PSA: My grinder was making a weird clicking sound for a month

I thought it was just a loose bean or something, but it turned out to be a tiny piece of a broken burr that had chipped off (I must have hit a rock or something). It took me literally four weeks of ignoring it before I finally took the whole thing apart and found the culprit. Has anyone else had a grinder burr chip on them, and is it a sign I need a replacement set?

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shane_morgan22d ago

Four weeks of that sound would have driven me insane.

mila_murphy22d ago

Honestly, the worst part isn't the noise itself. It's the total loss of control over your own space. Your home stops being a place you can relax, and turns into a source of constant stress. That psychological grind is what really breaks people, not just the decibel level. You start feeling trapped.

ray64322d ago

Get some good earplugs, the kind with a high noise reduction rating. Pair them with a white noise machine on your nightstand. It drowns out the sharp edges of the sound so you can actually sleep.