The One Thing You Need to Clean Your Keurig | How to Kill Mold and Bacteria In Coffee Makers

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
  • How often do you clean your coffee maker? What!? Never? Nicole is here to show you that coffee isn’t the only thing brewing inside your coffee. Mould and bacteria can build inside the many components, and one of the best things you can do is to clean your machine with this one ingredient.
    Check out this helpful article to learn more:
    Your Keurig Coffee Maker Can Grow Mold-Here's the Best Way to Clean It
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    The One Thing You Need to Clean Your Keurig | How to Kill Mold and Bacteria In Coffee Makers
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Komentáře • 66

  • @jolenedyer4629
    @jolenedyer4629 Před 2 lety +31

    I don't know if anyone has commented on this but what you want to do is once you know the vinegar is in the internal parts of the Keurig, you wait. Maybe three hours or more. THEN you run it through and then replace with fresh water. Waiting longer will allow the vinegar to work better and penetrate. 😀

    • @FLASH_92
      @FLASH_92 Před 2 lety +1

      I know she just did it a couple times and still had mold coming out then drank a cup of coffee lol she didn’t clean that thing thoroughly at all.

    • @gwen110
      @gwen110 Před rokem +1

      How do you get the vinegar in the internal parts of the Keurig? I want to do this.

    • @kimbok5971
      @kimbok5971 Před rokem +1

      and letting the vinegar sit inside for a while gives it time to break up mineral build up which can be found in bottled water as well as tap water. You can also buy citric acid powder and use it in a carafe of water, for cleaning, instead of vinegar and you won't have that awful smell. But you still need to run several carafes of fresh water thru the machine or your next cup of coffee will taste yucky and your milk/creamer will curdle.

    • @taigaforest..
      @taigaforest.. Před rokem

      @@gwen110
      She lifted the top and poured water into that reservoir.
      Then you lift the part of the machine where you're going to put a pod in.
      At that point you stop because you don't put a pod in and you don't push it back down. If you don't push that part of the machine back down then water or vinegar or whatever you use is sitting inside the machine and that's where you want to let it stay for a while.
      But my suggestion is to continue to rinse with clean water for a long time or many times after

    • @paml.6101
      @paml.6101 Před rokem +1

      Also replace the charcoal filter in the reservoir. I also pored water in the pod chamber and lots of residue comes out

  • @wayfarinstranger2444
    @wayfarinstranger2444 Před 4 lety +15

    And this is probably why we go through so many Keurig coffemakers! Never clean them!!!! Thanks for this reminder!!

  • @xcreativechristyx
    @xcreativechristyx Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks! I just got an original keurig from my church thrift store and I definitely needed to know how to clean it.

  • @drewdogg5723
    @drewdogg5723 Před 4 lety +2

    Yes! I have been doing this for ever and it works great

  • @JediFight
    @JediFight Před 3 lety +18

    This lady should have a show on tv. Attractive, pleasant voice, great disposition. Well done. Now I need to go clean our nasty Keurig machine.

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 Před 3 lety +1

      Agreed , beautiful and has a very soothing voice

    • @pizzapizza1460
      @pizzapizza1460 Před 2 lety +2

      Don't be a simp

    • @JediFight
      @JediFight Před 2 lety +1

      @@pizzapizza1460 not even sure what that means.
      You live with mom still?

    • @pizzapizza1460
      @pizzapizza1460 Před 2 lety

      @@JediFight no. I live with your mom

    • @JediFight
      @JediFight Před 2 lety

      @@pizzapizza1460 lol, you do live with your mom.

  • @elizabethjohnson272
    @elizabethjohnson272 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Quick and easy. 🙂👍

  • @dajuagr
    @dajuagr Před 3 lety +6

    OMG
    I'm going to clean my keurig right now

  • @nataliejaded
    @nataliejaded Před 2 lety

    Thanks so much for this!!

  • @roostershooter76
    @roostershooter76 Před rokem +2

    I use straight vinegar in ours because we have hard water. Also, I let it sit in the reservoir for 30 minutes, before rinsing. Don't use the "product" they sell. Straight Vinegar is better. Also, I clean ours every month. I have it marked on the calendar.

  • @bill4572
    @bill4572 Před 3 lety +5

    The inside where the pump is gets really bad I have the kuric 2.0 and I feel sick sometimes when I have coffee check out some videos on kuric coffee makers that make you feel sick they have a lot of mold inside thanks for the video

  • @terrylewis_
    @terrylewis_ Před 2 lety +6

    I love that I didn't feel shamed or "gross" for having a dirty coffee maker. To be fair, it's my husband's dirty coffee maker. I don't drink coffee. Maybe if he cleaned it I would. ;-) Going to send him this video, and MAYBE he'll see my comment. lol

  • @ChulaVlogs
    @ChulaVlogs Před 4 lety +1

    Love your videos

  • @ada.solori0
    @ada.solori0 Před 4 lety +8

    I’m guilty I don’t clean it as much as I should

  • @shawnstone4949
    @shawnstone4949 Před rokem

    I’ve used cleaning tablets a few different times. But not near as much as we should of course.

  • @sclakeforest
    @sclakeforest Před 8 měsíci

    I was cleaning mine every couple of months then we didn’t use it at all for a week or so and mold came out. So we took it apart got all the mold out and now husband says we cannot keep. Can’t I just use the vinegar every so often so tubes don’t get mold in them again. He said because I did that and this still happened I can’t keep it.

  • @raylenewinkelman8921
    @raylenewinkelman8921 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I was getting an upset stomach for the last week . Looked in my Keurig to find coffee grounds that smi like dirt. She's a getting a vinegar bath

  • @cometochristtoday
    @cometochristtoday Před 2 lety +4

    Scary thing is you can't get the mold completely out of the water lines that are hidden in the machine. I ditched the machine and went to a French press.

  • @shunkawea1
    @shunkawea1 Před rokem +2

    Vinegar is not germicidal. From Healthline: "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t registered vinegar as a disinfectant." That said, it does kill some bacteria, but not the kind that accumulates in a coffee maker.

    • @kimbok5971
      @kimbok5971 Před rokem

      Nobody here is claiming vinegar is a disinfectant. I don't see anyone here squawking about the mold/bacteria in drip coffee machines, it's always just the Keurigs everyone fusses about. Get over it, people. Maintain your machine (USE YOUR USER MANUAL< IT'S THERE FOR A REASON) and you will be fine.

  • @nancycathey1401
    @nancycathey1401 Před 2 lety +1

    Vinegar and water is exactly what I use!

  • @dansmith8858
    @dansmith8858 Před 2 lety +2

    Bought a used machine at a yard sale. It had been sitting several months. Machine appeared clean and little used. Done the vinegar thing several times and still get floater. Just can't seem to get it clean, don't know exactly what those floaters are, mold, hair, bugs, just don't know and can not get it clean no matter how many times I clean. Two bottles of vinegar and multiple water loads. Guess it is time for a new one.

    • @illiniwood
      @illiniwood Před 2 lety +2

      Try using the Keurig descaling solution found at Walmart or Target. It's made by a company (URNEX) who specialize in food grade cleaning solutions for the industrial food service industry. People have said on various sites that doing several applications with descaling solution removes the mold and scum along with the calcium deposits.

  • @slimjim7411
    @slimjim7411 Před 3 lety

    I like my Keurig the only problem is I don't have heat in my whole house and I've found if it's below a certain temp in the kitchen the thing won't make coffee. That's when you really want coffee! lol

  • @frankborder
    @frankborder Před 2 lety

    Your kitchen is bomb

  • @mariedelozier2530
    @mariedelozier2530 Před 3 lety +6

    Good ole white vinegar!! Cures fungus toenails, cleans just about everything! For everything else, coconut oil!

  • @taigaforest..
    @taigaforest.. Před rokem +1

    Can you use the apple cider vinegar if you don't have the clear kind?
    ASAP

    • @IDvfy
      @IDvfy Před měsícem

      distilled cleaning vinegar not food kind

  • @christined979
    @christined979 Před 2 lety +1

    I was just gonna throw mine out
    I hope this works Yuck I started to taste mildew

  • @kaseytay1810
    @kaseytay1810 Před rokem

    I used old vinegar and now there’s slim in my tank and I don’t know how to fix it eww

  • @lindaoberholzer1464
    @lindaoberholzer1464 Před 2 lety

    I do once a week

  • @nathanbramblett5367
    @nathanbramblett5367 Před 2 lety

    It broke I broke my Keurig I opened it and smoke started coming out then I tried to brew again and it won’t work it completely fried out 🙄🤚

  • @TanyaKatherine
    @TanyaKatherine Před rokem

    I recognize your accent! Are you from Louisiana?

  • @phillipflorian1484
    @phillipflorian1484 Před 3 lety +2

    Coffee is a natural deodorizer when heated so she wouldn't taste the vinegar after cleaning the machine unless she'd used tea, then that might be a different story.

  • @StockDude
    @StockDude Před 3 lety +4

    Girl, you need ta get ya some 20% vinegar at the local landscape supply. Then put it in straight with no dilution. That 3% stuff is for wussies...haha. Me dont mess around ! Oh yeah...and then flush it with distilled water.

    • @bill4572
      @bill4572 Před 3 lety

      Thanks for your comment you can get stronger vinegar I am going to get some for my kuric

  • @FLASH_92
    @FLASH_92 Před 2 lety +1

    Lol what does she think she got all the mold out lol there was still black mold coming out in specs you definitely didn’t clean it out it still has mold in it and the little bit you left will continue to grow lol. You need to actually clean it like multiple times with vinegar until it’s clear especially if you haven’t cleaned that thing in 3 years I bet you prob got headaches a lot.

  • @danielleedwards9557
    @danielleedwards9557 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh boy, since I don’t know my fellow CZcams Keurig friends in person I’m just going to say it. It’s 2021 and I bought mine in 2016…..NEVER HAVE I EVER CLEANED IT! Oh my, thus the reason I’m looking up “How to clean a Keurig.” The things that are inside are a live and I do not mean just bacteria and mold! I am pretty sure as I started taking mine a part I have ran into a parasite. So now I’m going old school, back to the regular coffee pots. After what I just seen within the tubing and throughout the whole process of disassembling this thing, no thanks. Even vinegar wouldn’t sanitize that mess! 🤢

  • @jdub264
    @jdub264 Před 4 lety +6

    The small black specs are MOLD.

    • @danbee6103
      @danbee6103 Před 3 lety +5

      I was under the assumption it was loose/old coffee grounds

    • @christined979
      @christined979 Před 2 lety

      @@danbee6103 ugh me too ! I was drinking mold 🤮

    • @loveu8910
      @loveu8910 Před 2 lety

      Yes it’s mould!!!

  • @rebelgurl7948
    @rebelgurl7948 Před 2 lety

    Well I came here to CZcams after reading a science article…. Vinegar does not work or get rid of Mold.

  • @justenzo6342
    @justenzo6342 Před 3 lety +2

    I have never cleaned mine in 5 years 😧

  • @boomer8393
    @boomer8393 Před 3 lety

    4-years old, never cleaned.

  • @mellaoct
    @mellaoct Před 2 lety

    You are hilarious 😂

    • @mellaoct
      @mellaoct Před 2 lety

      in a low key way. Love it! Subbed 👍🏻

  • @marieallen5304
    @marieallen5304 Před rokem

    Please do not Invite me over coffee"""" I'll bring my own' lol. my coffee machine is clean once a month water and one tsp Clorox that's right 1 tsp of Clarox.....
    let it sit for 1 hour and then do 4 fresh water flushes That's right that's how it's done.......🥰

  • @bonnietech5433
    @bonnietech5433 Před 3 lety +2

    Gross... I was about to buy one...guess I’m not .

  • @kariw7969
    @kariw7969 Před 2 lety

    Why would you have ANY coffee machine (Keurig or otherwise) and never clean it? That's just disgusting.