Ha ha ha.

I just have 2 brushes. One like the middle one you have with the orange bit - I use this for end of day routine - brushing work top, levtamp, OCD tool etc.

I also have group head brush that I only really use for burrs as I have espazzola group head cleaner.

 

Trigger would be proud,haha

 

Can see you have my old denture brush there, don't you love up-cycling.

 

Ha ha ha.

I just have 2 brushes. One like the middle one you have with the orange bit - I use this for end of day routine - brushing work top, levtamp, OCD tool etc.

I also have group head brush that I only really use for burrs as I have espazzola group head cleaner.

How do you deal with mess left in the portafilter after knocking the puck out? Rarely for me it's one piece, dry and intact. Just like the loo... But opposite... "oh hh.. I didn't need toilet paper[emoji41]"

BTW, is Espanozza thing recommended?

Can see you have my old denture brush there, don't you love up-cycling.

[emoji32]...

Sorry, someone else's toothbrush is bad enough. Someone else's old denture brush gives me the creeps..

(BTW, I use it to clean out the thread when I remove the top burr carrier. Extra fine and soft bristle for those super fine threads)

 

I always clean the basket (naked pf) under the tap with water and then dry it thoroughly after every shot.

Yeah is a good bit of kit, works well and is easy to clean - can go in dishwasher

 

Wow! That is some collection. Two here, one for the pf and a hand brush for sweeping grinds into the drawer.

I wanted a clean brush the other day for something, we didn't have one anywhere. Plenty of disgusting, paint-set ones. There is something about brushes and keeping them - I bet there's a name for it!

 

and I thought I was crazy with 7

but I use just 3 now, one very soft goat-hair flat 2,5 cm wide to clean the basket's rim, one medium-stiff round with small diameter to clean the grinders and catch cups and Pällo steamy wanda with its stiff bristles for the steam wand and for general cleaning with Puly

 

Group head brush, check. The rest seem fussy bollockyfoo to be frank.

 

I have to admit the silicone one is a very good idea

 

To round it up to a nice even number you need one of these :-

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232314413224

Cheap and cheerful way to get the muck out the grove where the portafilter lugs slot into the group, also can push a nylon scouring pad dipped in puly around to do an extra deep clean of those hard to reach areas without getting burnt!

 

Here are mine:

Grinder brush; Pallo and Cafelat group brushes, secret weapon Scandinavian worktop dustpan and brush.

 

Blimey, that's a lot of brushes. Just the three for me:

One dry, for clearing the chute, funnel & throat of the SJ.

One standard cleaning brush for the group.

One toothbrush for greased threads.

 

I just have a group head brush and a Giotto rocket blower (which I bought for cleaning my digital camera sensor, but it works really well as a burr and chute degunkifier)

 

What's this Swiss brush for then?

 

@Obnic

I have no idea! Any hints or clues?

If this was found in my xmas stocking, and whoever gave it to me didn't tell me what to do with it, I would either a) give the in-between the toes a good scrub with it, or b) clean my barbecue grill with it.

It is the oddest brush I've seen...

 

My girls call it the gruffalos mascara brush.

You're not far off with the grill cleaning idea. The brushes are soft like horsehair though not stiff.

 

What's this Swiss brush for then?

Easy, for cleaning of the venetian blinds

 

Easy, for cleaning of the venetian blinds

[emoji106] snow/sun blinds on the outside of the house but yes. So Swiss.

 

[emoji106] snow/sun blinds on the outside of the house but yes. So Swiss.

On the outside - I wasn't expecting that!

 

On the outside - I wasn't expecting that!

Yes. They are all motorized and when you shut them all at the same time it does feel a bit like you're in Hugo Drax's lair.

 

But the whole mechanism is exposed to the elements. Weird approach, why not just stick them inside???

 

But the whole mechanism is exposed to the elements. Weird approach, why not just stick them inside???

Because of the isolation! If the sunbeams are inside, they heat up air. Even when you have the blinds shut. (The air first heats up, gets trapped between the shutters and the window, rises and eventually still gets in the room.) When the blinds are outside the air inside does not get heated up nearly as much.

 

Brushes: Cafelat round grouphead brush, the original brush from my Rancilio Sylvia (the same as the ones from the Bezzera and the Vesuvius) and a version with an extra bend and relief so water would not get on your hands (does NOT function as advertised) and a never-been-used-to-paint brush to clean the grinder etc.

 

Because of the isolation! If the sunbeams are inside, they heat up air. Even when you have the blinds shut. (The air first heats up, gets trapped between the shutters and the window, rises and eventually still gets in the room.) When the blinds are outside the air inside does not get heated up nearly as much.

Ah ha.. That makes sense.

I just assumed they were snow blinds, to stop snow build up onto the window/glass. (I heard Swiss... Massive assumption, but I thought "Swiss alps = loads of snow")

 

Been reading people's responses. Here are my observations..

A) hardly anyone mentions portafilter brush.. Is this because people use towel to clean out the basket? Quite often, after the Knockout, wettish sludge remains partly stuck (hence the brush for me). What am I doing wrong here..

B) yes, I had a feeling, but now confirmed that I do have too many brushes.

C) to combat the (B) problem, I've started to streamline...by combining them! Gave the silicon a haircut too. It works better than before, but now I have my eyes on the small silicon cake Spatula..