While the water reservoir and the heating element may suffer from calcium buildup the filter of a well used coffee maker may be stained with brown remains of coffee grinds.
Cuisinart coffee maker clean light comes on.
Either way the hardness of your tap water will influence how often you need to.
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A flashing clean light indicates unit needs to be decalcified.
When light comes on turn coffeemaker on.
Check the manual for your coffee so you re sure your next cup ofsteaming hot coffee comes from a clean machine.
Keep trying to descale your cuisinart coffee center over and over without much success in getting that clean light going away.
If the clean light flashes run a fresh batch of vinegar and water through.
Perhaps you regularly clean your cuisinart coffeein the sink or dishwasher but this coffeemaker also let you know when toclean it.
If you use it less frequently however you can wait up to 6 months between cleanings.
Otherwise fill the reservoir with only water and brew a pot of hot water without coffee to rinse.
If you use your coffee maker more than once a day you may need to clean your water reservoir once a month to decalcify remove hard water and mineral build ups from the machine.
Decalcify your coffee maker every 1 6 months.
Once the coffee maker cycles the liquid through the unit will beep five times and turn off.
Press the clean button.
Unit will shut off.
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Turn it on again.
The best coffee is made in a clean coffee with ice water and freshly ground coffee beans.
Fill the water reservoir to capacity with 1 3 cup of white vinegar and 2 3 cup of water.
Five beeps sound when clean cycle is complete.
Just one cleaning session if carried out properly and regularly can free your cuisinart coffee brewer from all problems and keep it functioning in the best possible way.