If you haven’t cleaned your coffee maker in a while, it’s probably pretty dirty — like, really dirty. You may also find that your coffee tastes different or that the water in your brewer is not flowing normally.

Just like everything else in the kitchen, coffee makers can be full of bacteria, yeast and mold if they aren’t properly cleaned. Since the hot water isn’t enough to decontaminate the machine, harmful germs can build up to a point that it can actually make you sick.

We recommend using cleaning the needle on your brewer with the URNEX CLEANCUP every 6-8weeks and cleaning the entire brewer using the URNEX descaling liquid every 6months.