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Thread Number: 81760
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Sanitizing a used coffee grinder |
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| Post# 1057707 1/15/2020 at 19:05 (1,560 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 I've got a second hand coffee grinder (one of those cheap ones with a blade that spins around a cup holding coffee beans--the style one sees everywhere). I'd like to use it, but I'm wondering about if there is a way of sanitizing it without harming the coffee grinder. It is, as I say, second hand, and who knows where it was or what it was used for previously.
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Post# 1057709 , Reply# 1 1/15/2020 at 19:38 (1,560 days old) by jamiel  (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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| Post# 1057733 , Reply# 2 1/15/2020 at 21:18 (1,560 days old) by sarahperdue (Alabama) | ||
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Post# 1057736 , Reply# 3 1/15/2020 at 21:39 (1,560 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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| Post# 1057737 , Reply# 4 1/15/2020 at 22:44 (1,560 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Listen to Eddie! Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 1057753 , Reply# 5 1/16/2020 at 02:55 (1,560 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Have purchased several of those whirly gig grinders 
Over years, Braun brand mostly.
Just wipe down insides with a clean barely cloth. You can use some type of soap/liquid detergent in water that dampens cloth, but make sure no residue remains. Otherwise your coffee will taste like dish detergent. *LOL* Quite honestly if going to use grinder to make coffee, the resulting hot water should be more than enough to kill off most nasty things. | ||
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Post# 1057777 , Reply# 6 1/16/2020 at 10:22 (1,559 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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I`d go with the rubbing alcohol and I`d use loads of it.
Suppose from a rational point of view it wouldn`t even be necessary to wash hands after using the toilet and then preparing food as long as the food gets thoroughly cooked. But I`m not always a rational person, sometimes I just listen to my guts instead because it makes me feel better this way. | ||
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Post# 1057796 , Reply# 7 1/16/2020 at 15:28 (1,559 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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We're talking about a grinder here
So unless it has been used for purposes other than grinding coffee, nuts, spices, etc... there shouldn't be a huge issue with "germs". Well other than what normally can be found on or inside certain things.
Have a Bodum coffee grinder that hasn't been "washed" ever. When empty of beans simply refill with fresh; no one has become ill, died or otherwise suffered harm. | ||
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Post# 1057813 , Reply# 8 1/16/2020 at 17:31 (1,559 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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The point is how do you know what a used grinder of unknown origin has been used for so far.
Did it come from a roach infested hoarder or is it from a rather clean and caring person? This is not about refilling our own coffee grinders without washing it before. How can you tell when you buy used stuff at a flea market, thrift store or Ebay? | ||
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Post# 1057814 , Reply# 9 1/16/2020 at 17:49 (1,559 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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The original question was also how to sanitize a used coffee grinder, not how to just clean it. Rubbing alcohol won’t cause any damage to the wiring because it evaporates within seconds. When I was a Cosmetologist rubbing alcohol is what we were trained to use to sanitize a comb for instance that may have been dropped on the floor, razor blades, scissors and electric clipper blades.
Stefan makes a valid point in that who knows what may have been used in the appliance by the previous owner. I use mine to grind marijuana in preparation to decarb it and then make canna butter to make my own pot edibles. If I was going to use this grinder again for grinding coffee I wouldn’t want the oils from the pot to contaminate the flavor of coffee ground in it. I believe that rubbing alcohol would remove any rancid oil residue, where just a dampened cloth with water and detergent may not. And stale coffee oil residue will certainly become rancid over time. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1057883 , Reply# 10 1/17/2020 at 09:15 (1,558 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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There are some fascinating pieces of equipment called ozone generators that could be used in a closed space to dry-disinfect pieces of equipment that can't get wet. They come indifferent sizes and prices. Amazon has them. | ||
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Post# 1057895 , Reply# 12 1/17/2020 at 10:53 (1,558 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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