Antistatic wiper strings on HG One?

HG One grinder

On the HG One web site, Craig from HG One mentions that a user in Los Angeles has figured out a wiper to help get the grinds out of the grinder easily without static electricity causing the grinds to stick to all and everything.

I never have trouble with this static electricity phenomenon, because I put just two or three drops of water on the beans with a pipette, before grinding. It is highly effective and prevents any static electricity complication.

Still I enjoyed trying this new trick of sticking one (or in my case, four) super strong mini magnets on the inner burr bottom and hanging metal strings on them.

I used 20 grams of Vietnamese robusta beans that I roasted yesterday as I suspected these could be highly susceptible to static electricity and they did not disappoint me.

Without the water droplets, they stuck on everything.

Static clinging of grinds

A fur of coffee grinds

Then on to the high power magnets and metal strings.

Super strong tiny magnets

Hanging metal strings on the magnets

Ready to wipe

Alas, in my case this did not make any difference.


So back to water droplets! No problem.