Do you clean your grinder?

the beer revolu

I got a notion to clean my Rancillio Rocky yesterday as it occurred to me that in the 5 years I have it, I've never actually cleaned it.

So, I took off the hopper and removed the top burr and cleaned everything. The amount of coffee grinds, gunk, resin and crap in there was shocking.

Next job is a simple mod to make it stepless - I just need a couple of bits.

So, do people clean their grinders and if so, how often?

ArrBee

Never cleaned mine in about 7yrs. Maybe I should.

Kurooi

Never occurred to me... Grinder is pushing 3 years now...

the beer revolu

I think you should 😜

Kurooi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121710223#Comment_121710223

At this point I'd just traumatize myself....

2011abc

Manual / hand grinder I do every 1-4 weeks .Could be placebo effect but doing that and /or new Brita kettle water filter to me makes noticeble difference to pourover quality

alec76

I do clean my grinders and also service my car regularly, I know some people just don’t bother:)

Krusty_Clown

Absolutely! Every 4-5 months. My grinder is around 15 years old and used to sit in a coffee shop, grinding thousands of doses a day. Still works like new. Usually try to get through the grinder, espresso machine and roaster in the same weekend.

fullstop

Yes, about once a year.

Hodors Appletart

yeah, every few months

ballyharpat

yeah about twice a year.

3d4life

Not before I came across this thread 😌

Planet X

Prompted me also…….could be 3-4 years. Gave it the vacuum cleaner etc etc. A lot of build up blockage in shoot ……she’s suckin’ diesel now.

9jamie

I grind about 1-2 shots a day, few times a week, Eureka Mignon MCI which is set up as no retention, inclined with a bellows. I clean it out maybe twice a year - I find because of the lack of retention with my setup, the only part that needs cleaning is underneath the burr housing. Fortunately, I don't find 'cooked coffee', but I have seen this pretty bad on other grinders and it's absolutely necessary to clean grinders that accumulate and bake coffee, particularly those using hoppers.

cbreeze

I've a little Krups one which I clean every time I use it. It's easy because the blade is accessible