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Suggested Cleaning Interval
Type of Water Cleaning Frequency
Soft Water Every 80 Brew Cycles
Hard Water Every 40 Brew Cycles
Cleaning the Thermal Carafe
Hard water can leave a whitish stain on the inside
of the carafe, and coffee and tea may then turn
this stain brown.
To remove carafe stains:
1. Fill the carafe with a solution of equal parts
water and vinegar and let the solution stand in
the carafe for approximately 20 minutes.
2. Discard the solution and wash and rinse
the carafe.
Do not use harsh abrasive cleansers
to clean the carafe.
Maintaining Your Coffeemaker
To Clean Mineral Deposits from Your MR. COFFEE
®
Coffeemaker
Your coffeemaker may be cleaned by using MR. COFFEE
®
Cleaner or vinegar.
MR. COFFEE
®
Cleaner is available at many retail stores or by calling the
MR. COFFEE
®
Consumer Service Department at 1-800-MR COFFEE (1-800-672-6333).
1. Follow package instructions to prepare one batch of MR. COFFEE
®
Coffeemaker
Cleaner. Pour the mixture into the water reservoir.
Note: 32 fluid ounces of undiluted, white household vinegar may be used
as a substitute for the cleaner.
2. Place an empty MR. COFFEE
®
#4 cone style paper filter or MR. COFFEE
®
permanent
filter into the filter basket and close.
3. Place the empty carafe back on the unit, centered under the brew basket.
4.
Brew 3 cups of cleaning solution through coffeemaker.
5. Turn off coffeemaker and let stand for 30 minutes.
6. Run remainder of cleaning solution through coffeemaker.
7. Discard the cleaning solution and rinse the carafe thoroughly with clean water.
8. Fill the water reservoir with clean, fresh water.
9. Place the empty carafe back on the unit, centered under the brew basket.
10. Remove and discard the filter used during the clean cycle and replace it with a fresh
MR. COFFEE
®
#4 cone style paper filter. If a MR. COFFEE
®
permanent filter was used
during cleaning, remove and rinse it thoroughly before replacing it in the filter basket.
11. Begin brewing and allow the full brew cycle to complete.
12. Repeat Steps 8 – 11 one more time.
Your coffeemaker is now clean and ready to brew the next pot of delicious, hot coffee!
Special Cleaning Cycle
(Models ECTX81, ECTX84 & ECTX85)
Follow steps 1-3 in “Maintaining Your Coffeemaker.” Press the Clean Cycle button and the
Clean Cycle indicator light will illuminate. For your convenience, everything is automatic.
The entire cycle will take 45-60 minutes to complete. During the Cleaning Cycle your
coffeemaker will:
1. Slow brew approximately 3 cups of cleaning solution.
2. Pause for 30 minutes (the Clean Cycle indicator light will remain on to alert you
that the process is active).
3. After 30 minutes, your coffeemaker will brew the remainder of the
cleaning solution.
4. When complete, the Clean light will turn off and your coffeemaker will automatically
shut off and beep. Follow Steps 7-12 in “Maintaining Your Coffeemaker” to complete
the cleaning process.
