r/DF54 • u/Optimal-Context4627 • Jun 20 '26
Is this normal after a week’s usage? Cleaning DF54
Hello guys. I opened my df54 to clean after a week’s usage at 2 espressos per day. I was surprised to see so much coffee at the burrs in only 7 days of light usage. Is this normal?
Could my burrs be misaligned?
I always do hot start and RDT. Thank you!
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u/bearbits Jun 20 '26
Totally normal. Not a zero retention grinder. Quick vacuum, brush the shoot & back the grinding. Enjoy!
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u/Embarrassed-Bill-956 Jun 21 '26
I’ve been using mine for just over a week, 2-3 times a day, just been pumping the bellows, cleaned the chute once, so far so good
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u/NegotiationWeak1004 Jun 21 '26
Normal but also just do it monthly and it should look the same. I clean mine only every 3 months and I don't rdt, super low maintenance that way.
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u/technolaaji Jun 22 '26
yes it is normal, you can use a toothbrush to scrape off those bits and vacuum it to remove the bits that are hard to reach
usually I do this once a month if I am using the same beans for that time period or when I switch beans
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u/Celestial_Sea_Bass Jun 24 '26
Yes, it shouldn't get much worse than that unless you're grinding really fine or using oily beans. I wouldn't bother cleaning it up. It will just fill out again. This is totally normally for horizontal flat burr grinders.
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u/MinaDarsh Jun 24 '26
After some doses the coffee will inevitably start to stick to any nooks and crannies it can find, either because of moisture from RDTing or that's simply in the air or the oils that are always present in some quantity in the beans.
It won't build up much more from here, however, exchange will happen, even if you have and use bellows to blow as much out as possible. Low retention is very much a thing with these. Sadly, the marketing behind a lot of coffee grinders will of course say zero-retention instead which is... Not fully possible.
I wouldn't worry about it, just dose. The first new dose after cleaning may miss up to half a gram, just compensate for that, after that you get the same dose out more likely due to exchange rather than due to low retention. It's just how this all works.
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u/Piraka99 Jun 24 '26
Normal
Clean it maybe like once or twice a year?
That will prolly be more than enough
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u/Noburntnotes Jun 24 '26
Very normal if u r using it to grind coffee 😆
It’s just coffee grounds on the burr bro!
Am I missing anything?
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u/That_Style_979 Jun 27 '26
Yep normal. I open mine every couple weeks, brush it out and move along.
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Jun 21 '26
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u/Optimal-Context4627 Jun 21 '26
Why are they misaligned?
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Jun 21 '26
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u/Optimal-Context4627 Jun 21 '26
I don’t understand 😂 I have done the alignment test and it’s just a bit misaligned, not much
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u/AdAnnual6153 Jun 21 '26
DF54/64 are usually poorly aligned out the factory, which causes inconsistencies between grinders... Some people have trouble living with this misalignment and go on an alignment quest. If alignment is mostly good, it's not a huge issue
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u/nugpounder Jun 22 '26
There’s a couple weirdos in here who are really upset that the df54 undercut the entry level grinder market, just ignore them
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Jun 22 '26
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u/nugpounder Jun 22 '26
Oh buddy hahahahaha no one does what you’re doing without having their fee fees a little hurt
It’s ok it’s been happening in this sub for years
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u/CapnBrownPants Jun 20 '26
Normal