tompoland thank you, but why? For the same reasons as mentioned in the article?

The problem with rice is it’s not coffee…

  • hard, it’s smaller and really rushes into the grinder putting a far greater strain on components
  • doesn’t break up like coffee, again causing a lot of drag on a high speed grinder
  • Has no oils in it
  • I’m not sure it seasons the burrs in the same way as coffee would.

For me rice has always been a no no…(same with Grindz)

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      Rice can potentially be used. But it’s actually not ‘normal’ rice.
      It’s ‘minute rice’ which is pre-cooked rice that has been dried out.

      There isn’t really a similar product in the UK, we have have some par-boiled/easy cook rice. But this still isn’t treated quite like minute rice which seems unique.

      Note the par boiled rice we have still takes 10-15 mins to cook unlike the 5 minutes of ‘minute’ rice.

      End up, the rice you might get here is likely too hard and may damage the burrs.

      As others have said season with cheap aldi coffee or similar.

      DavecUK Dave can you tell me more about cleaning grinders without grindz or caffetto type stuff? Is it simply a matter of removing burrs and vacuum and wiping?

          tompoland Yes, I remove the burr carriers, leaving the burrs on the carriers….if you do have to remove the burr from a carrier, it’s usually the bottom one on many makes.

          I then vacuum and brush out the grinder chamber, wiping with a clean dry Microfibre cloth…if it smells good, I’m happy. You can use some 90%+ Isopropyl alcohol to help with this if you want, although coffee oils are not removed fantastically by organic solvents like alcohol.

          With the burrs, in or out of the carriers, I brush them with a stiffish clean toothbrush bought for the purpose (no multicolours or rubber gum massaging bits, just a bog standard medium to firm toothbrush cheaper the better..You can optionally use a bit of isopropyl alcohol on the burrs. and brush.

          When clean reassemble and grind yourself a double shot, perhaps 2 straight away.

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            I never thought of using alcohol. sorta worried it would damage the coating or surface of the burrs. I assume it doesn’t from your experience since you’re still doing it. maybe I shall start doing that. Used cafetto pellets for a while but I feel they make more of a mess than anything. And some retained bits may exchange into your coffee even after grinding sacrificial beans through. Sawdust coffee, ugh..

              hthec I never thought of using alcohol. sorta worried it would damage the coating or surface of the burrs. I

              It has to be like 90%, plus isopropyl, and only if I have any, otherwise I dry brush. Alcohol is a non polar solvent, so not great for cleaning certain things. E.g coffee splash from a naked portafilter for on a drip tray is cleaned far better with water. Coffee burrs rust in it’s presence. Hence the grind 2 shots, so super clean burrs don’t rust in the atmospheres moisture.

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