can a grain mill be using for grinding coffee?

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We have a metal grain mill.Can it be successfully used for grinding coffee[ drip grind]?

-- karl bechler (kbechler@frontiernet.net), December 08, 1999

Answers

Sure, Years ago when I lived in Branchport we had a Corona grain mill, we found out that it was too big a pain to grind grain so we used it for coffee. If at some time later you want to grid wheat you will have to do a good clean up to rid the grinder of the oils from the coffee. We have a grain grinder that Sandy bought last year, (for the just incase) and I have been thinking about getting it out for coffee. I gues you would not want to use a stone grinder tho.

-- Bob Henderson (redgate@echoweb.net), December 08, 1999.

Years ago I scored an old coffee grinder that came out of an A&P. Remember those? Heavy duty machine that works well but if you want flour consistancy you have to run it thru more than once.

-- john leake (natlivent@pcpros.net), December 09, 1999.

You sure can, but a decent electric coffee grinder (if you're on the grid) only costs about 10 bucks or so. I have found that the electric coffee grinder not only does a good job on coffee, but is versatile for other uses. When pan frying fish (especially trout, at a temp that ALMOST has the oil smoking), corn meal run through the grinder to make it almost a powder makes a superb coating. Also, we raise a few of our own home grown chicks, either mom-hen or incubator hatched. Don't want to buy a whole bag of chick feed, so running regular lay pellets through the coffee grinder gives the chicks fine feed for their first couple of weeks or so. Works for us! But I agree - nothing better than fresh ground coffee to get the old bod going in the morning!

-- Brad Traver (homefixer@mix-net.net), December 10, 1999.

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