I've mentioned this before in passing, but it was new info to several seasoned members when I brought it up in a recent discussion. These little silicone prep bowls fit snugly around the collar of a pre-hopper-aware Super Jolly's burr carrier. After you grind your single dose, you can put it on and give it good firm push, maybe two. It pushes enough air through the burr chamber to flush most if not all the grounds out the chute and into the doser. If you're lazy you can put it in place before grinding and it will keep your beans inside the grinder, although it will do less to reduce the effects of pop-corning than a tamper. I haven't confirmed this, but my suspicion based on basic use is that it will actually clear some of the grounds residing in the burr chamber that sweeping doesn't touch.



This idea exists in some other products, notable the little black rocket shaped bellows. The thing is that these bowls are 4 for $5, and work really really well on an SJ. Effectiveness with other grinders varies. I had to find much larger bowls to get similar results on a Compak. This doesn't work at all on my Anfims.

Thanks for the tip. I'd like to try it out but didn't see them listed on the World Market site. Did purchase these at World Market?

I think I got mine at OE(can't find 'em at their site) and I've seen them at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Silicone-P ... 00080FPZM/. Mine are used to weigh out my dose and then to pour into the grinder. Then it goes under the pf on the Versalab and when the pf is removed, it catches some grinds and then I flush the grinder into the bowl and add it all to the pf.

Marvin

Here they are:

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/sili ... et-of-4.do

Thank you all for the info. I'm gonna rush out and try it on the ol' SJ.

This is fantastic. I put my super jolly away cause of the retention. It's the main reason I switched to a Pharos (then I was met with the magic things done inside conical burrs). I'll have to pick these up. If it works, I'll be putting the jolly back on the bar for secondary grinding.


If you have video of this action, I would enjoy it.

russel wrote:This idea exists in some other products, notable the little black rocket shaped bellows.

For those who are wondering, see Grinder Cleaning Blower:

FYI - just found these exact silicone prep bowls in the dollar bin at Target. Pack of two for a buck.

Pete

HB wrote:For those who are wondering, see Grinder Cleaning Blower:

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Those Rocket air blowers are as essential to my every day coffee prep as coffee itself!

For what it's worth, I just posted this about another World Market product that's even better than the Silicone Prep bowls.