How to Clean your Percolator and Urn
How to Clean your Percolator
Does your percolator have a tinted shade of gray or black to on the inside? If your percolator does have this discoloration, then it is time to clean your percolator. Fill the percolator to the highest cup level with half water and half white vinegar. Put a filter in the basket as you normally would, then run a full percolator cycle. When done, discard the water and the filter. Then run the percolator again with clean water. Discard that water and rinse out the percolator and rinse the stem and basket; dry with a soft towel.
You can also clean an urn the same way. Be sure that you have enough white vinegar to fill your urn half full; then, fill the second have with water. Be sure to put a paper filter in the filter basket when you clean an urn. Run it through a full cycle just like you would with a percolator. You can also lengthen the life and taste of coffee at your grange, social club or church that uses an urn. You will be surprised by the number of compliments you will get after cleaning the urn. This process always makes the coffee taste much better because it has gotten rid of calcium and other deposits that were on the side and bottom of your urn. Keep your percolator and urn calcium free for longer use.