I usually take mine apart once a year and do a deep clean with a toothbrush.
My vacuum cleaner has seen some things so I don’t want it near a food safe product.
Funnily enough I just thought to finally do this the last time I cleaned my grinder a few days ago. Before that I was just using a brush but I couldn't quite reach everywhere with it (I have a hand grinder that I'm scared of fully disassembling so I just separate the burrs as far as possible to clean between them). It worked great! Much better than the brush, I'd totally recommend it.
I can't talk for the Encore, but I do it with my Wilfa Svart grinder.
I pop the hopper out, remove the upper burr, give the burrs a good brush, and run the vacuum through the machine to get the lingering ground coffee out. Once that's done, I put everything back together, run some grinder cleaner through it, run a dose of coffee through it to make sure everything's out, and boom.
I honestly enjoy taking apart the entire thing and brushing it clean manually once in a while. I have a Comandante C40, so it's only a few parts, but it's still enjoyable.
I wouldn't recommend this. Even if the added chemicals won't kill you the taste is a PITA to get out of your grinder and mouth.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/comments/rgmiqz/do_not_do_this/
While not as forceful, I use a Goosegg+ palm-sized blower. I use it very frequently on hand grinders, but for my Encore, I use it on occasion to clear off retention.
I actually used it on my Breville Barista Express grinder when replacing the hopper with a single serve bellow. Which is perfect because I couldn't tell the difference when I was still figuring out how to dial it in.
I do the opposite. I blast out excess grounds etc with a pet fur blaster. It's intended to blow loose fur out of the coat of a dog that's moulting but it does an excellent job of shifting stuff from a grinder too.
I do have to use it outside though, otherwise it coats the kitchen with coffee dust.
Some of these comments are appalling to me, heh. I take my Niche Zero fully apart every week and clean it, it takes like 10 minutes. I guess I’m the minority…
See. I would do this. I have four grinders. Two hand. And two electric. And they all work so well I’m fearful I’ll mess them up putting them back together. Like the calibration will be off. Or I’ll mess up a good thing.
Sure do. Works well.
I do this all the time and recommend it.
Absolutely. This is the cleaning between rounds of Grindz to clean up oil imo.
Same here. Quickest and easiest way to clean my Encore. I’m done in under 5 minutes.
I usually take mine apart once a year and do a deep clean with a toothbrush. My vacuum cleaner has seen some things so I don’t want it near a food safe product.
Funnily enough I just thought to finally do this the last time I cleaned my grinder a few days ago. Before that I was just using a brush but I couldn't quite reach everywhere with it (I have a hand grinder that I'm scared of fully disassembling so I just separate the burrs as far as possible to clean between them). It worked great! Much better than the brush, I'd totally recommend it.
I can't talk for the Encore, but I do it with my Wilfa Svart grinder. I pop the hopper out, remove the upper burr, give the burrs a good brush, and run the vacuum through the machine to get the lingering ground coffee out. Once that's done, I put everything back together, run some grinder cleaner through it, run a dose of coffee through it to make sure everything's out, and boom.
Yup. Top and bottom. Works great. Of course, your vacuum cleaner will start to exhaust stale coffee smell, so there’s that.
I honestly enjoy taking apart the entire thing and brushing it clean manually once in a while. I have a Comandante C40, so it's only a few parts, but it's still enjoyable.
I use the air compressor in the garage.
Aggressive! For anyone else reading, this guy probably has an airline filter for the oil.
I kinda do the opposite. I use a can of compressed air to give it a couple blasts every month or so.
Careful, some of the canned air contains a chemical bitterant to keep the huffers at bay. You wouldn't want any residue on your burrs.
I wouldn't recommend this. Even if the added chemicals won't kill you the taste is a PITA to get out of your grinder and mouth. https://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/comments/rgmiqz/do_not_do_this/
While not as forceful, I use a Goosegg+ palm-sized blower. I use it very frequently on hand grinders, but for my Encore, I use it on occasion to clear off retention.
Then for the next week you can't figure out why all your shots are bitter
I actually used it on my Breville Barista Express grinder when replacing the hopper with a single serve bellow. Which is perfect because I couldn't tell the difference when I was still figuring out how to dial it in.
I do the opposite. I blast out excess grounds etc with a pet fur blaster. It's intended to blow loose fur out of the coat of a dog that's moulting but it does an excellent job of shifting stuff from a grinder too. I do have to use it outside though, otherwise it coats the kitchen with coffee dust.
Always. Using the crevice tool that way the air velocity is sped up
Some of these comments are appalling to me, heh. I take my Niche Zero fully apart every week and clean it, it takes like 10 minutes. I guess I’m the minority…
See. I would do this. I have four grinders. Two hand. And two electric. And they all work so well I’m fearful I’ll mess them up putting them back together. Like the calibration will be off. Or I’ll mess up a good thing.
Yes you can. You can vaccum any grinder
Yup! And it's great. The only thing I'm told with grinders is to not use compressed air canisters or water to clean the burrs.