How to Clean Your Keurig Coffee Maker

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How to Clean Your Keurig - Keurig coffeemaker

Proper cleaning of your coffee machine will help you keep your maker in good working order. This is a page about how to clean your Keurig coffee maker.

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How to Clean Your Keurig

By Judy [589 Posts, 15,638 Comments]

April 1, 2019

Many Keurig coffeemakers end up in the landfill because they do not dispense water anymore, or just fill the cup a tiny bit. You can fix this yourself, and save the cost of a new machine.

Total Time: About 5 hours, including waiting time.

Supplies:

white vinegar
water
paper clip

How to Clean Your Keurig - bottle of vinegar

Steps:

Remove the water reservoir, lid to reservoir, and the bottom piece the cup sits on. Wash and dry.

How to Clean Your Keurig - wash and dry water reservoir, lid, and base cup sits on

Remove the K-cup holder.

How to Clean Your Keurig - remover the K-cup holder

Bend a paper clip and clean out the holes on the bottom. Wash the K-cup holder and dry.

How to Clean Your Keurig - clean holes in K-cup with a paperclip

Replace all the pieces.

How to Clean Your Keurig - replace all pieces

Fill the water reservoir with vinegar. Brew without a K-cup. Dump all the vinegar into the sink.

How to Clean Your Keurig - fill with vinegar and brew a cup

When the reservoir is half empty, let the remaining vinegar sit 4 hours.

Discard the vinegar and fill the reservoir with fresh water.
Brew without a K-cup at least 12 times. You will have to fill the reservoir at least once.
Brew until the cup dispenses the correct amount of water. It may take a lot of brews, but it will work.

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