Which types of grain can you grind with the MH 4 or MH 8 hand mill?
| Cereals | MH 4 | MH 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | •••• | •••• |
| Spelt | •••• | •••• |
| Rye | •••• | •••• |
| Einkorn | •••• | •••• |
| Buckwheat | •••• | •••• |
| Oats | X | X |
| Millet | ••• | ••• |
| Brown Millet | ••• | ••• |
| Rice | •••• | •••• |
| Kamut | X | X |
| Corn2 | ••• | ••• |
| Soy | ••• | – • |
| Quinoa | ••• | ••• |
| Lenses | ••• | ••• |
| Amaranth | X | X |
| Chickpeas | X | X |
| Peas | ••• | ••• |
2 Corn
Normal edible corn, as is common in Austria or Germany, can be ground with the hand mill. However, it is more strenuous. There are many different types of corn. Especially in Italy there are very old, particularly hard varieties of which we know that some of them cannot be ground. Unfortunately, we cannot test and list all types of maize.
What you can’t grind:
In general, no oily seeds can be ground such as:
- Flaxseed
- Mustard seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Poppy
- Pumpkin seeds
- Nuts
- Almonds
Due to the consistency, you cannot grind:
- Salt
- sugar
- Tea
- Flowers
- Leaves
- Buds
- Grasses
- Sprouts
- small woods
- dried small fruits and berries
- Chestnuts
- various cores
It is not recommended to grind coffee. Colour and smell penetrate the grinding stone, cleaning is very difficult. If only coffee is to be ground, please contact us
