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Run the cleaning program when the cleaning light is on: Mr. Coffee Cafe One-Touch
Before you start
- Time
- About 12 minutes (the vinegar pumping phase only; the rinses come on top)
- Tools
- large cup, spoon
- Supplies
- white vinegar (50% white vinegar, 50% clean water, filling the water tank)
The machine tells you when
This machine keeps count itself and tells you when this job is due, so follow the machine rather than a calendar.
- What you see
- Cleaning Indicator Light stays on (flashes again after any brew)
- Shown as
- A light
- What it counts
- Shots
- Comes on after
- 200 shots
- How it clears
- goes out when the cleaning procedure completes; it also goes dark while the unit is off or asleep, and flashes again after any brew until the procedure is run
Source: Mr. Coffee One-Touch CoffeeHouse BVMC-EM6701 series instruction manual (EN/ES, 2022)
Steps
- Fill the water tank with a half-and-half mix of white vinegar and clean water.
From the manual: “Pour a solution of 50% white vinegar and 50% clean water into the water tank.”
- Stir it with a spoon so it is evenly mixed.
From the manual: “Stir the solution with a spoon to make sure it is properly mixed.”
- Turn the milk tank knob to the clean position.
From the manual: “Rotate the milk tank knob to the clean position.”
- Set a large cup under the frothed-milk tube.
From the manual: “Place a large cup under the frothed milk dispensing tube.”
- Hold the clean button for 5 seconds to start clean mode; the light pulses throughout.
From the manual: “Press the clean button for 5 seconds to activate the clean mode.”
- Let the pump cycle on and off for about 12 minutes, until the cleaning light goes out.
From the manual: “The pump will turn on and off multiple times for about 12 minutes.”
- Pour any leftover solution out of the tank.
From the manual: “Pour out any remaining solution from the water tank and replace with clean water.”
- Refill the tank with clean water up to the Max line.
From the manual: “Fill with clean water up to the Max level line.”
- Press the manual Espresso button and let it run to the end.
From the manual: “and let the cycle run until completed.”
- Turn the milk tank knob back to clean and press the clean button for a normal clean run.
From the manual: “press the clean button to run the normal clean mode.”
- Press the espresso button, then use the steam function, to flush the system.
From the manual: “Press the espresso button and then the steam function to flush the system out.”
Sources
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