Easy, Eco-Friendly Way to Clean Your Coffee Pot

I make coffee every morning. Every. Single. Morning. I don't think I could live without it, actually.
The problem is that I rarely have time to clean my coffee pot. I make my coffee, rinse out the pot, and rush off to class. I get home, change, eat, and go to work. That's my life in a nutshell. So, I obviously don't get much time in between to clean.

Here is an easy way to descale that scary coffee pot! Not only is it EASY, but it's eco-friendly -- no chemicals, no cleaners.


Here is what you need:

• Ice cubes
• Table salt
• A couple of slices of lemon

I would suggest doing this during the daytime....if you're one of those people that cleans the house when the kids are asleep, you shouldn't do this; it's quite noisy.
First, I put the ice into my coffee pot:

I only use 4-5 cubes, just so that the bottom of the coffee pot is covered.

Then, I put the lemon in:

To do this, just sqeeze the lemon slices into the coffee pot.

Last, I pour the salt in:

I REALLY recommend doing it in that order. At least you need to put the salt in last, because if you put the ice in, then the salt, the ice cubes stick and don't go anywhere when you're cleaning it.
To get the coffee pot clean, basically just shake and swirl the coffee pot so that the ice moves all around. The acidity of the lemons helps to lift that yucky scale, and the salt acts as an abrasive, as do the ice cubes. When you are finished, just dump all of the ice, lemons, and salt out, and wash your coffee pot out with warm soap and water.
If your coffee pot is really scaled up, you can repeat the whole process while adding more lemon slices and more salt. This will help to lift the scale.

Happy Cleaning!