how fine can it grind cardamom ?
1114098
I'm not using this grinder. Switched to a Cuisinart model and this one works very well with all hard nuts and spices
1984601
Depends how much quantity and what you are grinding. Something soft like soaked lentils it can easily grind 5-6 cups and soaked idli rice 3-4 cups. I don't run it continuously more than an hour. Hope this helps...
372080
I have not tried it on spices but I've thought about it. My guess is it would work fine as long as the material you are grinding is not much larger than a coffee bean. Coffee beans feed easily into the grinder and the mechanism pulls the beans down evenly so the grinding action is very smooth on coffee beans.
334255
We have not tried that yet. This was for my husband, and so far he has only done a medium/fine grind.
334253
It is a fine product. I have used it for fine grind in my Turkish Coffee Ibrik all the way to more course grind coffee. It comes with instructions in the box when shipped. I use it everyday and would highly recommend it.
1968089
Yes, but grind it coarse first, then fine if wanted. Coffee beans are a little sticky.
1439518
It works fine in my relatively cheap hand grinder. It grinds clean. I have some oily Celtic Gray salt that clogs, but this never has.
1231097
I have ground Quinia, Millet, Armiroth (sp), Rice, Flax Seed and other small seeds/grains with my mill. Poppy seeds are tiny black spheres so in my opinion they would grind well but likely slowly. As I am thinking that you would not be grinding a huge amount of Poppy seeds this is likely a good mill for the task as it cleans up so easily. The main problem I see is with OILY seeds such as "sunflower" that do tend to gum up the steel burs.
577218
Spices should be ground with a bladed grinder, herbs should be done by hand, and nutmeg should be ground by rasp. So - I wouldn't recommend using this burr grinder as you asked.
32141
gee, I never thought about grinding saffron, its so fine and wispy to begin with. Well the mortar and pestle fit nicely in the bowl for grinding pepper corns & coriander seeds which is mainly what I use it for. the mushroom pestle fits nicely for this but I don't think the tolerances are close enough to grind something as fine as saffron. I have another mini mortar and pestle of more traditional shape - don't remember how I acquired it but the bowl is about 2 dia. I bet that would work. Maybe look for mini M&P.;
2264959
fine to coarse, mine stopped working after a month, could not return, no repair center, after I bought the Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill, still works great after 6 months, spend the extra money and save your self from this grinder, its a dud...happy fathers day
2092916
I have been using this grinder for several months - I will grind as finely as you wish. It runs and has an automatic "off". If you want it more fine - run it longer. Whether the fine setting is correct or not is a matter of preference. It will grind very fine. I hope this helps.
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I've ground a pretty wide variety of peppercorns through this mill (ada banyak variasi di Indonesia). And this is the best peppermill that I have ever used in that respect. It feeds well and the blades are as sharp as day one. My only complaint is that it grinds less finely than you would expect for a fine mill. I can only wonder what the coarse mill does, just crack them?
1245818
It depends on how fine you want to grind it. The dual blade coarse grinds and I mostly use it for coffee and nuts. I use the four blades for spices when I want something finely ground. I hope this helps.
1956079
Yes indeed, this will crack the hull of the grains. The grind can be adjusted. Although maybe not to powder or fine enough for coffee - depends how fine / course you need...
1065310
The settings for grinding are 2,4,6,8 and 10 cups. If you put in enough water for one cup and set it on two for grinding it might be a little strong.
409129
One cup of water will fill this cup to the brim, so I would say its grinding capacity is about half that. Do not grind really hard things with this grinder, like pills, because it wasn't made for that and it will burn out the motor. I learned that that hard way, and had to buy a new one.