How to clean a percolator (coffee maker)

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BEFORE YOU START
  • No particular observations for this simple operation.
  • You need less than a liter of white vinegar.
This UFESA percolator became too slow, partially clogged by scale. It can however operate for many years if cleaned regularly.
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Percolator coffee maker cleaning pictorial

1-  Scale deposits can be seen on the cover of this percolator.
2- The scale goes all through the tube that brings water to the filter. 
3- Fill half the capacity of the percolator with drinking water. 
4- Add as much of white vinegar until the percolator's full capacity is reached. 
5- Turn On the coffee maker.
6- Wait until the cycle completes as if you were making coffee.
7- Put some vinegar on a kitchen towel and clean the remaining scale on the percolator's cover by hand. 
8- Refill with drinking water for at least half the percolator's capacity and run a new cycle for removing the vinegar taste. 
9- That's it. The percolator will run fast again. 

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