Wait, people clean these?!

tossingpenniesinthepool · 2023-06-29T12:32:17+00:00

Just browsing online for new tea, coffee and sugar canisters. One review said how great they were because they were easy to clean.... Clean? People clean these? I'm fairly sure the sugar at the bottom of mine has been in there a good few years, unless my weekly shake and refill and dislodged the little bits that stick to the edge. Am I the only one? Will my nan be disappointed? 😅

UndercoverCop · 01/07/2023 18:58

Coffee stays in on the jar in the cupboard or fresh ground in the bag in the fridge once open. Tea bags live in a tin by the kettle shake the tea dust out occasionally. We have a sugar bowl with a lid and that goes through the dishwasher when it's empty before it's refilled with no one in this house takes sugar so that's not very often!

DanceMonster · 01/07/2023 18:56

And I think the PP’s judgement about Truvia was in response to your judgemental tone re anyone who drinks tea, uses sugar or (gasps in horror) drinks instant coffee 🤷🏻‍♀️

DanceMonster · 01/07/2023 18:55

Quveas · 01/07/2023 17:14

Perhaps you should look up the other stuff on the Internet. My DIABETIC sister was advised to use this for MEDICAL reasons. It is not addictive, it is formed from natural sugars and alcohols ( just not sugar which is bad for diabetics), and what you choose to ingest may one day also be dictated by medical requirements rather than preference.

And humans have been eating stuff that's bad for them for millenia. "Natural" and "good for you" are not the same thing, and even the best natural things can kill or injure you. You know, like sugar being really bad for diabetics? Because the side effects of sugar are rather grim.

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She said ‘additive’, not ‘addictive’

Quveas · 01/07/2023 17:14

DeanElderberry · 01/07/2023 15:20

@Quveas If you've never heard of it, how would you know it is a "highly processed food addictive"?

Because I was curious and looked it up on the internet. The side effects sound grim, and I would not choose to ingest such a thing. Sugar ( a natural food) is bad for you if eaten in excess, like everything else, but humans have been eating sugars for millennia.

Perhaps you should look up the other stuff on the Internet. My DIABETIC sister was advised to use this for MEDICAL reasons. It is not addictive, it is formed from natural sugars and alcohols ( just not sugar which is bad for diabetics), and what you choose to ingest may one day also be dictated by medical requirements rather than preference.

And humans have been eating stuff that's bad for them for millenia. "Natural" and "good for you" are not the same thing, and even the best natural things can kill or injure you. You know, like sugar being really bad for diabetics? Because the side effects of sugar are rather grim.

Susandorothy22 · 01/07/2023 16:20

I always wash them when empty, usually in the dw, dry in airing cupboard before re-filling.
I do have one spare to use whilst this process is happening.
Btw, mine are all a similar colour, mis-matched lidded pots, found in charity shops, I like the ‘bohemian’ look!

I also have glass storage jars, with ground glass lids, you may remember them from the 70’s. I use them for dried fruits and pulses. Clean as above when empty.

oh dear, am I obsessive?

DeanElderberry · 01/07/2023 15:20

@Quveas If you've never heard of it, how would you know it is a "highly processed food addictive"?

Because I was curious and looked it up on the internet. The side effects sound grim, and I would not choose to ingest such a thing. Sugar ( a natural food) is bad for you if eaten in excess, like everything else, but humans have been eating sugars for millennia.

Quveas · 01/07/2023 14:40

DeanElderberry · 01/07/2023 09:24

I'd never heard of Truvia. Like many of these highly processed food additives, it sounds a bit dodgy - I think I'll stick to sugar.

If you've never heard of it, how would you know it is a "highly processed food addictive"? In fact it is much better for people with diabetes (which is why I have it - I don't have diabetes, but the reason I got it was for someone who does). I don't take sugar, and broadly eat nothing sweet - because sugar is as bad for you. Sugar intake contributes to higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease — and are all linked to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Of course, like anything else, it depends on how much you have in your diet. But anything is "dodgy" including "natural foods".

Roxy69 · 01/07/2023 13:18

JollyMollyPolly · 29/06/2023 13:46

I wash mine every time they are empty before refilling. Wipe the outside and underneath most days when I wipe the worktops. I might be in the minority! :)

I do this too, so you are fine.

Conkersinautumn · 01/07/2023 10:00

Kitchen isn't clean if I don't? !

T1Dmama · 01/07/2023 09:59

As soon as the coffee / tea bag runs out it’s washed, left to dry overnight and then refilled.
Our sugar one never actually has sugar in as it’s not used in this house.
But yes all get washed regularly.

DeanElderberry · 01/07/2023 09:24

I'd never heard of Truvia. Like many of these highly processed food additives, it sounds a bit dodgy - I think I'll stick to sugar.

Quveas · 01/07/2023 08:48

I don't drink tea and know nobody who does (although there are probably a couple of tea bags in the back of the cupboard somewhere) so no tea canister. I don't use sugar and don't know anybody who does, but there is a jar of truvia just in case there's a need (I think it may be 2 years old, perhaps I should think about a new one?). And yuck, just yuck... do people really not burr their coffee straight from bean to cafetiere? So no coffee canister.....

DeanElderberry · 01/07/2023 07:52

A bit of terracotta flower pot in with the sugar slows down the lumpification process no end. Probably a good idea to wash the flowerpot bit before you put it in with the sugar.

Lakeland used to sell cutesy terracotta objets that did the same job.

ShineOnBrightly · 30/06/2023 23:05

Rinse with boiling water and leave to dry

BooksAndHooks · 30/06/2023 22:12

Coffee, gets washed before being refilled, so fairly regularly. The sugar we barely use it’s mainly the window cleaner and the occasional sugar on porridge so rarely gets cleaned as the jar is not often empty.

Grannytwoshoes · 30/06/2023 21:59

Mmmm, tea caddy has probably gone 25 years without a clean 😵‍💫
Fortunately, I don't use sugar.

DaaamnYoullDo · 30/06/2023 21:46

I wipe the outside when I clean the kitchen sides but not the inside.

Emotionalsupportviper · 30/06/2023 21:42

NeverDropYourMooncup · 30/06/2023 18:29

Ours is, too. Every 3-4 years, the lump of solidifed sugar comes out and after it's been bashed about to get enough for the single spoonful that's needed for a visitor, it generally gets replaced with another soon-to-be brick.

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Justontherightsideofnormal · 30/06/2023 20:12

Tea bags in box, coffee in the tin it comes in and sugar in the original bag....... I am so scrape the barrel low 😂

VeneziaJ · 30/06/2023 19:48

Coffee ones inside and out probably once a month but the tea one never inside as I just put the foil from the box straight in and lift out when empty.

user1472151176 · 30/06/2023 19:39

I wash mine occasionally. When I say occasionally I mean years between each clean

OhmygodDont · 30/06/2023 19:02

I have those clear tub type ones with the seal and yup they get washed between every refill so we run them empty.

Rightnowstraightaway · 30/06/2023 19:00

Never wash ours. They are never empty.

Lifechange2020 · 30/06/2023 19:00

Never cleaned mine. Didn’t know it was a thing. Feel a bit of a slattern now.

Devastateddaughter · 30/06/2023 18:49

I have 'show' canisters and keep the tea , coffee and sugar in the cupboard , in their original packaging.