Cleaning Your Grinder With Grindz

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[@continms]

Do you recommend adjusting the grinder to it’s coursest setting or is it ok to keep it at the current setting?

[@farrajhussaini3222]

For ppl who don't work in coffee shops or a commercial coffee setting: grindz is dope. I can definitely see using minute rice as a household alternative, but there's a reason it's super popular in cafes, it's not a scam lmao

[@michealpersicko9531]

I wouldn't use rice it's really hard on ur burrs. Grindz is formulated to mimic the size and hardness of coffee beans.

[@ColtJustice]

@@michealpersicko9531 Minute Rice. Pre-cooked rice. The others are definitely too hard. But you can break Minute rice in your hand. It works great for me.

[@ljdelgado]

@@michealpersicko9531 What about whole grain oats? It's tasteless, odorless and relatively soft.

[@HandcraftedHound]

Question for you: for those who like every last bean of our coffee to go into our brew, could we just take apart the grinder and hand-clean it again instead of flushing the grinder with coffee? Especially if the next bag we open is a half-pound of a high-end small-lot coffee...definitely don't want residue from old beans messing with the flavor, nor do we want to sacrifice nearly a fourth of the bag to the garbage!

[@jacquesguillotte3270]

If I want to store for awhile my old grinder and I clean the burr with this starch based product, is there any risk sanitary wise ? Can I leave this product, as it is on the burr, and not worry about reusing eventually my old grinder ? Thank you for giving me an answer.

[@peterdecicco9673]

confused can u use in the mix the grinds

[@matheusbrandao474]

The main question: what Grindz is made of?

[@gmzatx]

Can I use grindz with my Breville Touch?

[@alwaysandforever5935]

Hi there, how bout the grind setting should i use for this cleaning process, thanks

[@alexanderal002]

Hi! I know I'm not the folks from the channel but I run a coffee shop and we use these. I generally have folks run grindz on the finest setting so the burrs are closest together, then run the beans on a more normal setting. If I remember correctly, Urnex doesn't give specific instructions for your question, but this has worked well for our purposes!

[@spamcan9208]

According to their website product page and their KZbin video you use a medium setting.

[@gosman949]

So we can do this in lieu of taking the grinder apart and giving it a good clean?

[@NoZenith]

As long as you don't have build up I don't see what the problem would be. Some Grinders have a tendency to hold stale grounds and create a greasy residue around the burrs ( I have almost no experience just seen it when I've helped people clean their ears because I'm stupid and helpful and get into the messy stuff) I could see occasional using this stuff could really help keep that build up to a minimum

[@brian.harman]

This is not an alternative to taking your grinder apart and cleaning it imo. Coffee gets built up in the smallest places and taking it apart and cleaning it right will give your grinder a longer life, and give you more quality espresso or coffee.

[@gosman949]

@@brian.harman correct, but this is a quick clean when you are in a hurry. I would use every other cleaning.

[@lauwe54]

Thank you great tip

[@larsonl6376]

can this be used to clean a Comandante manual grinder? i use medium to dark roast for espresso and it makes the inside (unground coffee) of the grinder oily.

[@Ac-he6eu]

I don’t see how that even does anything? It just runs straight through! Can someone explain how it actually cleans the grinder?

[@jeremiah2499]

The pellets are used to get rid of the oil residue left on the burrs that builds up over time from grinding coffee. This left over oil can degrade the quality and consistency of your ground coffee. These are especially good for grinders used for darker and more oily coffees.

[@elainezameret6716]

​@@andreakhaid It is corn. So it is a bit absorbent. I think!

[@mhrock8639]

I'm using Grindz and can vouch they certainly get rid of the oils. I bought some cheap coffee to test a coffee machine out. My girlfriend put it through my grinder and then all of a sudden all my gourmet coffee that I ran through it tasted like that cheap coffee. It was disgusting. So, I bought some of these, ran them through, gave it a thorough clean and now my coffee tastes like my coffee again!

[@katyornok63]

What's an ideal setting for the burrs when doing this cleaning?

[@tnykuuh]

medium grind. Basically the middle of the grind setting range of your machine.

[@MercedesMechanic]

would this work to keep the grinder on top of the Capresso Team Pro Plus clean of dark roast bean oil?

[@brian.harman]

If grinders retain bean grounds then it would retain this stuff, even a miniscule amount would freak me out. Get to know your grinder personally, and take it apart, clean it right and it will last you longer. It also cost nothing but time, you may even learn something from the process!

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

there are so many things to concern oneself in life, freaking out over some miniscule amount of starch pellet... nope.

[@brian.harman]

@@elizabethheyenga9277 I don't use it, so I don't have to worry about it, and my grinder is still in immaculate condition.

[@kubilaytuncer3723]

It's just corn starch that absorbs the oils and grinds away the coffee residue. It's food safe. You could even eat the pellets. This process is not a substitute for taking apart your grinder. You should still do that to remove large coffee buil ups. But taking it apart and cleaning it with a dry brush only removes the leftover coffee particles but doesn't remove the oil residue. You need the grindz for that. See it like a supplement for your cleaning routine. Unless you use water and detergent. But you shouldn't do that in my opinion. Since exposing the grinder to water can deteriorate the metal. Also soap residue and perfume can leave unwanted tastes. And when not properly dried, the coffee grind will build up even more. Removing large coffee grind buil ups by taking the grinder apart and manually brushing away with a dry brush and then using the grindz to remove the oils is the best way to go in my opinion.

[@workofthelord5918]

Used this in my rocket Faustino and it stopped working. I click to grind the beans and the motor doesn’t even spin…

[@gordanbabic8028]

so you "clean" it with grindz and then you run a batch of stale coffee through it 😂

[@spamcan9208]

It's wasteful and doesn't make sense. It's really not that hard to clean a grinder.

[@Cenot4ph]

It's to clean the oils which are much harder to clean hence this product is useful

[@MrDarren690]

These cleaners work best for professional grinders where it's more difficult to access the burrs directly.

[@ann_angelic2218]

@@MrDarren690yeah and as someone who doesn’t wanna risk taking my grinder apart and loosing a piece of something. This is more convenient to get the areas I can’t reach

[@stooge81]

It's all about removing the old oils from the grinder, which definitely build up over time and can go rancid or impart a bad taste to your fresh beans. It's such a small investment and it's a time saver.

[@ptz0n]

Why not use rice?

[@HandcraftedHound]

Rice is way too tough for a coffee grinder; for higher-end brands like Baratza, it will actually void the warranty! 😬

[@jphotos336]

And coffee beans are soft? Lol

[@kenroman777]

I use rice and it works fine ..

[@asimplefarmer]

Rice is terrible for grinders. It’s harder than roasted coffee and can wear your grinder down.

[@tomgillespie4191]

I used rice before and it literally broke my grinder.

[@theunknownlady4247]

@@asimplefarmer I am glad to know this. I was about to ask about the pros & cons when using rice.

[@asimplefarmer]

@@theunknownlady4247 I’ve heard mixed things with instant rice, but Grindz is pretty cheap and you honestly don’t use much when cleaning for home use. Plus grinds is essentially pressed corn meal or something into pill form so it’s biodegradable.

[@kenroman777]

@@tomgillespie4191 Wow..I have used it many times but I have a cheap/inexpensive capresso infinity that turns basmati to powder..

[@spamcan9208]

Absolutely not. I don't have old beans because I actually drink my coffee and only order what I need. You might as well grind up money. And now you have stale coffee being retained in the machine that will add itself to the fresh coffee you grind.