Wait, people clean these?!

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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? 😅

Yes otherwise the sugar/coffee can build up and stick to the canisters or leave residue.

But then isn't there coffee or tea bags stuck at the bottoms for ever?!

I only have a coffee one as we don’t drink tea or use sugar, but I don’t think I’ve ever cleaned it 😳. I just refill when empty.

Oh dear these threads make me feel very unclean! I’ve never bothered to clean them….

It's the outside that gets dusty, fingerprints, kitchen grease etc. If you have a sugar canister then any dampness e.g. from a spoon will form crusty bits.

I would say a couple of times a year for each of them. We dont use sugar very often so it stays fairly nice in there and just do the coffee/tea one when I notice it.

I was surprised the other day how often people clean the fridge out. I give my shelves a wipe say once a month - people were commenting that they always clean the fridge out every week before the food shop 😅

I thought I was a really clean person too…

I totally understand - too far down to bend 🤣. But you can get long handled dusters … lol

Yeah mine get cleaned regularly…

Mine get cleaned every 1-2 refills so around once a fortnight. Clumping, drips, old grains etc need to be cleaned! The teabag dust especially, you can't just tap it all out. I have the Rae Dunn canisters and they're easy to clean and dry. This is why you can't eat in everyone's kitchen...

I’m too lazy to bother with canisters. Everything stays in its original packets or jars. Sugar gets thrown out and replaced about a year after it’s opened (I write the date on the bag).

Um me too!

Does fishing out the odd labrador hair that occasionally finds it way into the tin constitute "cleaning"? I also give the outside a quick wipe if something splashes on it.

I don't clean them because I don't have them. Useless things that take up unnecessary countertop space

I just buy tea coffee and sugar and keep it in the packet in a wall cabinet- it runs out and a new one gets bought. I do stick the sugar in a Tupperware pot that when it runs out goes through the dishwasher but only because bags of sugar can leak in the cupboard and that stops that - tea and coffee just use the bloody packet it comes in 🤷‍♀️😂

I don’t wash mine. But I don’t wipe my skirting boards either so I might just be slovenly.

I bought the current jars a year ago. I think I’ve washed them once near Christmas in expectation of a very fussy visitor.

I buy loose tea and coffee with a special scoop and occasionally wipe the outside of the the caddy’s, but if the insides were wet then the stuff would go manky.

if I used bags I’d empty the dust out before refilling. Don’t use sugar.

Guilty as charged! Though it depends what it has been used for ( fish never)
DH throws it out regardless, I get quite cross ( though I don’t say anything, because I like it when he cooks and cleans up).

It's only crusted on if people put wet spoons into the sugar.

I have never cleaned ours. There is a chance my husband may have done it, he's the most likely one in our family to be arsed with it. I do wipe the outsides sometimes.

I don’t do the tea or coffee in our household, but I have just asked DH if he cleans out the canisters, and he says yes, when they are empty ( sometimes they just get topped up) ; .we have canisters because we mix our own tea from two sorts, and the ground coffee lives in one as it is less liable to spillage than hoicking it out of the packet.

I’m quite pleased to discover his house keeping protocol, so thanks.

If I lived on my own, my canisters would never need washing because I always use a dry spoon.
Sadly I have to share my space with others who have no sensibilities over these things.

I occasionally put mine in the dishwasher… I mean very, very occasionally

If you never actually empty the canister but refill when it is getting low, you don't get the chance to wash the inside. Use jars for pasta and we refill before they are empty so just realised they very rarely get washed inside (will wipe the outside)

We use sugar lumps so no chance of a wet teaspoon going in. I've cleaned the sugar pot once since we got it. And that was to make sure it didn't have dust from the shop in it.

What on earth are bum hands? 😕 I keep my hands on the end of my arms.