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Cleaning milk steaming cups (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by cisntviktor
My stores milk steaming cups had brown old milk on the inside that wouldnt come out in the sanitizer or a scrub or even bleach.
To clean them easily, use a packet of urnex, you can divide the packet between multiple cups (i personally did four)! Fill them with boiling water. Then let it sit for at least 30 minutes, hours makes it extremely easy to scrub, and then scrub it with a small food safe brush. If the buildup doesnt come out all the way, you can also use a dry rag to get the corners. Throw it in the sanitizer and youre done! Nice and shiney milk steaming cups!
To clean them easily, use a packet of urnex, you can divide the packet between multiple cups (i personally did four)! Fill them with boiling water. Then let it sit for at least 30 minutes, hours makes it extremely easy to scrub, and then scrub it with a small food safe brush. If the buildup doesnt come out all the way, you can also use a dry rag to get the corners. Throw it in the sanitizer and youre done! Nice and shiney milk steaming cups!
BiochemistChef 11 points 1y ago
Idk if this is standard anymore, or even still standard when we did it, but the pitchers all went into our Hobart (the sanitizer) during the monthly DezCal cycle. Occasionally they needed a little scrubbing before then but the monthly hard wash was usually enough to keep them from browning more than acceptable.
And to really cut through the gunk on pitchers or sink, a preliminary layer of purple cleaner (oven cleaner/degreaser) then a follow up with brown cleaner (stainless steel polish) for 10-15 mins cleans them with no scrubbing. Just flood tf out of the with hot water though because I wouldn't want to consume either of the chemicals, but its what they were designed to do so...
Edit, unlike OP, this wouldn't make QASA happy
And to really cut through the gunk on pitchers or sink, a preliminary layer of purple cleaner (oven cleaner/degreaser) then a follow up with brown cleaner (stainless steel polish) for 10-15 mins cleans them with no scrubbing. Just flood tf out of the with hot water though because I wouldn't want to consume either of the chemicals, but its what they were designed to do so...
Edit, unlike OP, this wouldn't make QASA happy
BabySteele 17 points 1y ago
Our manager heard that I would use the Urnx on the steaming pitchers and brewing baskets. She didn't like that so she decreed that we aren't allowed to use Urnx on anything that comes in contact with any food/drink. Which I found hilarious when I heard that.
-beam-me-up- 12 points 1y ago
LMAOO then what is a coffee urn?? Urnex is life, urnex your pitchers, sinks, *cows*, ~~frappuccinos~~, etc
istolehannah 2 points 1y ago
Dezcal is the standard and is the best way to do it. Look it up on the hub. Urnex is very toxic and while I assume you would wash them properly after, urnex is just something that we shouldn’t use if we dont have to. A few companies have accidentally served urnex and have had to offer the customer huge cash settlements when they have been sued. Just to be clear, urnex literally gives the esophagus a chemical burn and who knows what else…
healthypenguins 1 points 1y ago
Seems far less likely that someone is going to serve urnex from a steaming pitcher in the dish sink than from a coffee urn being cleaned, and we do that all the time.
istolehannah 1 points 1y ago
No kidding. But if you urnex the urns correctly, it’s at the back sink with the thing that blocks the spout. Either that or after hours during clean play. The point I’m making is, use chemicals only as directed and error on the side of caution and you won’t have ANY issues.
healthypenguins 1 points 1y ago
That's fair. I used unauthorized cleaning methods a lot. I only teach them to the baristas I trust though.
drowninginristretto 1 points 1y ago
This is what the store resources says
No-Pearl000 3 points 1y ago
we clean our pitchers every night and put them through hobart 😳
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Altruistic_Deer_7756 1 points 1y ago
Soak in the blue soap & then hoboart with Dezcal during the descaling cycle. That is the Ecosure standard.
cuntfartz 1 points 1y ago
Urnex is amazing. I used to fill a couple cubes up to the line with boiling water and split a packet between them. Milk steaming cups, spoons-- anything stained would get a soak and look brand new after.
TrueFondue 1 points 1y ago
thank you for this!! do the stores normally carry the packets of urnexs?
cuntfartz 1 points 1y ago
They should, some clean play tasks use them
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