Title: Kitchen cleaning tips: How to clean and maintain a drip coffee maker. Keywords: Cleaning a Coffee Pot, Kitchen cleaning tips: How to clean and maintain a drip coffee maker. Description40: Cleaning a Coffee Pot Testimony: I followed your directions on cleaning the coffee maker and it does taste better. You give very good directions. Witness: Pat via email Bonus: Product: or95allpurcl Caption: Kitchen cleaning tips: How to clean and maintain a drip coffee maker To begin the path to cleaner, fresher, better tasting coffee, follow these simple steps: Mix 1/2 cup vinegar with 4 cups of water. Run the coffee pot. Turn off the coffee pot, and let it cool down. Run the vinegar and water mixture thru coffee maker one more time. Run plain water through the coffee maker; let cool for another 30 minutes, repeat. Wash the carafe and filter with soapy hot water. That's it! If you have problems with coffee stains on any cups, or pots we recommend our Bring It On! It Really Works Water Stain Remover. This formula contains an oxygen type bleach to remove stubborn coffee and berry stains. If you are fastidious about removing the discoloration from the heating element, we recommend you use a few drops of Oranges '95.