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I have had a zassenhaus grinder for 25 to 30 years now and the pot metal cap has worn its hexagon hole out so it is hard to remove the cap to refill.
Should I stick with what I have liked and buy another? Chances are I won't live long enough to wear another out. Or does any one have a recommendation of another brand?
I do like the crank handle and like my grind on the course side.
Until I had children, I had a Peugeot pepper mill that was fantastic. I bought it second hand and had it for a long time. It got broken and at the time we did not have that kind of coin to drop on a pepper mill. If I saw another in a shop I’d be all over that these days. At the lodge I used to work at, the mill was Trudeau. Also a nice mill.
I just looked into this a couple of months ago because our Peugeot stopped working properly, and I doubt we'll be eligible for the lifetime warranty. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but will probably go for the Cole & Mason Ardingly because I like the more classic style. Other finalists in my search were the Zassenhaus, the Unicorn Magnum, and the PepperMate pepper mills.
I saw many good reviews for the Peugeot mill. Most of theirs don't have the crank handle that i like and that may be more important the older I get. Were you able to get a course grind from the one yo had?
I will have to look up the Trudeau ones.
Thanks for all the ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by joelkerr
Cole and Mason
I should add that I like the Peugeot mill that we have, and am kind of bummed that it's not working like it used to, even after a thorough cleaning. Like anything with moving parts, they will degrade over time. After looking into it more thoroughly, I decided against another Peugeot because apparently the burrs in their newer mills wear down fairly quickly, more quickly than the older ones (I don't think this has been empirically proven, however, maybe it's just hearsay). This shouldn't be a big deal if you keep the warranty information, since they offer a lifetime warranty. But I figure that if I'm going to buy a new mill anyways, I'd like to try something different. After all, if variety is the spice the of life, then what better place to start than the spice grinder, right? (please don't ban me from the forum for that terrible joke)
Tim, I've used one similar to this since 2017 for grinding black peppercorns, however it isn't available anymore. with that said, I'm 90% sure this is the same thing.It's fully adjustable, easy to use and will quickly make a LOT of ground pepper and so far doesn't show any signs of wearing out.
I highly recommend it. :tu
https://www.amazon.com/JavaPresse-Gr...7072626&sr=8-3
I have a Skeppshult which is cast iron and wood with a ceramic mechanism. I expect it to last forever. It's made in Sweden.
WOW. I guess I have a lot to learn about Peper Mills. I like a coarse grind. I bought a nice kit to make my own. Stainless grinder. Still haven't gotten to it yet.
Keep the warranty information for my pepper grinder?:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by joelkerr
One interesting thing mentioned here is that when I was younger I could not afford most of the "lifetime" products and I used them up.
Now that I have the ability to afford these things my "lifetime" is much shorter....:rofl2:
Mine was a small counter top mill. Almost like a coffee mill, but smaller. I’m thinking that I may try my hand crank coffee mill, it doesn’t get used for coffee anymore. And yes I could adjust the grind.
My son once asked me about buying pre-ground black pepper and I showed him my current grinder and how it would produce a wide spectrum of sizes and he asked me about 'cracked pepper' so I took a few pepper corns out of the grinder and put them on my cutting board and then took my chef knife and laid the side of the blade against one of the corns and gently applied some pressure with my hand until I felt/and heard the 'crack'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I then repeated it with the rest of the corns. He thought that it was pretty cool that I could make such big pieces of pepper with only a knife,pepper corns and a cutting board.
Sounds like a great idea but i would clean it good before using it for a spice grinder.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
You don't want the coffee to interfere with your pepper taste!
My wife uses a small coffee grinder (electric) for grinding spices. But I think a crank handle would be more to my liking for a pepper mill.
The kit i bought is stainless steel for innered and walnut wood. Now that the weather is warming up some i need to start looking at design shapes so i have something to shoot for.
I've been using 3 Turkish coffee mills for 30 years. Black, white and green pepper.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog