Quick Tip: Clean Your Coffee Grinder With Rice
Coffee grinders make a mean cup of Joe, but did you know they can also be used to create potpourri, dry herbs and turn bread into crumbs? That’s right – your coffee grinder can pull double-duty!
But, how do you keep your dry herbs from tasting like coffee beans? Uncooked rice to the rescue! Tossing a handful of rice in your grinder will absorb stale odors and clean out residual grounds and oil so it’s fresh for its next job. Plus, it only takes about 5 minutes to freshen your grinder.
Here’s how to clean your coffee or spice grinder with rice:
But, how do you keep your dry herbs from tasting like coffee beans? Uncooked rice to the rescue! Tossing a handful of rice in your grinder will absorb stale odors and clean out residual grounds and oil so it’s fresh for its next job. Plus, it only takes about 5 minutes to freshen your grinder.
Here’s how to clean your coffee or spice grinder with rice:
Coffee grinders make a mean cup of Joe, but did you know they can also be used to create potpourri, dry herbs and turn bread into crumbs? That’s right – your coffee grinder can pull double-duty!
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Published October 1st, 2014 3:18 PM
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Jenny Pepper on Jun 07, 2015
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Armando Cefai on Jun 15, 2017
The use of rice in a salt shaker is to absorb the dampness. -
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