On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 6:32:15 PM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
> 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.
> ====

I haven't seen that at the local Walgreen's either. I wish we had stores that sold chemicals. Maybe I can just grind up some ants. :-)