Best thing not to have a coffee machine then.
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Thank God my water supply is reasonably soft. Never had to descale my kettle.
Thank your lucky stars you've never had to descale a toilet...
Well to be fair, you shouldn't have climbed up that toilet in the first place...
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Wait til you hit 40-50.
You get a new responsibility: taking care of your fossilizing body.
Moisturizing after your shower to prevent dry itchy skin
Gel in your mouth to prevent it from drying out during your sleep.
Must go to bed at regular times or else you sleep like shit
I think the gel thing is a portion of humanity (especially those who need a cpap) and if you don’t have one and you are getting dry mouth you should really look into a sleep test to make sure you’re not on the brink of death every hour as you sleep
Either that or get your nose checked as maybe there’s an issue there that is causing mouth breathing.
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The 20 dollar coffee machine that holds 12 cups doesn't need descaling
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I need to descale my coffee machine. How do I do that?
Read the manual. It might have a descale mode that pushes some descaling chemical through the pipes without heating it.
Source: I did it like a month ago. The water that came out was quite pulpy.
I cannot describe the expression I made at the word "pulpy" but "horrified" is probably as close as I'll ever get.
It's best not to think about the non-water stuff that exists in the water pipes. I once had to open up our 200-litre water heater (which supplies the entire house) to replace the heater coil, and now have to live with the knowledge of what, and how much of it, was inside. "Ignorance is bliss" couldn't be more accurate.
White vinegar works, or you can pick up "sour salt" in the Kosher section, which is citric acid and since you don't need much the rest is handy as a substitute for lemon juice. Dilute with plenty of water, run the machine, it removes calcium deposits.
Good call. I was going to suggest citric acid. It's what we use for our electric kettle.
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I usually just run vinegar through it every once in a while and then run a few pots of just water to get rid of any residual vinegar. Beware, it'll make the house smell like vinegar for the rest of the day.
Might want to try citric or lactic acid instead at a proper dilution.
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The most adult part of that sentence is the admittance you can’t just go out and buy coffee everyday either.
French press, yo.
Get a french press or clever dripper. Much better coffee, and with the clever, much less mess.
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About a month ago…
The real reason we have disposable products.
Why am I in this picture and why does it hurt so much. ALso it's bEen 1 monTh and 12 DAys siNCe I DEscaLEd mY coFFee maChiNE.