Just discovered the coffee pot has been left on the stove dirty - ie full of left overs - long enough to go mouldy (I rarely use it but put it back on the stove clean, ready for dh. Honest.)
It's the sort made of metal where you put the water in the base, coffee in the middle and heat until water bubbles through coffee into the top compartment, if that makes any sense.
Only problem is the filter is not removable and has a rubber seal round the edges. Is there any way of sterilising it or should we throw it out? So far have washed in hot soapy water and then soaked in boiling, soapy water (from the kettle so really boiling), scrubbed with a sponge and then one of those things you use for cleaning bottles (a big one and one designed for babies' bottles). But I think even a toothbrush wouldn't get into all the crevices where it screws together.
Any advice as to whether it is a health hazard or not v. welcome.