Cleancaf® Brand Cleaner and Descaler is an essential component to maintaining great tasting coffee at home. Cleancaf® is designed to remove flavor-tainting stale coffee oil residue from home machines. Its dual action formula also prevents the accumulation of scale deposits which are responsible for slow brew times and machine malfunctions. Portion packaged for easy use, Cleancaf® also contains a blue-dye which helps to ensure proper rinsing. Directions: 1.Dissolve contents of Cleancaf® package in 1L of warm water. Pour into water reservoir. Put empty pot and filter basket in place. For espresso machines attach handle and place an empty container below. 2.Turn machine on and begin the brew cycle. For espresso machines, also allow several ounces of Cleancaf® solution to flow through steam pipe (into a container to avoid spray.) Discard entire solution once it has passed through your machine. 3.Rinse all components and repeat steps 1 and 2 twice with clean water only. Espresso machines remove handle. You may soak handle and filters in Cleancaf® solution then rinse all components with clean water
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Product Details
Product Weight:
0.4 pounds
Package Length:
5.4 inches
Package Width:
3.5 inches
Package Height:
1.0 inches
Package Weight:
0.1 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 49 reviews
Features
Dual-action formula eliminates coffee oils and dissolves mineral deposits.
Cleans both home coffee and home espresso machines.
You get 3 boxes - 3 single use packets per box (each single use packet weighs 1/3 oz.)
Blue dye ensures proper rinsing.
OMRI (tm) Listed for use in Organic Production.
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22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
This product cured my Keurig brewer blues Feb 11, 2010
By Diana De Avila
"MS Gkygrl"
My Keurig started acting funny. Coffee was not as warm, it started to make louder noises during the brewing process and the coffee sizes were becoming less and less reliable (example: a tall travel sized portion was much less). The machine was acting up because it was clogged with scale. Easy solution: de-scale.
I've used vinegar in the past for all of my brewer descaling and it has worked satisfactorily. However, vinegar is not a product I keep around that often, it smells when it's used in a descaling situation and it takes up a lot of room if stored. That said, vinegar does work ... but I like these Cleancaf packets better.
Pros: they are small, easy to use, and this purchase gives you 9 uses.
Cons: is an irritant, may be more costly than vinegar
I believe a reviewer mentioned a "blue" color so that one could tell if the product was through the system adequately. For me, this was not the case. The color was cloudy white, not blue. But after several runs through my Keurig, it worked.
My method of use:
1) I have a Keurig B70 Single-cup K-cup brewer. I used a large Pyrex Pyrex Prepware 1-Quart Measuring Cup, Clear with Red Measurements measuring cup to prepare the mixture and catch the mixture.
2) After I prepared the mix in warm water, I poured it into my Kuerig water reservoir and ran it through cup cycles (about 4 of them).
3) I thoroughly rinsed the water reservoir and used clean water to run through more cup cycles on the machine. Using my Pyrex, I could watch the water become clearer and clearer.
4) I ran 3 reservoirs of water through before I was satisfied it was clean enough and there were no traces of this product left. That worked.
After I was done, the coffee came out PIPING HOT at the set 129 degrees F. The portions were even and the machine was brewing much more quietly and efficiently. Descaling is not one of those things that one usually thinks about too often until a brewer starts to get moody. This is a great product to have on hand to take care of the brewer blues.
5 Stars!
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Best Coffeemaker Cleaner Ever! Aug 14, 2008
By J. A. Eastman
"boomer"
I got a sample of this product in my new Hamilton Beach Brew Station. The first time I used it, I could not believe how great it is.
Things I like:
Dissolve in 4 cups of water, pour in coffeemaker. Dissolves easily.
Run through the coffeemaker, then wipe and rinse parts. I said "wipe", not "scrub"! First one I ever used that I could do that. I was very impressed.
Two subsequent run throughs with clear water. The cleaner is tinted with a blue color, so that you can see if you have got it all rinsed out.
Then you are done. That's it. No more muss, fuss, or mess.
It does say to use it once a week. I find once a month is plenty for us, but that would depend on coffeemaker usage. Fabulous product.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
The Only Cleaner I Use Oct 04, 2009
By Juanita A. Floyd
"Life is too short to read bad books."
I love the ease and quality of this coffee pot cleaner. I have used it on several machines that I have had and it always does a good job with very little fuss or mess. We have a well and have hard water, so I clean our coffee pot every month with this product. Works great!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Beware - you will only receive ONE box with 3 bags! Aug 07, 2011
By Sonny Denbow I wish I had read all the reviews before purchasing this product. The description and photo are a lie. You will only receive ONE box with THREE bags. This has been reported before. I do not understand why Amazon did not require Urnex to change their solicitation to match the actual product offered. Very disappointing. I will check out other suppliers in the future.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Revived my Gaggia espresso machine Aug 18, 2010
By bribo I had my espresso machine for about 4 years and used Durgol once perhaps 3 years ago. The years passed and I never really thought about it. I used JoeGlo to clean the machine and thought that was basically all I needed to do. Well, about two weeks ago, after not using the machine for a while because of moving, I turned on the machine and tried to pull a shot. It took my machine about 60 seconds to pull just a shot of water through. When I loaded the portafilter and tried to pull a shot of espresso it barely dribbled out and was absolutely horrible. I thought my pump was dying and started researching new espresso machines. After looking at some forums, I learned that limescale may have built up on the boiler and I figured spending less than $10 was better than buying a $400-500 machine.
I followed the instructions on the package, ran it through the machine and steam wand, and ran a couple of liters of water through afterward to flush the rest of the chemicals out, and it made my espresso machine almost like new! It pumps out water like it used to and I can pull a shot of coffee in a normal amount of time again!
based on 49 reviews
This product cured my Keurig brewer blues Feb 11, 2010
By Diana De Avila
"MS Gkygrl"
Beware - you will only receive ONE box with 3 bags! Aug 07, 2011
By Sonny Denbow
