How to Clean and Disassemble the Eureka Mignon Espresso Grinder
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- Routine grinder cleaning for the Eureka Mignon line of espresso grinders.
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Basically all correct here, but it helps to give the grinder a couple of knocks with your hand on the side, to make the coffee in the shoot drop out. Also good to have a long/thin brush to clean the shoot from the front up. But there's a metal bar array in there at the top (can be seen with a flashlight). Do not damage that. But it is a replacement part, just in case.
What's left out here, pro tip: if you turn the burrs when opened, you'll find a lot of coffee at the bottom of the burrs. For that, and also the coffee around the screws in the burrs (top and bottom: 3), use toothpicks. Also helps to turn the grinder upside down and knocking any coffee out.
Super useful ! I've had my Eureka Mignon Classic for about a month (I love it) and was beginning to wonder about how to clean it.
They're really bulletproof grinders. Let us know if you have any questions!
@@clivecoffee Thank you for this video!
Thanks so much
Help!!
I just cleaned out (actually not 100% clean still) my Eureka Oro Single Dose today. The manual was terrible because it didn't tell you how to open the top part.
Anyway, when i first setup this machine, the manual asked me to tighten the screw to secure the hooper. before cleaning today, I removed the screw completely.
the problem now is that I cannot tighten that screw, its very lose even i tried many things. I suspected that i might dropped a washer or something.
any idea? also, i don't see that you tighten that screw in your video.
thanks!
We don't recommend the use of this screw. The rubber gasket keeps to hopper well enough in place.
Ironically my Eureka just bound up. Perfect timing on this and runs perfect now. Beans I use on the oily side and had accidentally ground a large batch of beans that made it bind up. I do notice chute gets accumulated grounds over time. Will clean more often now.
Thoughts on using compressed air for this?
That all depends on how much you like cleaning up a fine mist of coffee grinds covering your entire work area...
@@jasonthorpe3470 Thanks for the reply! I was going to take the grinder outside to clean it. I'm curious if it will hurt the machine?
I've had mine for 3 years, cleaned out many times. Today the motor won't even attempt to turn on, I took it apart as gave it a thorough cleaning but no joy. Wonld have expected this machine to last longer.
Sometimes, coffee can get on the connections at the bottom of the grinder during cleaning. I would skip to step 3 in this KBA: support.clivecoffee.com/en/eureka-mignon-motor-spins-in-reverse and get some compressed air.
I thought I had the same, then noticed a humming noise and investigation showed it getting very hot, cos jammed. Unfortunately I forgot about the anti-clumping thing and shoved a chopstick up the chute to clear it, so it works but I'm gonna have to replace that bit...
I wish that second camera was used for top down shots not side shots.
Noted! Thanks.
Is it the same for the Eureka Mignon Libra?😊
it sure is!
How does this manual cleaning compare to using urnex grindz?
With the Grindz you're hoping to loosen old coffe and "rinsing it out" by pure mechanical movement/sticking of particles, the process here removes, or tries to, remove any particles that are there. If done correctly, everything is clean and no coffee remains are left.
@@mignav464 Thank you.
Grindz is good in a pinch, but a deeper cleaning is necessary depending on frequency of use, if your grinder is jammed, etc.
@@clivecoffee thank you
How do you unscrew at 1:47? Tried to unscrew but the screw stripped...
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The screw on the burr chamber no joke 😅 taking me forever to unscrew them
How often do you need to clean?
It depends on your use case. Most folks will have to deep clean every 4-8 months.
So what was the ph1 for?
Looks like it was not needed afterall.
Good afternoon. My coffee grinder did not give me a portion of coffee, counted down the time, stopped and turned off. Now she shows no signs of life. what could it be? Thank you.
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You end the video by saying "now all we need to do is dial it in...". So is the grind setting changed by the disassembly and cleaning process? Thanks.
A bit, because there's no build up left on the burrs. But it doesn't matter, just go towards "finer" until you hear the burrs touching, there's your (new) zero.
Your grind setting does not change becuase only the bottom burr is moved by the grind adjustment dial. However, since you just removed grounds from the burr chamber and chute it could have an impact on grind speed, and you may need to make small adjustments.
I cleaned mine two days ago and i wish i didn't.
Grind settings have changed drastically while I didn't even open the lower burs. The worse part is the coffee taste is so weird nothing like the espresso i have been making for months. In so confused why this happened and what to do
@@warrior_of_kastamonu3738 Sounds like you just need to make some adjustments! It's good that you cleaned it, you don't want it to be all gunked up for years.
@@warrior_of_kastamonu3738 Just find the new "zero", so until you hear the burrs touch, and start re-dialing in your espresso. No way around it. Not cleaning is no option.
I thought the whole point of electric grinders was the convenience... But you have to worry about all that too? Great way to start the morning needing to vaccum your overpriced grinder👍.
You only need to do this, IF you jam your grinder or if you want to deep clean it. No one does this every day, and we don't encourage that.