Is your coffee pot slowing down?

Is your coffee pot slowing down? It seemed to take forever for the coffee to drip out every morning. Now I admit I'm not the one to go looking for problems, but this time it was there in front of my eyes. My coffee maker was caked with white crusts. The water is full of minerals here in San Antonio and those minerals just accumulated over time.

If this happens to you here's a possible solution.

Try this:

• Fill your coffee pot with cold water.
• Add two tablespoons of vinegar.
• Start your coffee pot.
• After it is finished percolating, rinse it with cold water.
• Now add cold water again and start your coffee pot.
• After it is finished percolating, rinse it again.
• Now it should be ready to make coffee.

You may need to do this regularly depending upon the amount of minerals in your water.  So check for calcium deposits frequently and clean as needed.

Not the usual grind,

The Coffee Guy