Coffee Machine

The office coffee machine broke. I need coffee. It's a simple drip filter machine that only cost about 15 quid but there a principle at stake here. It was obviously blocked,.Descaling didn't help, and nor did taking the feed tube off the top, so it's got to come apart. First problem is the bottom is held on with triangular recess screws. An old screwdriver plus a bench grinder solved that problem. After that getting at the inlet was easy enough. There is a small valve in the inlet spigot. Sucking and blowing on the tube showed it was not working. After a little trial and error, it turns out to be easy to push out from the reservoir side with a piece of wire. At that point, a lump of paper towel fell out of the hole. Job done.