I'm a former barista and write about coffee. The difference between an espresso made on a clean coffee machine versus a dirty one is like night and day, but it’s easy to neglect if you don’t know what ...

If your brew is a little blah, perhaps your coffee maker is due for a cleaning. We tend not to clean them as often as we should, which can lead to some major ick factor and less-than-awesome-tasting ...

For many of us, a typical morning routine involves brewing a fresh pot of coffee. That said, given our coffee makers’ frequent use, properly cleaning and descaling them is a task often overlooked.

You probably know that you should clean the removable components of your coffee maker regularly by washing them with hot, soapy water, or by placing them in the top rack of the dishwasher. (Whether ...

If you are a regular coffee drinker you may notice stains start to build up on your mugs, thermoses and coffee pots. Brown coffee stains will start to form on anything that coffee sits in for a while.

Consumer Reports reveals easy ways to give your machine a deep-clean, whether it’s a drip or a pod model, so that you can sip better-tasting coffee! Our coffee makers help us get up and go, but ...

To clean your coffee maker, mix equal parts white vinegar and water and run the solution through a brewing cycle. Vinegar sanitizes the coffee maker and removes mineral residue that impacts ...

Coffee can stain your mugs, even if you take extra care when cleaning them. But this simple yet unexpected trick will help ...

Coffee stains can quickly ruin your favorite mugs, rendering them unusable at least for guests. Solve this with a product you ...

Coffee leaves behind ugly brown stains in mugs, but removing them is surprisingly easy. Try three fast methods for removing ...

For an appliance we rely on to help us function every day, it’s surprising how little TLC our coffee makers tend to get—especially when drip-style and pod machines are so easy to maintain. Isn’t it ...