Helpful person wrote:
>dsi1 wrote:
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>> My intention is to use a coffee mill to grind the crap out of those peppercorns. I feel like sneezing already!
>
>I don't know from personal experience but I have read that using a coffee "grinder", if it's the type with the
>rotating blade, heats up the spice (or coffee) and does not give as good a result as a mill.

Those electric whirly blade things do indeed heat spices and the end
result is also too fine. The Atlas mills are in fact Turkish/Greek
coffee mills (issued to their military) but do an excellent job with
peppercorns... and it's simple to adjust the grind. I have the kind
that catches the grinds in a small metal cup that covers the base,
it's easy to grind enough to fill a pepper shaker... the large crank.
on top makes grinding effortless. Beware, several companies sell
Atlas knock offs. This is the real deal:
http://www.pugsly.com/Mills.htm