Probably? Any spice grinder could probably do it, chia seed shells aren’t very hard
sorE_doG
Just soak them overnight. They swell and split as well as form the gel outside the skin. A coffee grinder with stainless steel blades or a ceramic cone would be best for breaking them open fast though, when they’re dry.
I learned recently that this style of grinder is great for adding microplastics..if you want that *je ne sais quoi* with your seeds. /s (annoying because I have made use of these things for salt and pepper, for half a lifetime).
More-Opposite1758
You can get a small coffee grinder which will grind coffee or any spice or seed.
betsaroonie
They are super oily so when I grind them in an old coffee grinder, they stick to the side. Pepper grinder might be OK but personally, I would use a coffee grinder with blades and not burrs.
julsey414
My concern is that a pepper mill is designed for a larger seed, so I’m not totally sure that it will be able to grind fine enough.
a_printer_daemon
No. Things can only grind one thing.
Puzzleheaded_Dog_397
So I have a grinder very like this for black salt and I think it wouldn’t work for chia, some are adjustable grind but I still think chia would just slip through. Also washing the glass base would work but the grinder itself is like gears and you can’t get in there to clean well. I actually tried cleaning it and the moisture stayed in there forever and I could still see stuff that I couldn’t get to. Also I broke one of these on some Himalayan salt chunks, so not as tough as you might think! I grind my chia in a mini smoothie blender which washes well, I have used a stick blender with mini blender cup as well and those are pretty cheap and washable.
perisaacs
I use a coffee grinder to ground my chia seeds
salemedusa
Would a mortar and pestle work? Easier to clean than something with a bunch of holes. Then u could store the ground ones in a jar. I’m not very familiar w chia seeds tho
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Probably? Any spice grinder could probably do it, chia seed shells aren’t very hard
Just soak them overnight. They swell and split as well as form the gel outside the skin. A coffee grinder with stainless steel blades or a ceramic cone would be best for breaking them open fast though, when they’re dry.
I learned recently that this style of grinder is great for adding microplastics..if you want that *je ne sais quoi* with your seeds. /s (annoying because I have made use of these things for salt and pepper, for half a lifetime).
You can get a small coffee grinder which will grind coffee or any spice or seed.
They are super oily so when I grind them in an old coffee grinder, they stick to the side. Pepper grinder might be OK but personally, I would use a coffee grinder with blades and not burrs.
My concern is that a pepper mill is designed for a larger seed, so I’m not totally sure that it will be able to grind fine enough.
No. Things can only grind one thing.
So I have a grinder very like this for black salt and I think it wouldn’t work for chia, some are adjustable grind but I still think chia would just slip through. Also washing the glass base would work but the grinder itself is like gears and you can’t get in there to clean well. I actually tried cleaning it and the moisture stayed in there forever and I could still see stuff that I couldn’t get to. Also I broke one of these on some Himalayan salt chunks, so not as tough as you might think! I grind my chia in a mini smoothie blender which washes well, I have used a stick blender with mini blender cup as well and those are pretty cheap and washable.
I use a coffee grinder to ground my chia seeds
Would a mortar and pestle work? Easier to clean than something with a bunch of holes. Then u could store the ground ones in a jar. I’m not very familiar w chia seeds tho