Archive for November 16th, 2009
Coffee Machine Emergency: Time for a Descaler
I woke up last Friday morning excited for the day. That evening, my husband and I were planning to host a dinner party. We had invited all our friends and even a few neighbors we had only met in passing. In short, it would be a night to show off our skills and entertaining guests and accommodating them as well. The house was already spotless – I had made sure of that the night before.
All that remained to be done was to select some background music for the evening, buy the ingredients for dinner and then head to work. At least that’s what I thought. On the way out the door, I poured some coffee and found – much to my chagrin – that something terrible had happened to the taste. Knowing that coffee is a popular after-dinner drink, I figured I would have to solve the problem sooner rather than later.
As it turned out, the hard water in our house had been slowly causing mineral deposits to accumulate inside the coffee boiler. Not only did that buildup affect the taste of the coffee, souring it significantly, but it could have a disastrous impact for the inner workings of the machine as well. Luckily, my husband had bought some Durgol descaling solution online a few months prior, and we had some leftover in the pantry. It seemed that our dinner party could still be a flawless one after all.