Can this grind sesame seeds and poppy seeds?
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I haven't used mine yet, but I bought it to grind wheat, corn, and heavier grains. I would throw sesame seeds and poppy seeds into my Vitamix to grind them I think. I grind peanuts in my food processor to make peanut butter...I make hummus and grind everything in my food processor, but usually buy my tahini (sesame seeds--sim sim) already ground. I would think unless you were grinding up a huge amount of sesame seeds I'd stick to one of those for grinding. I think they'd gum up the works of the corn grinder unless you stopped before they turned to paste. For tiny amounts of poppy seeds I'd use a coffee grinder (new one, not old fashioned). I haven't used mine yet, but I bought it to grind wheat, corn, and heavier grains. I would throw sesame seeds and poppy seeds into my Vitamix to grind them I think. I grind peanuts in my food processor to make peanut butter...I make hummus and grind everything in my food processor, but usually buy my tahini (sesame seeds--sim sim) already ground. I would think unless you were grinding up a huge amount of sesame seeds I'd stick to one of those for grinding. I think they'd gum up the works of the corn grinder unless you stopped before they turned to paste. For tiny amounts of poppy seeds I'd... » Read More I haven't used mine yet, but I bought it to grind wheat, corn, and heavier grains. I would throw sesame seeds and poppy seeds into my Vitamix to grind them I think. I grind peanuts in my food processor to make peanut butter...I make hummus and grind everything in my food processor, but usually buy my tahini (sesame seeds--sim sim) already ground. I would think unless you were grinding up a huge amount of sesame seeds I'd stick to one of those for grinding. I think they'd gum up the works of the corn grinder unless you stopped before they turned to paste. For tiny amounts of poppy seeds I'd use a coffee grinder (new one, not old fashioned). « Show Less
1244943
Not very successfully! Keep looking for something that will be better for finer seeds, perhaps a vitamix.
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I haven't used mine yet, but I bought it to grind wheat, corn, and heavier grains. I would throw sesame seeds and poppy seeds into my Vitamix to grind them I think. I grind peanuts in my food processor to make peanut butter...I make hummus and grind everything in my food processor, but usually buy my tahini (sesame seeds--sim sim) already ground. I would think unless you were grinding up a huge amount of sesame seeds I'd stick to one of those for grinding. I think they'd gum up the works of the corn grinder unless you stopped before they turned to paste. For tiny amounts of poppy seeds I'd use a coffee grinder (new one, not old fashioned).
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.
1797824
It does not grind sesame seeds, so it it unlikely that it will grind flax seeds. I am now using this as a salt shaker for some Himalayan pink salt. It works fine for this, but of course, salt is easy to grind anyway!
330380
Nice! I haven't tried sesame seeds yet. I imagine there wouldn't be an issue. Anything I've put in the grinder that would be comparable has been ground without issue.
330378
I never tried sesame seeds, but it seems to me that they may have some natural oils in them so may not be really good to grind.
1231099
I think it would split the seeds. I tried using it to grind buckwheat: it ground the seeds but only crumbled the hulls. It did not grind the hulls into to powder. This mill has rows of metal grinding teeth just like a metal file. Seed hulls tend to slide between the teeth instead of being ground.
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No grinding spices unless they were small and hard (like pepper). Nothing 1 or 2 inches would make it inside the grinding opening. The beans have to make several turns before they drop into the grinding area. Great for coffee beans and it would work for peppercorns but I don't see how it could work for something like cinnamon or nutmeg.
955109
Yes, but it will grind them very finely. I use it to grind both coffee and flax seed, and it does a fabulous job. For things that I want a courser grind, I usually use a small food processor that I have.
1011511
I am sorry, I have never tried grinding flaxseed. But I would like to expand on my previous review to add that I have started using pulse on grinding coffee and even with the damp beans it works better.
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I have one of these excellent grinders and, yes, it can be used to grind sprouted grains. I works especially well on hard wheat also...
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Have never used it for the seeds you have listed, but know it will grind coffee beans up to an almost dust.Have enjoyed it, when I do decided to grind coffee beans.
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I have no direct knowledge about whether it will grind flax seeds or not... I only use it to chop veg and it does a wonderful job. But, that being said, I have never tried to pulverize any veg items and am assuming that pulverizing is what you may be looking for. If I had some, I would try for you - but I don't! Update: just ground some of my daughter's croutons (on high, PUREE) and it did pretty well... more or less a coarse grind. So, if you are looking to accomplish that plus chop some veg, it's a dandy little device.
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I have not tried poppy seeds, but my guess is they are too oily. I tried sesame seeds and it just gummed up.
1797248
I've never used it for anything but coffee beans but I imagine you could grind flax seed on a finer setting.
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I haven't tried it with nuts but it could grind pepper to a fine powder with no problem at all.Your only concern is that when you grind nuts too much there comes a point were it turns into paste because of the natural oils like in peanut butte
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I would think so, though I can't see a definte "YES!". But I have heard of all kinds of spices and herbs and things being grind with this mill...!
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Yes. Course grind. If you want to reduce to flour consistency, I would use ceramic with broad pestle