Coffee Pot Cleaning Tips And Home Remedies For Sparkling Carafes

by Taylor

Below I've gathered up some coffee pot cleaning tips and home remedies, using common household items, to keep your carafes sparkling clean.

As you can see from the all the tips listed there is more than one right way to go about cleaning these pots, so find one you think will work for you, with stuff you already have on hand, and get to work!

In addition, if you have another method you've used successfully that you don't already see listed, I would love for you to tell me about it. You can share your tips here.

Clean Stains From Coffee Pot With Salt

The video below demonstrates how to clean stains from your coffee pot with salt.

As you know if you are an avid coffee drinker as you use your coffee pot daily it can begin to get stained, both with the coffee itself and also burn marks from the coffee maker on the bottom of the pot.

You don't want to use harsh chemicals on something you are then going to get a drink out of, so salt is a great stain remover for this purpose.

You add salt to the bottom of the pot and use a damp sponge to rub the salt around.

The salt acts as an abrasive and removes the coffee stains and burn marks from the bottom of the pot.

Helpful hint: You can also use baking soda for this task, because it can also be used as a mild abrasive.

Here is the video demonstrating how to clean your coffee pot with salt:

You can submit your own coffee stain removal tip here, or read even more tips already submitted.

In addition, you can submit your tips about uses of salt for cleaning and stain removal here, or read even more tips already submitted.

Please note that this home remedy, and the one below using Oxiclean, are best for coffee pot cleaning when it is dirty from coffee stains or burn marks. If the coffee pot has hard water build up instead, see the final tip at the bottom of the page instead!

Photo by D'Arcy Norman, from Flickr CC

Use Oxiclean For Cleaning Your Coffee Pot

by Phyllis
(Las Vegas)

I got this quick tip from Phyllis, who shared how she cleans her pot with Oxiclean.

Phyllis says:

Put a half scoop of Oxiclean in your stained coffee pot.. pour on the hot water....let sit for a minute... it's pristine!

Taylor says:

Thanks Phyllis! I love to collect ways to use Oxiclean for cleaning and stain removal.

If other readers have more Oxiclean uses around your home please share them here.

How To Clean Coffee Pot With Lemon

Below is a video showing how to clean your coffee pot with lemon and other natural ingredients. This particular method works best to remove hard water build up from the bottom of your pot.

You want to, if at all possible, use only natural ingredients when cleaning items like a coffee pot that you will later eat or drink from.

That is because, obviously, you do not want to ingest any residual chemicals from the cleaners the next time you use the item.

A natural way to clean your coffee pot is to use the following ingredients:

• 2 lemons, cut into wedges


• 2 tablespoons of salt


• 2 cups ice


• 1-2 cups cold water

Add all of these ingredients together into the coffee pot and swirl everything around for about a minute.

The salt and the ice act as natural abrasives to clean the gunk off the coffee pot, while the lemons help remove hard water stains with their acidity, and also help deodorize old coffee smells.

After swirling the pot for at least a minute dump everything out, and see your nice clean coffee pot.

If you have really stubborn stains you may need to repeat this process a couple of times.

See the video for full details:



You can submit your own tip about cleaning with lemon juice here, or read other tips already submitted.

In addition, if you have additional tips for coffee pot cleaning, please share your tips here.

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