can grind flax seed or chia seed?
289201
I only use mine for coffee beans. I am not sure if this would work well on seeds.
207524
You could try running a wire from the seeds to a kitchen pipe in order to ground the seeds. Alternatively you can also order ground chia seeds, which I assume means they come pre-grounded.
741123
It does well grinding all spices, but roasting flax seeds in a pan prior to grinding them makes a more consistent grind. I will say this is one of the best spice grinders out there, and I have owned a few of them over the years.
49517
I doubt it. They are much larger than flax seeds or chia, and hard as a rock!
1870562
Absolutely! This grinder ROCKS! I have ground flax with it beautifully. I haven't ground sunflower seeds yet (great idea) but I'm confident the grinder would have no problems. Two passes through the grinder is usually what i do. Three if my grain is larger and / or harder.
1294566
Yes, this is ground flaxseed. Too many products make claims about fiber from flaxseed, but unless the seed is ground, it provides little benefit, unless you chew each and every flaxseed. Buy with confidence.
1889718
I have used it a few times and it didn't grind flax seeds as well as I hoped, they are pretty tough and they jump around from the static electricity. Size wise it is appropriate for that abount of flax seeds but it you want a fine grind it won't work that well but its ok for a coarse grind.
63100
We bought it to try to grind flax seeds, but it took so much work, my wife converted it to a pepper mill. It has worked very nicely as a pepper mill for the past 10 years of daily use, but may be having some mechanical difficulties at this point. For the flax seed, we gave up on grinding our own and started buying Bob's Red Mill ground flax seed.
1797249
I tried grinding chia seed. It didn't do well. On a fine setting, the seed didn't go through, and stayed in the grinding burr. Any other settings, and the seed would fall through. I tried grinding the seed on several different settings, with no luck. I think it's too oily for this grinder. Chia is a lot smaller than flax, but they both have a lot of oil.
1305833
I don't know about the chick peas, but the almond and flaxseed I'm sure have too much oil for the grain mill to work properly.I use flaxseed in my wheat bread as the oil and I grind that with a flat blade coffee grinder.
158860
Sorry, haven't tried chia. It was recommended for bigger seeds so they couldn't pass through but it is a fine grade of hemp so it may work. Try emailing the folks at the sprout house.
1051593
I don't see why it wouldn't! It grinds seeds and stems ,it can grind flax seeds.
1762183
I'm not sure, but it seems that the spacing between each blade may be too wide and the tiny little flaxseeds would just fall through. I've never tried to grind flaxseeds, but I went to youtube and found this video (and another one) that showed a coffee grinder doing a fine job.........check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-XdpiZ2-S8
1560748
Yes. You can grind the seeds. I personally use a coffee grinder to grind the seeds, then put them in a drink.
839967
It grinds flax seeds very well, BUT it takes forever to get any amount more than a teaspoon full. A serving of flax seed meal is 2 Tbsp which would require approximately a minute or more of grinding. We use it for peppercorns and use the seldom-used-for-coffee grinder for flax seed.
2000425
It does a reasonable job of grinding flax seed; however, if you want more than a very small amount you will be twisting it for a long time. It takes a lot of work to produce more than a small amount of ground seed.
956998
Yes. You should always grind flax seeds for nutritional value or they you don't get they're nutrients. They just pass through your system whole if you don't grind them, if you get my drift.