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Re: Coffee
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:28 pm
by andyman
I give the grinder a quick clean every couple of bags. It's easy to disassemble.
I use a clean paintbrush and use a squeezable air blower (which is actually for a camera lens) that I got it off ebay for about £1 each.
Amazon is full of "coffee cleaning brushes" that cost a tenner :rolleyes:
Re: Coffee
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:03 pm
by Christopher
jfv wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:01 am
Folks who have burr grinders:
How often do you clean them out?
Maybe I'm just lucky, but my grinder doesn't seem to retain much. Coffee is weighed before and after on the gram scale and if anything remains, it's less of an amount than can even register. Still, maybe once a week I shake the grinder like a crying baby and sweep out the minimal fines with a $2 makeup brush. Boom.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:53 pm
by RyanZ
Garth wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:26 am
RyanZ wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:05 am
jfv wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:01 am
Folks who have burr grinders:
How often do you clean them out?
every few months or so i blow it out with the air compressor and get all the buildup off.
I'd be careful about using a standard out-in-the-garage air compressor on anything that you are ingesting. A lot of them use oil and you could be transferring that into your food. I mean it's probably a teeny-tiny amount and low risk but still given the amount of care a lot of y'all put into your coffee (a burr grinder is not something typical of most households for example), it's something to be aware of.
Good call-never thought of that. I might switch to the electric leaf blower!
Re: Coffee
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:10 pm
by chrisc
brephophagist wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:52 am
jfv wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:01 am
Folks who have burr grinders:
How often do you clean them out?
Every 3-6 months I run 50-100g of those Grindz pellets through it and wipe off what I can see with a dry cloth.
Sweet Maria's sells these and on the for sale page they that uncooked minute rice works just as well.
https://www.sweetmarias.com/brewing/esp ... eaner.html
I couldn't tell a huge difference when I cleaned mine but my grinder also kinda sucks and I didn't know I was supposed to clean it.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:42 am
by zircona1
So I got rid of my Keurig and am switching to pour over. Got an OXO Burr grinder and a gooseneck kettle. Used them for the first time this morning, and so far my coffee tastes stronger and richer. And I can do more than 12oz if I want.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:43 am
by enframed
jfv wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:01 am
Folks who have burr grinders:
How often do you clean them out?
I've never cleaned mine in..oh..10+ years.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:47 am
by enframed
zircona1 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:42 am
So I got rid of my Keurig and am switching to pour over. Got an OXO Burr grinder and a gooseneck kettle. Used them for the first time this morning, and so far my coffee tastes stronger and richer. And I can do more than 12oz if I want.
Keurigs are so terrible. I mean I have never had good coffee from one of those. Nespresso machines on the other hand seem to me to make a damn fine coffee/cafe.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:55 am
by jimmy spako
enframed wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:43 am
jfv wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:01 am
Folks who have burr grinders:
How often do you clean them out?
I've never cleaned mine in..oh..10+ years.
Me neither.
Don't do more than rinse my travel mug either, which I use like a thermos at home as well. Had a nice "patina" going here from the past couple years, but two weeks of US-American tap water managed to disappear it recently with no extra intervention on my part.
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:59 am
by Dave N.
Someone gave me a new grinder for my bday last year. I can’t get a fine enough grind out of it. Is there a method of sharpening without taking it apart?
Edit: Just looked it up. Rice? Really?
Re: Coffee
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:11 am
by penningtron
Do you really need it that fine outside of trying for espresso?
When I upgraded/replaced shot burr grinder last year I had to keep going coarser and coarser in order for my drip coffee to not taste charred and bitter (french press would be even more so though I don't use that much these days). I now have it set maybe 2 notches away from full coarse.