Place about 1 2 cup of white rice into the grinder and cycle through at the finest setting if your grinder has a hopper remove it and use your brush to get any hard to reach areas then wipe with the damp cloth.
How to clean manual ceramic coffee grinder.
Dust off excess grounds every day wipe out the hopper and grind chamber every 1 to 2 weeks.
Here is the step by step instructions on how to clean a burr coffee grinder.
Reassemble the coffee grinder.
Fortunately this is super easy to do.
This would further clean out any remaining coffee grounds and most importantly soak up all the oils in the burrs.
Call it general coffee machine maintenance.
There are many grinder cleaner pellets like urnez grindz capresso s cleangrind grinder cleaner you could order online or purchase in malls near you.
Run the grinder cleaner pellets through the grinder.
Just as important as learning how to use a manual coffee grinder is learning how to clean it.
Conventional wisdom says to clean your grinder about once a week but in practice it depends on how much coffee you drink and how much you use the machine.
But if you are a daily coffee drinker then you need to also clean your coffee machine daily even if it s not a deep clean.
In this short video our in house barista will show you how to disassemble clean your coffee grinder to prepare it for your next grinding session.
Finding the smaller parts if they move around would be a nightmare.
Next turn on the grinder and let it grind the rice for up to 1 minute which will soak up any oil or residue in the machine.
Rub all the surfaces of the coffee grinder with the cleaning paste.
Dip the paper towel into the baking soda mixture and scoop a decent amount into the grinder.
Get a washcloth wet with clean water and wipe away all of the baking soda residue until clean.
You can then use the q tip to lightly scrub the micro grounds and oils off the smaller parts.