first.
RUN A COUPLE OF WATER RESEVOIRS THROUGH WITH ONLY BAKING SODA AND THEN A FINAL ONE WITH JUST CLEAR WATER.
Vinegar is useful. Use white vinegar, NOT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. After it’s run thru the coffeemaker, dump the pots and run water only thru the coffeemaker again. The vinegar will get flushed just fine.
"CLR". calcium lime and rust remover that is what you are looking for