Will this mill work for grinding roasted spices?
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Hello, Thank you for your email. Normally the Country Living Mill will not grind spices because of their oil content and sometimes they are to fibrous. If you would like to send us the spices in question we could test them for you. Please send your samples to: Pleasant Hill Grain 210 South 1st Street P.O. Box 7 Hampton, NE. 68843 1-800-321-1073 ext. 229 Please include your name, address, and phone number. Thank you, Michelle
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It will work if you reduce the air pressure thus reducing the RPM. I use mine for sanding and polishing a lot and do not want it running at it's full RPM because it' to fast. That quickly destroys sanding and polishing disks. I generally use it around 35 to 40 psi which of course requires less CFM. My compressor is very large so CFM is not an issue. I have a small 6 gal pancake compressor for my nail guns etc. I'll hook up the grinder today and report back how it performs.
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I have not attempted to use this grinder for cinnamon sticks and unless the cinnamon sticks were reduced to small pieces about the size of pepper corns I can not imagine it working. I use a small coffee grinder for those sort of grindings.
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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.
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Hi, I think it could grind spices, but it would also depend on the amount of spices you want to grind. Even though the container is not that big, you might need good portion of spices for it to work. Hopefully this will help.
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I have only used it for grinding dry spices/herbs (and it works very well for this). Cumin seeds, whole dried chiles, sugar into powdered sugar, peppercorns. It's done everything I have needed. I have not ground fresh herbs or garlic and would personally not do so unless someone else tried it with their first. ;)
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Get a coffee bean grinder for that. I got a cheap little white one from Amazon here: Proctor Silex E160BY Fresh Grind Coffee Grinder, White . Works beautifully. It will grind your spices into a powder if you leave it on for too long! Just be sure you use it for spices or dry herbs. Fresh herbs are too wet, and will clump up.
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It should work fine. Haven't tried it myself. But it works for different size grinds.
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I haven't used it for anything except pepper. But, this seems to be a fairly good quality grinder and the size of the grind can be adjusted which might be useful for different types of spices.
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I am using mine for salt and pepper but you have to make sure that it is a fine grind, not coarse.
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I've used it for corn, wheat and cinnamon ( bark). I've found its a very good small-batch mill, but the production speed is slow enough that large batches should be done on a dedicated mill. Also, plan on two-staging your grind for best results. Also, I have experienced no problems what-so-ever mechanically, and it is VERY easy to clean.
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I don't think so, depending on the amount you plan to grind, for small amount how about mortar and pestle and large a good blender. The one your checking on is made for nutmeg.
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although I haven't tried it yet, I did do a lot of reading before I purchased it. It should grind nuts, grains, and dried beans. We purchased it for emergency use. I own an electric wheat grinder.
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Ive used it for seeds ... not the cinnamon maybe if you broke them up so not as long. I tend to use grinders for pepper and use coffee mills Not the burr type or mortar for the rest of my spices so they can be more cleaned up . Which would be almost impossible with this grinder.
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Yes i have used it for grinding sesame, nutmeg, cinnamon, red whole chillies, coriander seeds, cashews etc. Grinds all of them to fine powder. Though I have never ground walnuts, I believe that the grinder will be able grind walnuts too.
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It will indeed. Please be mindful that the volume you can place in it is limited; it certainly more attractive than an electric burr grinder.
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Yes, this grinder should be able to handle the course pink Himalayan salt. I use mine for sea salt and Alaea Red Hawaiian Salt.