On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 12:20:12 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 01:59:19 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> >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. :-)
>
> You were in Zimbabwe, weren't you?

Do they grind up ants in Zimbabwe? Wait... don't answer that! :-)

>
> --
> Bruce