Metallic taste in SS, Suggestions?

[Lynn]

I bought some double-walled stainless steel tumblers that I thought would be perfect for the chuck box / picnic basket, but I’ve washed ‘em several times and can’t get rid of the ‘metallic’ taste. Any suggestions?

They’re double-walled, insulated, SS inside and out.

 

[jcbrandon]

accidental solution?

I've been using the same insulated stainless coffee mug for nearly nine years. I drink my coffee black and until recently anything else poured into the mug tasted like coffee. Then a houseguest mistakenly put the mug in the dishwasher. This removed the coffee color from the steel and, to my surprise, now even filtered water doesn't pick up any taste.

I know most insulated steel things are not supposed to go in the dishwasher. But mine seems to be none the worse for its trip. Even its plastic handle seems to have survived just fine.

 

[Lynn]

Thanks jcbrandon,


I've tried hand washing, and one trip through the dishwasher. These are actually marked as dishwasher safe.

I'll try another trip through. Maybe on the potscrubber setting...

 

[jcbrandon]

I think in my case the extended exposure to coffee eliminated the metallic taste. Then the dishwasher eliminated the coffee taste.

 

[Scenic WonderRunner]

I would try using Lemons.

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http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/Lemons-are-Not-Just-for-Lemonade.52005

http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/10-Great-Household-Uses-of-Lemon-Skin.52010

"Remove Unpleasant Odor From Bowls and Cutleries
By putting a few slices of lemon skin into the bowl that is to be washed along with some lukewarm water, (you also put a few slices of orange skin or vinegar into it as well), the lemon skin can actually relive the odor from the bowl. Likewise, by rubbing lemon skin onto knives and the chopping board, the fishy smell from them would be gone. Boiling lemon skin in water can also wash away the unpleasant smell".