Can you use this grinder to crush rosemary leaves and fennel seed?
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Have not tried it for that yet...I will make a note and try it this week, and let you know. Kathy did you know you can get rosemary in powder form on Amazon...I love it...Just in case you are interested. I have both Fennel Seed and Rosemary leaves in my larder. Will try it this week.
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I don't think you can use it for rosemary leaves but any type of seed. I use it for flax seeds which are extremely hard seeds and it works great.
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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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Hello, I used this grinder for coffee beans, Green Cardamom, and other stuff, it works fine, i am happy with this product, i went through 2 different brands but since I found this one I am pleased with it, I recommend this grinder. I hope i was able to help you.
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If you're going to use an electric grinder for your ...herbs... I suggest a smaller handheld-style grinder, this type : http://i.imgur.com/foRBisx.jpg - almost no waste. The Cuisinart is full of moving parts for powder and leaves to get stuck.
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Yes, you be able to use it to grind seeds. The blades are close enough together to be used for that.
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I don't think it would be good for that. its light weight plastic. I would just use a bench grinder for that.
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I'm not sure how sturdy your herbs are, but I use mine to grind coffee and that's a pretty tough substance. Be careful, however, not to densely pack the grinder and pulse it to grind. Don't overload it and then jam down on the buttons. That's a sure recipe for failure.
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Yes - I use it exclusively for grinding flax seed. In fact, I find that this unit grinds the flax seeds into a finer powder than the "pre-ground" flax seed that you can buy at the store.
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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.
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Seems to work best for larger hard seeds like pepper corns. Have not tried to grind the seeds you listed but i have tried to grind fennel. Most of the fennel seeds fall through without getting touched by the grinder. I imagine the same would happen to the small seeds you want to grind. You may need to get a mortar and pestal or try one of those electric gadgets that grinds coffee beans.
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I would not recommend using fine seeds like chia maybe poppy or flax...they will diffently grind them to a very fine powder..I use the grinders for very coarse spices like Rosemary,oregano, etc. if you are interested in using them for spices I wouldn't purchase anything but this item, it grinds so fine you don't need to use allot while cooking and if you are bbq'ing the spices doesn't burn before the food is cooked.I hope this works.
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I would say yes but I'd use a masonry grinder. This is used for smoothing surfaces.
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You won't hurt the machine, but some seeds - like flax - and small beans, etc will contain so much oil that the machine would need very frequent cleaning. Burr grinders are all, by nature, more complex and difficult to disassemble and clean than blade "grinders" which I think would be a better choice. I use a small, much cheaper blade grinder for flax, turns seeds into 3-4 tablespoons of fine powder in seconds and requires NO disassembly to clean. It even powders peppercorns....
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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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Yes. The product will work just fine for coffee bean grinding. I use it to produce snus which is a powdered form of tobacco dip. In fact, you can use it to produce cayenne pepper power, etc. as well.
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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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The instruction booklet states to use this to only grind roasted coffee beans. It further states, "Grinding other substances, such as nuts, spices or unroasted beans may dull the blade and cause poor grinding or injury."