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Allow your carafe to cool.thermometer image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
Allow the decanter to reach room temperature. If the glass is hot and you begin this process, your decanter will crack. - 2
Lemons contain citric acid.lemon image by Edsweb from Fotolia.com
Squeeze the lemon wedges into the carafe. Then drop the peels in. These will help scrub the glass sides. - 3
Table salt reacts with the lemon juice and creates an abrasive.salt image by Andrey Rakhmatullin from Fotolia.com
Add the salt. The salt crystals will absorb the lemon juice. If a paste forms, add more lemon juice. - 4
Ice provides water and helps scrub your decanter.Ice image by vilarcampos from Fotolia.com
Pour in the crushed ice. The salt will begin to melt the ice. However, you want some of the ice to remain frozen. - 5
A clean coffee carafe makes for fresher tasting coffee.coffee image by Jaroslav Machacek from Fotolia.com
Swirl the decanter to allow the ice, salt and lemon juice to scrub the stains away. The combination of salt, lemon and ice helps separate the stain from the glass. Salt and ice create a mild abrasive while the lemon adds a mild acid.
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