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Delime the reservoir and internal parts: Mr. Coffee Cafe One-Touch
Before you start
- Tools
- large empty cup for the portafilter, large cup of at least 325 ml / 11 oz for the froth tube
- Supplies
- white household vinegar (undiluted; two reservoir fills)
Warnings
- Metal parts may still be hot; do not touch them until they have cooled. Source: Mr. Coffee One-Touch CoffeeHouse BVMC-EM6701 series instruction manual (EN/ES, 2022)
- Never put the appliance itself in water or any other liquid. Source: Mr. Coffee One-Touch CoffeeHouse BVMC-EM6701 series instruction manual (EN/ES, 2022)
Steps
- Fill the water reservoir with undiluted white household vinegar.
From the manual: “Fill the reservoir with fresh, undiluted white household vinegar.”
- Leave the vinegar standing in the reservoir overnight.
From the manual: “Allow appliance to sit overnight with the vinegar solution in the water reservoir.”
- Take the reservoir off and tip the vinegar out into the sink.
From the manual: “Discard vinegar by removing the reservoir and turning it upside down over the sink.”
- Rinse the reservoir twice: half-fill it with tap water, then pour it away.
From the manual: “by filling the tank half full with water and then pouring the water back out into the sink, repeating this step twice”
- With the reservoir done, switch the unit off at the On/Off switch and unplug it.
From the manual: “Make sure to switch the on/off button to the off”
- Fill the reservoir with undiluted white household vinegar again.
From the manual: “Fill the reservoir with undiluted white household vinegar.”
- Lock in the portafilter with a filter but no coffee, and stand a large empty cup on the drip tray under it.
From the manual: “Insert the porta-filter (with filter and no coffee) and place a large empty cup on top of the drip tray”
- Plug in and switch on; when the espresso-heater and steam-heater lights are solid, press Automatic Espresso twice. It stops by itself.
From the manual: “once the 2 control panel lights (Espresso heater”
- Put a large cup holding at least 325 ml (11 oz) under the frothed-milk tube, and refit the milk reservoir filled with water.
From the manual: “Place a large empty cup (with at least 325 mL/ 11 fl. oz. capacity) under the frothed milk dispensing tube.”
- Turn the Froth Control Knob anticlockwise to clean and press Clean; let it run until no more milk appears or it stops.
From the manual: “Let the cleaning cycle run until you no longer see any milk coming out of the tube”
- Run the internal-parts sequence again with plain tap water, as often as needed to clear the vinegar. Repeat until no vinegar remains
From the manual: “Repeat Steps 1 – 6 as necessary using only tap water to rinse any remaining traces of vinegar out of the machine.”
Sources
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