[Sca-cooks] Re: nasty-tasting thermos - OOP

[Phlip]

Try letting them soak with a couple of eggshells in them. The eggshells will
absorb a lot of the nasty flavors. It's what I use when I clean up metal
percolaters.

Phlip

> Well, this IS related to food...
>
> I often take along a thermos or two of coffee to events, since I tend to
get
> caffeine-deprivation migraines (no fun!)  I've used and broken many
standard
> vaccuum-bottles, and then got two steel ones, which bounce rather than
> shatter.  I always rinse them out and soak with baking soda and rinse very
> well again after use.
>
> Recently, however, I've found that the coffee develops a really nasty
taste
> after being in the thermos a couple of hours.  Sharp, acrid...  I have
been
> extra careful about rinsing out the baking soda, and I never use regular
> soap.
>
> Has anyone any suggestions for curing this problem, or should I just throw
> them out and buy new ones?  The remaining glass-bottle thermos doesn't
seem
> to have this tendency.