can this grind bayleaf and black pepper
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Sorry, but I haven't tried to. It's a subtle point, but even though this product can grind some items, it's a "blender" not a "grinder." There are other products more well-suited to grinding as a result of a more focused design. I realize we all want to have as few appliances as possible cluttering up our counter-tops; but quite often, in attempting to create one product that does everything, it requires a compromise in its ability to do each of the individual tasks well. And then, the only thing it does well is being one all-purpose appliance. However, as a blender, it's excellent! My only complaint is that it's noisy under certain conditions; but it's ability to blend is so good that it outweighs the inconvenience of a little noise for a few moments.
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I do not know. My pepper grinder is inoperable. You can call the people at Kaloric for assistance..there is an engineer on staff, who may be able to tell you.
200802
I don't think so. We use it with somewhat coarse "restaurant-style" black pepper and it works fine but anything more coarse might be problematic.
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Hello--im not sure this would be the right one for large chunks of pepper. It does fine with the typical peppercorns--and even with those, sometimes i can hear the gears 'pushing through' those. Not that it struggles with regular pepper--but i dont see this model pushing it much further than that. I'd think you would want a manual grinder for that. Hope this helps.
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It would probably not grind fennel, poppy or sesame seeds. It does a great job on fresh herbs.
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I have not tried it, but I would think the way it is built that you should be able to accomplish that. This grinder has several grind settings and does a great job. I am very pleased with it since I purchased it.
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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.
516600
Haven't tried it. One side is marked with a P and the other is marked with an S but if it will grind sea salt it should grind pepper
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I suppose you could grind coffee beans and spices. The blade is certainly sharp. I use it for chopping, blending, and pureeing. I do not find this item light-weight, and the variable speed dial works fine.
907710
No,the grind is so fine, it requires oil to process through grinder. A food processor would give you a dry grind
1778440
I never grind Pepper corn but i think it will work for pepper . I usually use it for groundnuts , Red Chile , Sesame Seed.
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I don't know the answer to your question. I do recommend the the Oxo Good Grips Pepper Grinder. After a year, it's the best grinder I've bought. Trudeau is a common brand that I purchased in the past but they always broke after a year or two.
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To a certain extent yes, by adjusting the knob on the top, and it is a very good pepper grinder. I put a mixture of all colors of pepper (green, red, black, yellow) and it makes for a very aromatic blend.
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It will grind coarse if you don't grind too long.. Not sure why the other reviewer said no. It even says so in the instructions.
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The resulting ground pepper can be adjusted as coarse or as fine as you want. If your goal with specialty peppercorns is to have the small peppercorns ground as well as the larger ones, then you may want to set it to a finer grind. Either way, the grinding blades will definitely catch both peppercorns.
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I have only used it for pepper, but Yes, you can set the grind to quite fine.
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You can definitely grind some spices - I've used it for peppercorns and cloves without a problem. Haven't tried cardamon. I think the only problem would be the small top opening. The middle grinding piece does not come out (I suspect it WILL come out, but I think you would have to use a small wrench), so you have to fit your spices around the middle grinder, which would be a challenge with anything larger than cloves.