What should I do if the bean grinder gets stuck? Can the coffee grinder be washed with water? How to remove the knife head of the bean grinder? How to clean and maintain Ek43?

Coffee beans aside, if you want to make a cup of coffee, then the bean grinder will be a very key role. Whether the ground coffee powder is uniform and whether the fine powder is excessive or not largely determines the final coffee performance. Of course, we can not ignore the impact of the quality of the bean grinder itself, but in addition, the cleaning and maintenance of the bean mill is also very important. Because if there is no timely cleaning, then the best quality bean grinder is easy to be scrapped.

We may not see anything different from the appearance of the machine, but as long as we take apart the bean grinder, we can find that there is a certain amount of coffee powder hidden in every corner. As we all know, the bean grinder has the probability to trigger the phenomenon of eating powder in the process of grinding. The so-called eating flour means that the bean thrown in and ground weighs 15 grams, but the flour weighs only 14.x grams.

This is caused by several reasons, one is that there is a certain activity space within the scope of the cutter head, and the coffee powder may stay in the grinding chamber because it is not in time or because of inertia after the grinding is completed. The second is due to the influence of electrostatic adsorption, which is caused by constant friction in the grinding process, which makes coffee powder adsorb to the nearest object, which can be either coffee powder or a corner of the bean grinder. When the dry weather comes, the phenomenon of eating flour will become more and more serious. There is also the lipid that spills out of the body after roasting, and the deeper the coffee beans are roasted, the more oil they produce. These oils leave traces on the cutter head during grinding, which not only gives off a smell, but also makes the coffee powder stick to the top.

If we do not remove it in time, these conditions will not only affect the extraction and performance of the next coffee powder, but also bring some hidden dangers to the knife head health of the bean grinder. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the cleaning and maintenance of the bean grinder to reduce the impact of residual powder.

Maintenance matters needing attention before grinding We'd better pay attention to two things before grinding coffee beans. The first point is that before grinding coffee beans, we need to start the bean grinder (electric mill) and then throw the beans. Because all machines take a certain amount of time to start, including bean grinders. When we start the bean grinder, the time from rest to steady rotation of the cutter head takes about 0.5 seconds. If we put the beans into the knife head in advance, then the coffee beans will become an obstacle before the knife head starts, because it will increase the resistance.

It will not cause any impact in a short time, but over a long period of time, especially for small household machines, it is easy to produce cutterhead passivation, downtime and other problems. Therefore, we'd better start the bean grinder before throwing beans. The second is "washing and grinding"! We pre-grind several of the same coffee beans before each grinding, because this is to bring out the coffee powder stuck in the gap and prevent the smell.

However, this way of washing and grinding only plays the role of cleaning the foreign body in the gap of the knife head, and the dead corner in the bean grinder and the oil adsorbed on the knife head when grinding beans are all situations that cannot be solved in such a way. Therefore, every once in a while, we need to deeply clean the bean grinder to clean the coffee powder and oil left in the machine, so that the service life of the bean grinder can be extended.

How to deeply clean the bean grinder? There are two ways of deep cleaning, one is a simple version for beginners or friends whose hands-on ability is not strong enough, and the other is a disassembly version that is more suitable for friends with hands-on ability max. As the name implies, the simple version is a very simple way to clean. There is no need to disassemble the bean grinder, we only need to prepare our own cleaning piece of the bean grinder and pour it into the bean grinder for grinding! (all electric and hand mills are applicable)

The cleaning tablets will directly take away the residual oil and coffee powder in the grinding process, so we don't need to take the trouble to dismantle the bean grinder! The use of cleaning tablets is about 40g once, which should be adjusted according to the style of the bean grinder. But there is one thing we need to pay attention to, that is, after this cleaning tablet is cleaned. It will also be like coffee powder, there is some residue in the bean grinder. Therefore, after we finish grinding the cleaning tablets, we also need to put in some coffee beans to wash and grind, which is about twice as much as the cleaning tablets, and then it is best to grind them into 2 or 3 times.

Because you need a large amount of coffee beans, Qianjie suggests that you can prepare some medium and shallow baked beans that have been kept for a long time or that are not so delicious. Deep-baked beans are not recommended. After all, what we need to clean is the stain left by deep-baked beans. When the knife head is cleaned, we will take out the air blowing (it would be better to use the special air blowing of the bean grinder), and the brush will clean up the powder layer attached to the surface and interior of the fuselage.

However, most of the time, the cleaning powder can only be cleaned to the position of the cutter head, so friends with strong hands-on ability can try to remove the bean grinder after the pill cleaning is completed, and then deeply clean the dead corner in the bean grinder (you can also remove it directly. Then clean). In fact, it is not difficult to disassemble, that is, it is easy to put a few more accessories after putting it back. So it is conceivable that it is not difficult to disassemble, but difficult to install. Although the structures of bean grinders of different brands are different, the process of disassembly is roughly the same. Here in front of the street, take Ek43 to demonstrate! First of all, we unplug the power cord and cut off the power supply to ensure personal safety.

Then unscrew the screw located in front of / above the cutter head to remove the cutter head.

Then remove all the parts, take out brushes, cleaning cloths and other tools to clean the parts, the cutter head and the space around the cutter head.

Many friends will wonder whether the knife head can be washed with water, which is feasible, but it is not recommended. Although the cutterhead is mostly made of stainless steel, it is not easy to rust, but it is not easy, not impossible. Therefore, if it can not be dried in time, then washing is not recommended. And when we are done drying, we can reset the cutter head! Remember to install it back in the original way to avoid running out of a few more hardware.

Then the above is a general cleaning and maintenance process of the bean grinder. In fact, it will not be too difficult, in the case of low frequency of use, we can appropriately extend the cleaning interval, such as once a month. If the frequency is high, it can be done about once every half a month.

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