Where To Buy Descaler For Coffee Machine?

[raybarrell]

Does anyone please know where one can buy a bottle of descaler fluid to descale coffee machines etc? in the Pattaya area please.

[dazk]

bon cafe

end of pattaya nua turn right at round about maybe 500 meters down on right side of road

they are about 100 b for a packet to do one descale

[sirbrinkie]

5th floor Pattaya Central in the Kitchen Section

[Jayman]

Doesn't vinegar do that without chemicals and certainly cheaper.

http://weeklyroast.com/blog/how-to-descale-your-coffee-maker.html

Edited October 9, 2012 by Jayman

[pauljones]

Doesn't vinegar do that without chemicals and certainly cheaper.

http://weeklyroast.c...ffee-maker.html

Vinegar eats away the scale in my water heater. Dissolves it in seconds.

(I did notice allot less scale when I stopped using Minere bottled water.)

[raybarrell]

Thanks guys for your help and advice :-)

[KNJ]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

[Jayman]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

Anything will leave an after taste which is why you run a few cycles of of water through to flush i out afterwards. This is also why you don't use 100% vinegar to clean but only 50%.

Edited October 10, 2012 by Jayman

[raybarrell]

Where does one buy Citric Acid crystals from please?

[tropo]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

Anything will leave an after taste which is why you run a few cycles of of water through to flush i out afterwards. This is also why you don't use 100% vinegar to clean but only 50%.

... and also why they suggest (in your linked article) to make a throw away batch of coffee after you've rinsed it out.

[Jayman]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

Anything will leave an after taste which is why you run a few cycles of of water through to flush i out afterwards. This is also why you don't use 100% vinegar to clean but only 50%.

... and also why they suggest (in your linked article) to make a throw away batch of coffee after you've rinsed it out.

and does that seem unreasonable? Would you not do the same with any chemical based, branded cleaner you put in your machine anyways?

[raybarrell]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

Anything will leave an after taste which is why you run a few cycles of of water through to flush i out afterwards. This is also why you don't use 100% vinegar to clean but only 50%.

... and also why they suggest (in your linked article) to make a throw away batch of coffee after you've rinsed it out.

Where can you buy these crystals from plz?

and does that seem unreasonable? Would you not do the same with any chemical based, branded cleaner you put in your machine anyways?

[yermanee]

Where does one buy Citric Acid crystals from please?

Any pharmacy.

Yermanee

[tropo]

Vinegar can leave an after taste.

Buy Citric acid crystals ( the major ingredient in coffee descaller ) Small bottle is enough for 8 to 10 descales cost only a few baht

Anything will leave an after taste which is why you run a few cycles of of water through to flush i out afterwards. This is also why you don't use 100% vinegar to clean but only 50%.

... and also why they suggest (in your linked article) to make a throw away batch of coffee after you've rinsed it out.

and does that seem unreasonable? Would you not do the same with any chemical based, branded cleaner you put in your machine anyways?

Did I suggest it was? I think it's a perfectly sensible idea, but I probably won't follow it because I don't have stale coffee to waste. I'll risk a vinegary taste in my first batch - no big deal.

[dazk]

dont need to run coffee through just water

we clean our espresso machine once a month just run a tank of water through as a final rinse then just taste the water at the end for any trace of cleaner

[JSixpack]

I don't have stale coffee to waste. I'll risk a vinegary taste in my first batch - no big deal.

No big deal. Of course, you could also just run a cycle thru used coffee grounds, unless you don't want to waste those either.

[tropo]

I don't have stale coffee to waste. I'll risk a vinegary taste in my first batch - no big deal.

No big deal. Of course, you could also just run a cycle thru used coffee grounds, unless you don't want to waste those either.

That's a great idea!

[harrry]

Except that it will put back rancid oils into the machine;

[Jayman]

Just run hot water through it to rinse it like you would anything else. No need to use grounds as part of the cleaning process. Vinegar is water soluble and any residual vinegar will get washed out using plain old water.

[JSixpack]

Just run hot water through it to rinse it like you would anything else. No need to use grounds as part of the cleaning process. Vinegar is water soluble and any residual vinegar will get washed out using plain old water.

I used vinegar on mine and followed that exact process. No problem. I must say that afterwards my coffee did taste better!