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

[kerrimart at mindspring.com]

You can also try hot vinegar.  You know how you clean out coffee makers by
running vinegar through it?  Don't see why it wouldn't work with a decanter.

Vitha

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:57:10 -0500 Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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