Cleaning your coffee maker once or two times a week is necessary if you want to ensure that it will work for a longer period of time. The problem with appliances that use water is lime build-ups usually happen. Tap water contains minerals filtered by the machine but it stays there and collects overtime.

Another unwanted thing you should consider is coffee oil build up. Coffee oil will surely go rancid when not cleaned and you would not want that to alter the taste of your freshly brewed cup of joe.

So, to help you out in that score, here are a few tricks to cleaning the interior and the exterior of your coffee machine:

Step 1: Plug your coffee machine and put coffee filter and the basket. Get the water receptacle and fill it up with two cups of water-the size depending on how large a brewer it is. If you are using a large brewer, you should fill it up with two cups of water and just use the small brewing settings.

Step 2: Now add another cup of white vinegar in the water and mix it well. Put the water receptacle on the java machine and secure it tightly. Turn the machine on and set it to the smallest brew setting. If you are using a small brewer, just set it up to the usual way of brewing. Press the start button.

Step 3: Allow the machine to finish brewing. The mixed vinegar and water will pass inside the machine and will help dissolve the lime residues and coffee oil residues inside. Make sure the carafe is in its right place so it will catch all the impurities purged from the machine.

Step 4: Once the cleaning cycle finishes, check out the contents of the carafe. If it is too dirty or if this is your first time cleaning your machine after a month or a few weeks, you might want to do the previous steps one more time in order to get rid of more residues inside.

Step 5: Now clean the carafe and dump its dirty contents on the sink. Get the water receptacle and fill it up with water again. Run a water cycle in order to wash off vinegar taste inside your brewer.

Step 6: Now unplug the machine and let it cool down. Remove coffee basket and filter and clean carafe and water receptacle in soapy water. Let it dry in the sink. Get a clean towel and start wiping the exterior of the coffee brewer.