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Descaling with amidosulfonic acid powder
April 2024

Descaling with amidosulfonic acid powder

When I descale my coffee maker, I continue to use the solution. Today I have the solution in the kettle, boiled and then poured into the stainless steel container (water evaporator on the heaters)....

Descale tea kettle and kettle - with lemon juice
April 2024

Descale tea kettle and kettle - with lemon juice

Decalcification with vinegar has been described several times here at FM. If you like the smell of vinegar, you can also switch to lemon juice. For this purpose, the small bottles from the...

Clean thermos with dishwasher rinse aid
April 2024

Clean thermos with dishwasher rinse aid

Thermos flask cleaning - miracle product Dishwasher rinse aid. This is not the breakthrough in the household, but it's pretty handy and I came by accident. At work, my thermos was at some point...

Always keep the kettle lime-free
April 2024

Always keep the kettle lime-free

In Berlin we have extremely calcareous tap water - you may also know the problem. Accordingly, after a short time the kettle looks. However, I often put the decalcifying before me, because it is...

Thermos clean quickly and cheaply
April 2024

Thermos clean quickly and cheaply

Bottle brushes are expensive and usually too small for thermos flasks: why not just take a (new!) Toilet brush for cleaning? They are already available for from 1 Euro! So she is clean inside! ...

Descale Senseo
April 2024

Descale Senseo

How to descale a Senseo coffee pad machine: In a measuring cup mix 50 g of citric acid with 1 liter of water and stir until the powder completely dissolves. Fill the water reservoir of the Senseo up...

Electric egg cooker - Clean hotplate
April 2024

Electric egg cooker - Clean hotplate

Effective cleaning of the heating plate from the electric egg cooker. Although there is very soft tap water in our area, I always have deposits on the electric egg boiler heating plate. Normal wiping...

Clean the milk container of a coffee machine
April 2024

Clean the milk container of a coffee machine

How the coffee machine with a separate milk container again conjures wonderful and creamy milk foam! For about 2 years I have had a coffee machine from de Longhi (primadonna). Suddenly, milk froth...

Sparkling lime in the kettle
April 2024

Sparkling lime in the kettle

A friend gave me the tip to give soda in the kettle or the coffee machine to remove the lime. Simply bubble in so that the bottom is covered. Since then, no more calcareous soil forms! And stinking...

Descale Dolce Gusto coffee machine
April 2024

Descale Dolce Gusto coffee machine

To decalcify a Nescafé Dolce Gusto coffee machine, you must use a commercially available liquid decalcifier. First make sure that there is no capsule in the capsule holder and then fill the liquid...