Grinders (Coffee/Spice)

In a kitchen, a grinder is a device for crushing whole spices, coffee beans or meat into small pieces or into a powder.

A Spice Grinder is a tool used to grind up hard, dried whole spices. You can grind them coarsely, or to a fine powder. ... A pepper mill is a spice grinder, but one that is dedicated to one spice. A nutmeg grater is dedicated to nutmeg.

Spice grinders usually use blades to grind spices and herbs into small pieces, whereas coffee grinders usually use conical burrs to grind coffee beans into grounds.

The coffee grinder is a tool of great importance in extracting the aroma and taste from coffee beans, allowing for the brewing of delicious, high quality coffee. In most cases, the grinder is the crucial aspect to the equation, though most people believe that the coffee machine is the star of the show.