Review on Peugeot 36904: Discover the Stylish Stainless Steel Lanka Cinnamon Mill, 8.75 inches by Rebecca Sparks

This item gets 5 stars mainly because it is unique and provides you with freshly ground Ceylon cinnamon. No one else seems to make a hand cinnamon mill, and this one works well enough. But I have a number of issues with it, and I'd like to see a manufacturer do better. So spoiled 5 stars. ● It's expensive ($65) ● It uses ONLY Ceylon cinnamon (don't even try cassia) ● You have to grind forever to get the right amount of cinnamon. Luckily for me, I don't use cassia as often as possible to avoid it. I simply get the best Ceylon cinnamon I can find. I'm exaggerating, but with this grinder, I imagine that after a few minutes I want to hand off the task to an assistant to keep grinding for a while, and then come back to take over the assistant and keep grinding until finally I can have enough ground cinnamon for my needs. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but once you do it yourself you'll see what I mean. It's quick, unlike pepper or salt. This grinder is specially designed for Ceylon Cinnamon, "Real Cinnamon" NOT "Cassia". Speaking of cinnamon spice, there are two types, both in the genus Cinnamomum. One of these is Cinnamomum verum, which literally means "true cinnamon" (aka Cinnamomum zeylanicum), and is grown in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The other is Cinnamomum cassia, often referred to simply as "cassia", which makes up the majority of what is sold as cinnamon. Cassia is a hot and tart cousin of Ceylon cinnamon. Cassia doesn't work at all in this meat grinder. Don't even try. The mill is ONLY for Ceylon cinnamon. So if you have cassia sticks, which you probably do if you've gone to the store and bought "cinnamon sticks" then they won't work in this grinder. This mill is for good cinnamon, real cinnamon, cinnamomum verum. from Sri Lanka (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) and surrounding regions, called Ceylon cinnamon after the old name for Sri Lanka. Cassia has a tougher, thicker, single-layered rind, while Ceylon cinnamon is a thin, tender, multi-layered rind with a sweeter floral aroma and flavor. And of course it has a relatively low coumarin content. Inside this grinder is a stainless steel ball bearing that you shake to break the tender Ceylon cinnamon sticks into shards that fall into a chamber where they can be ground. Cassia isn't nearly as delicate to be ground this way, and there's no point even putting it in a coffee grinder. Virtually no one will ever enter the milling chamber. This suits me as I try my best to avoid cassia and only buy Ceylon cinnamon when possible. But this expensive coffee grinder has problems. First, you have to use needles with a maximum length of 2 inches, which is very inconvenient. Even if you buy 2 inch cinnamon sticks, no reputable cinnamon seller seems to have them. However, you can get them through Peugeot, which makes the coffee grinder. These are tiny miniature springs that you would probably never buy other than this coffee grinder. I never bought them but they include a coffee grinder stick so you can see what they recommend which is totally unreasonable and unattractive to my understanding. . If I had to buy these to use a meat grinder, I wouldn't buy a meat grinder. I want to use the best quality Ceylon cinnamon, not those tiny 2 inch sticks they prefer for their coffee grinder, although it may be an acceptable quality. The cinnamon I buy is always top notch and comes in 5 inch tips. Alba is the best. Classes: Alba, C5 Extra Special, C5 Special, C5, C4, C3, M5 Special, M5, M4, H1. H2 and H3. If you're using Alba nibs, you've got a winner. But if you have C5 you will be in decent shape. Letting the ball bearing in the coffee grinder do the grinding of the stick will take a long time and potentially damage your eardrums. I've found that the more you break the sticks by hand while pocketing them, the better. Shaking the ball bearing in a coffee grinder is very loud. VERY LOUD! So you want to keep this to a minimum. If your needles break while inserting, you're doing most of the work for the ball bearing, so it has to break less to do its job. The noise factor should not be overestimated. If you shake your coffee grinder in the kitchen, someone in front of your house will probably hear you without any problems. Chop to get a decent helping of cinnamon. But as I said, no one has a similar or better coffee grinder, so this one. Another downside to this expensive grinder is that it doesn't meet all of my ground cinnamon needs. For situations where you need freshly ground cinnamon, just like you need freshly ground pepper, your own ground pink Himalayan salt or something similar, it's time for this coffee grinder. But when I need ground cinnamon for a recipe, I slam a 5" stick or two into my Magic Bullet instead and in 30-60 seconds I have freshly ground Ceylon cinnamon powder under the blade. If using a magic bullet or knife grinder, pass the powder through a small (fine) sieve to catch larger particles of cinnamon bark. B. from a magic ball or a grinder with blades. The particles, however small, have a kind of microscopic shards. If you do this over a bowl you can see the particles (if you look very closely) as microscopic shards, not just dust It's also possible to see the orb d effect if you consume what you use it for. I mainly use it for oatmeal with raisins. What you get from the coffee grinder are clearly microscopic pieces. It's infinitely more attractive than the dust you make out of some silver bullet, grinder, or cinnamon powder you buy. That makes eating a lot more enjoyable. So this grinder has its issues, but what makes it unique is that it's capable of producing microscopic shards that can make your meals happy. This is pretty expensive. I paid $64.95 for mine, a lot of money for microscopic Ceylon cinnamon chips that need to be carefully ground to get a decent serving. more efficient, faster and much quieter. ● Design it to be used with 5" Ceylon Cinnamon Sticks (standard size). I will NEVER buy those 2" mini sticks. Grind more cinnamon with each twist. Now it takes 10x more twists than you would expect it from a manual coffee grinder (at least. But overall I'm glad I have mine, especially since nobody else makes them. But he won't have any problem jumping ship once someone offers a better option.