fresh roasted coffee beans
June 26, 2009 by Food-Critic
Filed under Coffee
Every morning you scoop in the coffee, add some water, flip on the switch of your coffee maker and in a few minutes your kitchen smells delicious with the aroma of fresh coffee. You pour yourself a cup and enjoy the steaming goodness feeling that everything is good in this world. To continue enjoying this every day, all you need is a supply of fresh roasted coffee beans and a working coffee maker. But what if you come into the kitchen, scooped in the coffee, added some water, flipped on the switch and then there is silence. What? No gurgling noise?
What do you do if your coffee maker suddenly dies on you? Here are some of the most common problems that can cause your drip coffee maker to stop working:
~The power cord or on/off switch can go bad. In either of these cases, it’s best to get a pro to replace it or buy a new coffee maker — replacing it improperly can lead to a fire.
~The one-way valve can get clogged open or closed. You can usually fish out the debris that causes this problem.
~The tubes can get clogged with calcium. This is especially true of the aluminum heating tube. The normal way to solve this problem is to run vinegar through the machine once, and then run two batches of water through to clean out the vinegar.
Two problems that are nearly impossible to fix are failure of one of the heat-sensitive switches and failure of the heating coil. Because it’s very challenging to get replacement parts, you’ll probably have to buy a new coffee maker if one of these problems disables your machine.
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