Originally Posted by
Tizzette
Hot water for tea from a coffee maker tastes and smells like coffee. I rinse out the pot, then clean out that smell by brewing a cup of hot water mixed with a packet of lemon juice through the coffee maker. The lemon juice packets I pick up from fast food places. You can get hotter water for either coffee or tea if you start with hot water from the tap.
I thought this might be a problem when I started using the single-serve coffee makers in hotel rooms, but I haven't noticed any remnants of coffee taste. When I order iced tea from Starbucks, I occasionally run across that problem so I feel I would notice if it was happening with the single-serve units.
Of course, that's not a problem at all with my home and office units as they are never used for brewing coffee.