On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 9:06:11 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> On 2/6/2015 3:11 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> > On 2/6/2015 7:25 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >> On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 1:11:19 PM UTC-10, James Silverton wrote:
> >>> On 2/6/2015 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>> On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 12:26:59 PM UTC-10, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> >>>>> On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 2:08:12 AM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cleaning the coffee maker doesn't seem to make much difference in
> >>>>>> the taste. Mostly I run vinegar through the machines to improve
> >>>>>> the water flow through the heater coils.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I use citric acid, as it doesn't leave that nasty vinegar smell.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --Bryan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I got a box of phosphoric acid. Would that work?
> >>>>
> >>> Vinegar does need to be washed out with a second use of plain water.
> >>> Suppose we are talking about a six-cup Mr. Coffee machine, how much
> >>> citric acid (Kosher sour salt) would you use?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
> >>>
> >>> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.
> >>
> >> That's a good question. I use vinegar cause I can get that anywhere.
> >> I've never seen citric acid in the stores. I wish I did cause that
> >> would be a neat store to go to. They probably have liquid N2 too. I
> >> just wish they made vinegar in coffee flavor.
> >>
> >
> > Citric acid as "sour salt" is available in Kosher grocery stores; why, I
> > really don't know!
> >
>
> Well that explains it - there's no Kosher grocery stores within a couple
> of thousand miles from here. Odd but true!

Most drugstores have citric acid in a number of sizes.
Formic acid although fairly poisonous does an even better job.
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