Help with cleaning Breville One Touch Tea Maker!

I don’t know what “CLR” stands for, but I would recommend trying citrus essence or citric acid before going for chemicals. Those are far more powerful than vinegar, but still foodsafe, and I can say from experience that citric acid is really good at cleaing anything metal(I once accidentally cleaned a small kitchen unit by sloshing the contents of a descaled water heater over its metal top – it was all shiny, including the previously rusty-brown looking parts, after I had wiped it dry).

http://shopmandalatea.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=cleaner&x=0&y=0
Scroll to bottom you will see two types of cleaners – Garrett at Mandala recommended the Zojirushi cleaner – I have used it on my breville and it works wonders!

I’ll try both suggestions. Thanks!

i will second the mandala items

So glad I found this thread! I love my Breville but the brown discoloration on the bottom was driving me nuts – cream of tartar would improve it, but there was a LOT of elbow grease involved…and it was really short lived!

Anyway, I went ahead and bought both cleaners to try them out in hopes that they work (since I have a lot of tea stained cups as well – black tea and white porcelain really just don’t get along over time).

I do have a few quick questions for those who have used this, though. Since I’ll be using this on the Breville and not the Zojirushi, will I still use the recommended 2 tbsp of powder? And will I just put it on and scrub, or add it to the water and let it boil/sit overnight like the manual advises?

Also – are the ingredients in the cleaner on their labels? I assume they are food safe but in retrospect probably should have checked before buying… I think I was just so eager for a shiny teamaker I kind of spaced on the logistics, haha.

Thanks in advance for the help!