Flask Hygiene

[Doug Tait]

Must be a lot of flask owners here, care to share your tips for cleaning them?

 

I've got two Thermos, the soup flask which is easy to clean as you can get a scrubber right in to it, but the coffee flask is less accessible. I rinse it thoroughly every night and let it steep at the weekend with bicarbonate soda, but it's not clean.

Eventually it builds up a layer of gunk that flakes off in lumps into your coffee, and it seems to let the milk go off quickly. 

 

Someone suggested Sterident tablets which I'll try but glad to hear other suggestions. 

[Steve Bullman]

Have to say this just be a first on arbtalk which is surprising!

 

do you mix everything up in your flask? Personally I used to just fill mine with hot water and have teabags, coffee, sachets of sugar, and little cream/milk pots to hand 

[htb]

Sterident, In laws used to use it on my thermos, only black coffee in it so does not bother me, survived so far.

[Doug Tait]

An arbtalk first. New badge in the post then!

 

I do like to just make it in the morning with everything in. Know folk that'll take milk in a separate flask but all I see is an extra flask to clean, really lazy. Have used cheaper flasks in the past that I had to keep milk separate or it just went off but Thermos were always fine if clean.

[Spruce Pirate]

I only ever take hot water in the flask.  Drink either black coffee or cup-a-soup at work, both easily taken in the piece bag and made on site.  I've washed a few cups, but never the actual flask, nice, easy low maintenance.

[Squaredy]

14 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Have to say this just be a first on arbtalk which is surprising!

 

do you mix everything up in your flask? Personally I used to just fill mine with hot water and have teabags, coffee, sachets of sugar, and little cream/milk pots to hand 

Sounds very sensible - tea just goes stale if made up and stored. You guys must be so jealous of us fixed types who have a staff restaurant (well a kitchen and a few nice chairs) and a kettle and fridge….

[Steve Bullman]

3 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

An arbtalk first. New badge in the post then!

 

I do like to just make it in the morning with everything in. Know folk that'll take milk in a separate flask but all I see is an extra flask to clean, really lazy. Have used cheaper flasks in the past that I had to keep milk separate or it just went off but Thermos were always fine if clean.

I’ll see what I can do!!

 

are you a coffee or tea drinker? A separate pot of coffee compliment is great with coffee, crap with tea though.

 

as far as cleaning rank things, I’ve used bicarbonate of soda in the past

[woody paul]

I am with Steve on this, and you can have what ever you have in truck tea, coffee or even hot choc. Only last week customer said do you want tea then she realized she had no whole milk only soya, my reply was I will have it black and put my milk in. 

[Doug Tait]

2 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

I’ll see what I can do!!

 

are you a coffee or tea drinker? A separate pot of coffee compliment is great with coffee, crap with tea though.

 

as far as cleaning rank things, I’ve used bicarbonate of soda in the past

Coffee thanks for asking, milk and one please.

 

What's coffee compliment?

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, Doug Tait said:

Coffee thanks for asking, milk and one please.

 

What's coffee compliment?

Like a powdered milk/cream. Tastes more like adding cream to coffee. I prefer it on my coffee even at home. Tesco do a knock off version