Tried a different way to clean my grinder and it actually worked

Honestly, my grinder was getting all clogged up and my coffee was tasting kinda dusty. I saw a video where a guy said to use uncooked white rice instead of those fancy cleaning tablets. I ran about a quarter cup of rice through it, and it took maybe five minutes. The difference was crazy, the burrs looked way cleaner and my next brew was so much brighter. Has anyone else tried this, or is there a better trick you use?

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olivia_moore14d ago

Hold up, you used uncooked rice? I'm with @patricia_gonzalez on this, that sounds like a terrible idea. Rice is super hard and could totally mess up the alignment of your burrs or even chip them. You might get it clean now but wreck the grinder for good. I just use those little brush tools it came with and give it a good tap out over the trash. Please don't run more rice through it, you're gonna regret it.

lewis.terry14d ago

Oh man, yeah, that's a one-way ticket to a broken grinder. I tried it years ago on a cheap one and it made a horrible noise. Just use the brush.

patricia_gonzalez14d ago

Wait, you used uncooked rice? I've heard of that for blenders, but I always thought it would be way too hard on a grinder's burrs. That just sounds like a recipe for damaging them.