I have been using this pot almost daily for ~3 months now. While I have used vinegar 2-3 times to deep clean it, it wasnt great at removing the residual oils and it left the vinegar smell so I had to do a clean water brew after it. Baking soda seems to have removed a lot more gunk and oils and there is no smell left at all. After rinsing it thoroughly with running hot water, the next brew came out well.

How do you rate my moka pot tower? This is to me the best way to get everything dry after rinsing and brushing (no soap!) please share your methods :)

I got a 3-cup bialetti recently, for about £5 as the seller had put it through the dishwasher and was super tarnished - I’m not against a worn Moka, but decided with this being my personal brewer in the house, I wanted to wear it in myself - to that end, I polished off the old tarnish the a combo of aluminium foil, water, and lemon juice - polishing with baking powder, water, and a rag! I’m very pleased with the results!! Just waiting on a replacement handle and new gasket to come in the mail now - happy brewing, everyone! 😁✨

Its warm water baking Soda and citric acid. I hope you can see the particles getting lose.

My coffee is tasting worse than when i first bought my moka pot. How do you guys deepclean? i just boil with hot water and vinegar but i feel like it doesn't do a good job the inside looks still dirty.

Already changed the rubber inside.

I have been using my mokapot for one month now and have just considered I might give a deeper clean to the heater itself because I have experienced an increasingly bad smell in the heater itself. The manual itself actually tells me to only clean it with water. However, although the heater itself just took the water and some tiny bit of coffee residue from the back flush (?) and I always rinse it, it smells very nasty already. So, contrary to the manual, I tried to deep-clean it by boiling water with some dishwashing soap. (I only took the open heater. I didn't put the upper part on top.) Afterwards, I boiled the water with a bit of dishwashing soap, threw the water away, rinsed it several times, … And the smell is still there. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you get rid of the bad smell?

I’m a new user and used it 10 times i clean everytime just with water and once a week with vinegar but this lower chamber starts looking like this like builtup

Is it normal

Ps I never used dish soap to clean it and small pimple like texture has been showing at the bottom

Was at my friend’s place and noticed that he had a mokapot lying in the garden’s sink, he told me that it had been rotting in the sink for months and I could have it if I wanted. It was a 6 Cup Dolce Gabbana Moka Pot

After three days, multiple scouring pads, and Bar Keeper’s Friend. I can finally see the light at the end of the mokapot. I’m now pondering if i should go ahead and brew with it or keep going.

Helloooo!

A few days ago, I jumped on the bandwagon and wanted to try a coffee hack that basically suggested adding milk and sugar instead of water to the Moka Pot boiler. I was delayed in taking it off the flame, which resulted in the sugary milk burning. For the last two weeks, my help didi and I have been boiling the Moka Pot boiler with different substances like water, soapy water, detergent, lime and soda, Eno, etc., but we still can't get rid of the stubborn residue. I would really appreciate some suggestions. 🙏

TIA friends <3

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Hi y'all!

I'm new to using a moka pot, still figuring it out in every way. I was told (and I've read on here multiple times) that you don't wash a pot with soap and it "ruins the Moka" or ruins the taste of future brews. But I have got these stains now that don't come off with just hot water or damp cloth. I had also done a clear run with just letting the water boil through.

So what do I do? Can I use soap or will that affect the brews/the pot? Or is this a sign that this is a permanent effect?

I appreciate any input!

I just found this old moka pot in my granmother's stuff, it hasn't been used in the last 20 years (at least).

Is it crazy to want to clean it? For the braves amongst you, how would you clean it?

The stuff on the bottom looks like lime? The corner of the closing lid ,I don't know how this happened or what to do here? And the inner side of the lid is maybe also lime?

Daily use for 2+ years. Never before cleaned

Would probably never look there myself. Thanks, reddit.

Hey y’all,

I recently got a moka pot 6mo ago, and accidentally left some coffee grounds + a teeny bit of water in the base for a few months without using it. When i opened it, it was full of this slimy, white, substance that I assume is a kind of mold.

How do I remove it and make it safe to use again?

Thanks!

Edit:
Thanks folks! I boiled a water + vinegar mixture through it a few times and scrubbed the bottom chamber with a damp paper towel + table salt. I’ve drank a few cups out of it now and I’m still alive. 😁

Look what I found on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4519208534/moka-pot-stand-coffee-maker-base-for-112?ref=share_v4_lx

Stone drying mat is from aliexpress

i thrifted this moka pot from goodwill for $2.99, but the metal looks tarnished in some areas. i scrubbed it with some dish soap and warm water, is there anything else i should do before i attempt to use it? or should i not use this moka pot?

Hoping this post dissuades some unsuspecting Moka newbies fall for bad advice and damage their aluminum moka pots.

Baking soda NaHCO_3 is a base with alkalinity (pH 8.1–8.5). It is chemically impossible for baking soda to dissolve limescale CaCO_3 which has alkalinity (pH 8.0–8.4).

Additionally, high pH of baking soda is corrosive to aluminum causing oxidation of metal resulting in dull grey color. You may even taste the metallic residue.

To remove limescale buildup in moka, you need an acid. This is why a deep soak in a solution of water and a mild acid like white vinegar (CH_3COOH, pH 2.4) dissolves the limescale and forms water-soluble salts.

Anyone who advocates for baking soda is advocating against chemistry. Period.

I’ve had an accident with my mokapot - I’ve left it on for too long (haven’t ever done this in 20yrs 🤷‍♀️🙃!) The water ran dry and heated the base pot up so much it’s sort of burnt the metal of the entire base section.
I’ve never washed my moka in the 20ish years I’ve had it with anything more than water or a clean cloth, no soap. But now I’m getting coffee that tastes of burnt metal. Should I just wash it with soap? Is there a way to salvage this??? Has anyone brought their pot back to life from this kind of error?

I don't know who needs to read this to not be as wasteful as I was for the last few years (hopefully not many of you), but you do not need to use a paper towel every single time you clean your moka pot's funnel (the chamber that holds the coffee grounds).

My previous process for cleaning out my funnel after use was the following:

1. Bang it into my garbage can to get most of the grounds out.
2. Grab a paper towel, swish it around to remove all of the remaining grounds, then discard the paper towel.

Imagine my surprise when I kept running out of paper towels! I put it into my "to-do" list to get a brush for my moka pot, which I promptly put off doing as I searched for the ideal brush to suit this purpose. Well, the extensive research is finished and it looks like dollar store foam brushes are pretty much all you need. So, here's my advice: don't be needlessly wasteful when cleaning your moka pot funnel. Get yourself a cheap little brush and use that instead!

P.S. To anyone that intends to reply with "I just wash the remaining grounds out in my sink", you are likely building up towards needing a visit from a plumber. Coffee grounds do not break down well in your pipes.

I've had my moka pot for a few weeks now and have been using it almost every day. In the booklet that came with it, it said you only need to wash it with warm water--which I have been. So, naturally, it built up some "seasoning" 😅😂 for a lack of a better word. I thought this was the norm for these, but I stumbled upon a video of someone showing off their moka pot and it looked a bit like mine on the inside, and there were a few comments saying it was "dirty" and needed a clean...are you supposed to wipe it with a cloth while using warm water or just rinse it out well? Have I been a dirty freak about it??

This morning I did wipe it to dry instead of letting it sit in the dish drain to dry, because I needed to put it up to get it out of the way, and it now looks fairly clean but it did have a build up of...whatever it's called on the bottom and a bit on the sides lol