Wait, people clean these?!

[tossingpenniesinthepool]

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? 😅

I have fairly low standards and even I clean mine...

Mine is metal so I just bang the bits off

When I had glass ones I washed them....occasionally

Been in my house 23 years, no I don't think I have ever washed the tea or sugar caddy out.
I do wipe round the top of the tea caddy once in a while. Am I less of a heathen now?

Wait, people have canisters for these things?

Well not often but yes they have been cleaned....

As above, not every week, but every month or so, yes.

We use glass coffee jars for our tea, sugar... So they got cleaned out before filling them. But we refill before they're empty so, no, they don't get cleaned other than a wipe on the outside.

I don’t have the canisters, so that saves me a job.

Hides under a cushion. Every month or so?
I am such a sloven

@Theunamedcat me too!!
Surely washing them will get bits of coffee or sugar stuck, or a teabag wet? No matter how well you dry them, I don't believe they dry properly fast enough to refill

I clean them

I only clean the sugar one, as sometimes people get drips in it and so it needs cleaning out properly. Tea and coffee ones no.

I clean them, but only the outside

yes i do when the canister is empty i wash it before i fill it again so not all 3 together

Mine are ceramic so they can go in the dishwasher - except for the lids. I just put them in every time they are empty (I do have a couple of spares though).

Mine are never empty, I refill as I shop, maybe this is the issue.

Yeah me too, crusted on sugar is grim !

I wipe the outside once or twice a year.

I dishwash mine every now and again.

Had mine.. and the sugar within for 7 years and not cleaned inside
I don't use sugar so...

Mine are stainless steel and go in the dishwasher…occasionally

Wow. You lot are posh. Having canisters, never mind cleaning them! My sugar is in the original packet out of reach on the top shelf. Although, my Nescafé instant comes in a glass container. Does that count?

Instant coffee stays in the can it can in so only wash that before recycling

Proper coffee I keep in a Kilmer jar and I wash that out before refilling if it's a different coffee to avoid blurring the taste

Tea jar I clean every few months as I find you get a build up of tea "dust" which clings to a bag then makes your cuppa look a bit weird

I have a big jar of Ringtons instant coffee. Jar gets recycled. Sugar is a glass jar, I wash inside occasionally. Tea canister never.

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! :)