Has anyone tried grinding chea seeds/ flaxseed in this grinder?
1766275
I bought it to mince small pieces of cooked green beans for my nearly toothless puppy mill mom. I was careful with it, but it just didnt have enough power. It's the perfect size, but just has little power. I resorted to my 30+ y/o mini-jar on my Osterizer blender and it was perfect! Same for my recent powdering of spices for a pasta dish. Worked fine!
1797248
I've never used it for anything but coffee beans but I imagine you could grind flax seed on a finer setting.
1762182
No, it will not grind flax seeds. PS. I love golden flax seeds. Many people assume that the dark brown flax seeds are the only ones available.
839967
It grinds flax seeds very well, BUT it takes forever to get any amount more than a teaspoon full. A serving of flax seed meal is 2 Tbsp which would require approximately a minute or more of grinding. We use it for peppercorns and use the seldom-used-for-coffee grinder for flax seed.
1707987
Haven't tried it, but some nuts don't grind all that easily so I'm really wary of how hard you would have to work to get coffee beans through there.
1244944
I haven't used mine yet, but I bought it to grind wheat, corn, and heavier grains. I would throw sesame seeds and poppy seeds into my Vitamix to grind them I think. I grind peanuts in my food processor to make peanut butter...I make hummus and grind everything in my food processor, but usually buy my tahini (sesame seeds--sim sim) already ground. I would think unless you were grinding up a huge amount of sesame seeds I'd stick to one of those for grinding. I think they'd gum up the works of the corn grinder unless you stopped before they turned to paste. For tiny amounts of poppy seeds I'd use a coffee grinder (new one, not old fashioned).
330380
Nice! I haven't tried sesame seeds yet. I imagine there wouldn't be an issue. Anything I've put in the grinder that would be comparable has been ground without issue.
1450879
I didn't find it ground anything very well. Definitely not coffee beans. Nuts maybe. I had no luck with flax seeds -- just got gummed up in the works. I'd pass on this product.
21371
I don't know. We have only used it for flax seed and peppercorns. While it does a good job grinding flax seed, it takes way too long to grind any amount, such as a tablespoon. It works very well grinding peppercorns. Cardamom may be too big, but I don't know. I hope this helps.
1011508
I grind flax seed with this grinder. It turns flax seed in to a fine pulp I use for my smoothies. I use two tablespoons of flax seeds in this grinder at a time, pulse it a few times and then run it continuously for about 10 or so seconds and the flax seeds are nicely ground.
540333
It will handle a large enough quantity of nuts just fine. It's really not designed to grind smaller amounts. You're better off with a coffee grinder for flax seeds and quantities of nuts and spices up to approx. 2 tablespoons. 1/4 cup may need to be done in 2 batches.
1797249
I tried grinding chia seed. It didn't do well. On a fine setting, the seed didn't go through, and stayed in the grinding burr. Any other settings, and the seed would fall through. I tried grinding the seed on several different settings, with no luck. I think it's too oily for this grinder. Chia is a lot smaller than flax, but they both have a lot of oil.
2000527
Unfortunately, I haven't tried flax seeds, but it seems to me that it's a decently "strong" grind and that as long as you can easily pour what you are trying to grind it will do the job. That said, it's not easy to adjust, to me, so it would depend on how fine you want it.
540334
I own this unit and use it for a variety of things, including nuts. I've used it for almonds, however I don't feel it grinds as fine as the end result of a store-bought almond flour. To ensure freshness I use a spice grinder for my flax seeds; the amount I choose to grind is too little for such a big machine. That being noted, I believe the Braun would do a fine job pulverizing a large amount of flax seeds. I hope this helps!
1762183
I'm not sure, but it seems that the spacing between each blade may be too wide and the tiny little flaxseeds would just fall through. I've never tried to grind flaxseeds, but I went to youtube and found this video (and another one) that showed a coffee grinder doing a fine job.........check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-XdpiZ2-S8
797281
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.
24511
I have ground flax seeds and it RUINED the machine!!!! There is too much oil in the seeds. So NO you cannot grind flax seeds!