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How to clean your Bonavita Coffee Maker I’m writing this review to let everyone in on the trick to properly cleaning the Bonavita coffee maker. I’m on my 2nd Bonavita Coffee maker and one of the things that I found that goes wrong is that once it begins to get dirty, it fails to produce hot water and starts to produce a lot of steam instead. This means, you end up with lots of steam during the brewing cycle and very little (strong) coffee when complete. I have used URNEX cleaning powder and CLR as well. Both work fine for the job of cleaning but it doesn’t always solve the steam issue. Just recently I cleaned it and figured out the trick to really returning the Bonavita back to its proper operation. Start by following the directions on your coffee machine cleaning powder or solution. Once you have completed the brew of this solution it’s time to rinse. Typically, you will run two more full tanks of fresh water to rinse the Bonavita completely. At this point you might think you are done, but you’re only halfway. In my zeal to really rinse the solution out, I decided that I would simply place the coffee maker in my sink and rinse out the reservoir using the faucet. At this point, I found that you can remove the entire top of the coffee maker by gently working your fingers around the top, unseating it from the reservoir. Once you have done this, you can place the unit in your sink under the faucet and run a stream of water down the plastic steamer tube into the heating container. Once this is full, turn it upside down in the sink to drain it back out. If you’re like me, you will see a large quantity of black and white particulates in your sink. Repeat this operation until you no longer see any more coming out. At this point, remove the plastic shower head that is snapped into the underside of top head. Slowly work your fingers around the shower head and separate the 2 sides. Clean everything out of this part as well. Now, reverse you work and reassemble the shower head and slowly work the top unit back onto the coffee maker. Dry the unit with the towel and run a pot of water through to rinse again. You should see that your brew cycle is steam free (until the very end) and very fast. Give it a shot, I think you’ll be happy you took the extra time.