Will it do spices, herbs or nutmegs
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Personally, I only use this grinder for coffee. Please see the description for any other food grinding
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This is a true coffee grinder not the chopper type which could be used for herbs spices etc. I would put nothing in this mill other than coffee. For coffee it is excellent
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KitchenAid does not recommend this to be used for spices. I would follow their advice.
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I have never tried it for spices. I'M SURE IT WOULD WORK WELL, BUT MAY LEAVE A SMELL/AFTER TASTE WHEN COFFEE.
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I don't know, it should. We have a separate one for spices because I don't want to clean it over and over. We grind both coffee and spices every day so I guess I'm lazy, LOL.
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I don't think coffee burr grinders are good for spices, for a couple of reasons. First, spices need to be ground much, much finer than coffee. Second, there's no easy way to clean the oils from one spice out of the grinder before doing a different spice. I think a spinning blade grinder is much more appropriate for spices. Or get a burr grinder that is made for spices (ie, a pepper mill), which has a finer burr.
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No. maybe nutmeg, if you want it to smell like coffee. but the nutmeg bean may be too large. this is a serious and efficient coffee grinder, making the small models look like they're made for a play kitchen. I'd save other kitchen duties for the right machine--like the attachments for the cuisinart soup blender. it has a special attachment for spices, herbs and nutmegs.
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I am sure it is more than capable but it would never be able to be used on coffee again
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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.
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The description states "Minces fresh herbs and dried spices", so using it for fresh herbs should be fine and should not void the warranty.
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Yes It Will. I Planted Five 6 Inch Pots In My Garden. The Herbs Are Growing Fast. Keep Watering The Herbs.
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It depends on the shape of the herbs. This thing is two sets of blades; one stationary, one rotates and pushes the material through the fixed ones.
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This blender should work for blending spices, however we always recommending adding some liquid the blender and not just blending dry products.
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It will work fine as a spice grinder as long as you don't try to grind hard spices such as nutmeg or cinnamon. The top half of the grinding bowl is plastic and will break.
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Tyler, thanks for the question. If you want your herbs ground to a 'powder' you are probably better off buying an electric spice/coffee grinder with a very fast spinning blade.
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I am afraid this would not answer your needs. Although the mesh is fine, it is not fine enough for spices. I just tried putting in Chia Tea myself and it shifts out the finer parts of the tea.
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This system is a little big for herbs. Your best bet for herbs and such would be an aerogarden deluxe or something similar.
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I have only used it for fresh herbs and it is AWESOME! I can't imagine why it wouldn't work as well on spices.Be REALLY careful using and cleaning this as the blades are extremely sharp. That is why this works so wonderfully though.
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I've used it to grind nutmeg, and it works pretty well. You need to put more than one nut into the chamber for it to work well (and it gets pretty noisy), but it will grind it up.
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I would think so. I purchased it specifically for the Italian use of spices like basil and or parsley.
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If your main objective is to put spices in a mesh to perfume your stocks, this is not the item to do the best job. Altho' many herbs and spices will stay inside the soupsock, it is way too large for that as a primary use; the soup sock stretches to hold a 5 lb chicken! With this think meats, not herbs. Use cheesecloth cut down to minute size for peppercorns.
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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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I am sure it will. we were at costco and saw demo. they made wheat flour in the blender . did not see more but they had all kind of pulses there so i am sure it can handle any indian spices..was very tempted to buy one.
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I would not recommend this grinder for spices. I tried grinding spices and the second time I used it it stopped working completely and I sent it back for a refund.
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I use it for a combination if crushed red pepper, dried garlic slices, and sea salt. It works well for that.