This container is not essential, you can grind beans in a wet container. However, if you can afford to buy this container, there are several good reasons to do so (see below). I've included pictures to show you the difference in size between this container and the wet container, and I've also included a picture showing the scratches that occur when grinding dry ingredients. Here's why you should consider this jar (why I liked it and bought it): 1) It's specifically designed for grinding grain, spices, and other solids. They designed the jar to move the ingredients from the bottom to the top, which ensures a fast, efficient, and thorough grind (unlike the wet jar, which moves the ingredients from the top to the bottom. That's a simple explanation). , but don't take my word for it, read it on the Vitamix website). This container produces a flour (at least the hard red wheat berries I used) that is similar in texture to whole wheat flour (i.e. dense and not very fine. See cons for details). Grinding dry foods allows you to complete this task faster than using a wet hopper (which can result in less motor wear and less heating of the ingredients being ground. The heating issue is this). especially important when milling flour). 3) Grinding hard objects (like wheat berries, almonds, spices, etc.) may result in small scratches on the inside of the container (see my pictures of this container). It's mostly cosmetic, but I didn't want to scratch my wet container as sometimes it's important to be able to see clearly what's going on in your soups. 4) Some users have mentioned that ground spices can be hard (if not impossible). completely removed from the scratched sides of the container. This means that if you grind cinnamon, star anise, or any other aromatic spice, small pieces of it are likely to stick to the sides of the container for a very long time (note: this will happen more often the more you use the container). Apparently it really isn't a huge flavor issue because it's only very small bits of spice (although some users have complained it's a bigger problem than others), so it shouldn't mess up the flour or anything. But I'd rather have a special dry container for collecting garbage, since the grains are already scratching the sides. Here are some cons: 1) If you want to make bread flour or AP-like flour, you may need to further sift the end product. This container produces wheat berries that are ground to a consistency similar to locally grown whole wheat rock flour (as opposed to gold medal whole wheat flour, which tends to be finer). It grinds almonds and spices well, but also doesn't produce a finely ground powder (in most cases you'll need to sift it to get this, but not in all). 2) It's not cheap. I can think of many ways to spend $100+. In fact, if you want an easy job, you can just buy a cheap coffee grinder to grind all your dry ingredients (and your coffee, of course!).
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