Cleaning the coffee pot?

[Wankel7]

I was rinsing out the pot on our AC and ran a paper tower around the inside and it came out black.

What products do you use to clean out the pot?

Or does the black stuff make it taste better?

 

[jross]

Taste better

 

[MD11Drvr]

A little bleach in the water and steel wool does wonders. I don't think disgusting tastes better......

 

[Wankel7]

Taste better

I'm not a coffee drinker so it all tastes ... lame.

 

[BoilerUP]

Put a cup of vinegar in the microwave and get it hot but not boiling. Put it in the pot, swirl it around a good bit, and wipe it out. Completely fill the pot with water, run it out the nozzle, then refill with water, swirl it around, then drain.

Don't forget to disassemble the drain mechanism and give it a good clean either; that stuff can build up a good plaque that makes the button a little 'sticky'.

Two cleanings like that per year keeps ours clean.

 

[taters]

+1 on the vinegar...
I actually run half vinegar and water through the pot as if i were making coffee twice, then run 2 rinse cycles , your done. I "saved" the coffee pot in my crashpad with this technique my wife offered up...really works

 

[SansPlane]

run half vinegar and water through the pot as if i were making coffee twice, then run 2 rinse cycles, your done.

+1 (and three additional characters...)

 

[FO4life]

I use some comet and ice cubes mix it around for awhile and it cleans up nice.

 

[Midnight Flyer]

For cleaning pots, what I found that works best is to scrub it with comet and a Brillo pad to get it very clean. Rinse well. Then run the coffee maker a few times with vinegar, a little CLR, & water.
Then run the maker with only water a few times to get the vinegar smell out. Makes the coffee taste a million times better.

Remember the best coffee is brewed with filtered water and freshly ground beans.:beer:

 

[SansPlane]

what I found that works best is to scrub it with comet and a Brillo pad to get it very clean.

A little bleach in the water and steel wool does wonders.

Just curious - are these the pots in the planes or the ones in the hanger next to the drill press? Dig up that old thread about washing the plane & add coffee pots...

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Just curious - are these the pots in the planes or the ones in the hanger next to the drill press? Dig up that old thread about washing the plane & add coffee pots...

doesn't matter..coffee pots are coffee pots

 

[satpak77]

Simple Green

http://www.simplegreen.com/pdfs/06_dilutions_consumer.pdf

non toxic

yes, believe it or not. Rinse it out well tho.

but yes, trust me

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Bunch of Martha Stewarts in here!

Good old elbow grease boys....works wonder on coffee pots, dirty Gulfstream struts, and even odd projects around the bosses house!

 

[CorpCaptain]

Enter B-B-J in 3.....2......1......

 

[MD11Drvr]

Just curious - are these the pots in the planes or the ones in the hanger next to the drill press? Dig up that old thread about washing the plane & add coffee pots...

Sans.

I got out of corporate aviation nearly 15 years ago but when I flew corporate I never really saw the harm in filling the coffee pot or cleaning it. I was paid to take care of the pax and fly the plane and coffee,softdrinks arranging catering is part of the gig. When you start talking about washing or maintaining that is different but if it was part of the job when offered then man up and do it. I can't stand these whiners who were told all the job entails and they accept it just to piss and moan about what they had already been told. I guess it comes down to have a contract or do what is asked of you or quit, but I am not going to berate those corp pilots that do wash their plane or otherwise since its their descision and oh did I mention I left corporate nearly 15 years ago.

 

[SCT]

G200, I thought your FA wiped the struts down?

 

[SansPlane]

Hold on - before this gets out of hand and devolves into a "duties thread" - I made my "washing the coffee pot comment" in jest. See And I don't know about the rest of you, but the "unwritten" coffee pot standards where I come from are completely different when one compares coffee pots from the shop/hanger and the ones in the home/plane/office. And that's all I got to say about that...

 

[Masterplan]

Boiling water and a box of baking soda and let soak overnight.

 

[guido411]

A 2 page thread in less than a day and it's about coffee pots. Way to take it to the next level FI!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

G200, I thought your FA wiped the struts down?

She doesn't even clean the coffee maker, lol.

BTW - I'd trust nobody with my Grumman struts, that's a job for a dedicated corporate pilot like myself....its almost as important as checking the expiration date on the potato chips.

 

[rice]

She doesn't even clean the coffee maker, lol.

BTW - I'd trust nobody with my Grumman struts, that's a job for a dedicated corporate pilot like myself....its almost as important as checking the expiration date on the potato chips.

Chips have an expiration date?????

 

[zonejumper]

Baking soda with water works beautifully, esp.on glass pots.

 

[CorpCaptain]

Chips have an expiration date?????

If you've ever ate chips that were out of date you'd know. Like taking a bite out of your pitot tube. But that's another thread.

 

[stupidpilot]

Used to do this when I worked in restaurants. Squeeze of lemon, kosher salt, and ice cubes. Swirl it around for a minute and rinse. Good as new and without using stuff like comet.

 

[LJ45]

Wait to one of those overpaid regional pilot’s chimes in with how degrading it must be to live as a corporate pilot.

 

[flyinloki]

I wouldn't think using Comet and or CLR or even simple green would be good ways to clean something that holds a consumable liquid that people drink. Sounds kind of toxic and poisonous to me. The vinegar method sound the best way. At least it is all natural.

 

[LJ45]

i wouldn't think using comet and or clr or even simple green would be good ways to clean something that holds a consumable liquid that people drink. Sounds kind of toxic and poisonous to me. The vinegar method sound the best way. At least it is all natural.

+++ 1

 

[satpak77]

simple green is non-toxic and coffee pot cleaning is a recommended use on their website (I agree they want to sell a product).

Comet, etc, yes, toxic

 

[rigger]

Geez guys, get a life, pot gets pulled from plane taken to nearest sewer drain turned upside down.....put back into plane next day hand to line guy saying coffee, ice papers.......simple as that!

Who cares how it tastes...1 out of 50 pax has ever had a cup of coffee on my airplane......I drink coffee but im not drinking that crap!!

 

[bizjet800]

If you've ever ate chips that were out of date you'd know. Like taking a bite out of your pitot tube. But that's another thread.

Pitot tubes have an expiration date?