I'd like to achieve a finely ground consistency for my freshly ground spices similar to the texture (but not he taste!) of shop bought ground spices. If I use my normal grinders which either have 2 upright prong type blades or 2 horizontal knife like blades then I do get a a reasonably good texture but there still remains some coarser 'bits'. I've had suggested a coffee burr grinder which would appear to do the job perfectly well provided the spices are perfectly dry. Any hint of moistness howver could cause the grinder to clog up.

Can anybody recommend the 'perfect' spice grinder?

Martin

I bought a normal coffee grinder and found it wasn't brilliant trying to do a few seeds at once.. however if I put the whole mix in (fennel seeds, cumin seeds, cardamons, powdered turmeric, salt etc etc) and give it several good long blitz, shake blitz etc it seems to do a decent job of making a fine enough powder.

there is another post about it somewhere

Steve

found it with a link to another as well

previous spice grinder thread

Steve

My last one went a couple of months ago. I bought this one; http://www.johnlewis.com/230843325/Product.aspx A huge mistake! It is fine for things like coriander, but not garam masala and cumin etc. It is no good for cinnamon. So I bought this one from Debenhams yesterday; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krups-Twin-Blade-Coffee-Mill/dp/B00004SPEU/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url It is cheaper at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krups-Twin-Blade-Coffee-Mill/dp/B00004SPEU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1316066895&sr=1-1 but I had not checked before. Also, I want to look at it before I bought it this time. So had to go to a store.

I have had it once before and it was fine, but the one I had in between, with three choices of thickness of grinding, I can't find any more!

Mine packed up a few months ago and I replaced it with this one http://tinyurl.com/6gbxab5 and it does the job just fine. It has no problems with garam masala and does a good job of cinnamon and other spices.