No before pic? Always interesting to see how well you have done.
I forgot!
Appreciate the reminder. Mines still brown, so scheduled the cleaning day to next month. Can’t wait.
Why did they make it a clear tank? Thats designed to breed mold. Wow.
Mold doesn’t need light (quite the opposite: UV exposition might even inhibit mold).
But a clear tank helps determining if it is clean. And also if it is empty.BTW: OP almost certainly did not have mold, but algae.
Had that myself once, coffee maker is placed right at a window…Yes sorry, I did mean algae. All the coffee makers I think of have a black plastic tank. Some have a little window to see the water level.
I put mine in the dishwasher last night, rinsed it with fresh water this morning. It was not green before … or after.
I will never get a hot drink from a machine, or an ice cream for that matter. I’d wager most of them are dirtier than you’d expect on the inside.
Most of them do get cleaned, its a food safety and therefore corporate policy. It does depend where you are and how well your state takes food safety though. But thats broadly all restaurants though.
Good man.
I did that recently too. My tank is clear and the machine was right next to the window. It was algae for sure.
Where are you from?
I wonder if anyone in the U.S. ever has experienced that, as their water is supposed to be heavily chlorinated, which might just kill any algae right from the start…
We’re in the UK; England/Wales border. The water here is chlorinated and I only use boiled tap water anyway, but it still gets manky after a while.
I have in the back of my head that boiling gets rid of the chlorine. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
What’s the purpose of boiling the tap water? In the UK it should be safe to drink directly from the tap, no?
Or is it a limescale thing? I’m north of the border where we have incredibly soft water so limescale is alien to me.
It’s meant to be safe to drink (and I’m sure it is) but we moved 180 miles to here and the local water made me feel ill; since I’ve been boiling it, I’ve felt much better. This is probably just 60 years of being acclimatised to South East Water, which is very different to Welsh Water’s product.
