Your grimy coffee maker doesn’t need replacing—it just needs some vinegar or denture cleaner!

Have you ever recognized that your coffee at home doesn’t taste as good as the one you buy it at your favorite drive through coffee place? It’s not a secret that most people don’t deep-clean their coffee makers on a daily basis which is why often the coffee just doesn’t taste that great. This means that you might just be ingesting some bacteria and gunk building up along with your dark roast.

Here’s how you can easily clean and maintain your coffee maker: Once a month, fill your coffee maker’s reservoir with some white vinegar or a denture tablet and fill the rest of the reservoir with water, run it, and then run it once or twice more with only water to get rid of any vinegar/denture tablet smell.