Static Electricity and My Coffee
OK, I've got one of those burr mill coffee grinders. It seems to be doing what it's intended to do. But, the grinding process imparts a lot of static electricity to the grounds. When it's time to transfer them, they like nothing better than to fly around all over the place. Or, paradoxically, adhere to the little plastic box. Annoying and messy.
Short of cranking up the humidity, how can I fix this? Is this one of the unspoken downsides of grinding coffee?
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3 Comments:
The same thing happens to me. If you wait about 15 minutes after grinding, they lose their charge and pour out normally. If I can't wait that long, I just set the grinder to grind a tad more that will offset the amount that sticks in the box. It doesn't amount to very much though.
grampart at 8:44AM on 03/18/07
You might want to try lightly spritzing your beans with some water before grinding them.
Alaina Browne at 6:21PM on 03/18/07
It's just part of using a consumer burr grinder. It's a pain in the butt, but it's better to just throw out the stray grounds than to spritz them which wil (marginally) compromise the flavor.
The other thing you can do is to simply clean your burr grinder much more often. It's a pain, but it's worth it.
djacobs at 10:12PM on 03/18/07