| | |  | Pastry bags | Home » » » Copper Pepper Mill | | | | | | | Description: | | This hand made Greek Copper Pepper Mill design has been used for centuries to grind pepper, coffee, cinnamon, and many other botanicals. This mill is designed to cleave the pepper rather than smash the peppercorns to maximize the flavor and aroma of the pepper. Pepper mill aficionados often accumulate a collection of disappointing pepper mills. We believe your first remark will be "Finally a mill that works," when you use your new mill. | | | Features: | |
• Hand made
• 9.5 inches tall
• Designed to cleave pepper, not crush it
• Copper construction
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.25 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.4 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
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 Solid yet flawed productJul 20, 2010
Either the Greeks have a different idea of what coarse black pepper looks like compared to American standards, or this pepper mill is less than perfect. The tightest setting using the screw on the bottom creates a fine powder as expected, but the loosest setting gives the grinder almost no slack, meaning the "coarse" setting is hardly coarse. I did a side-by-side comparison on a white dish with bright fluorescent kitchen lights on, and I knew I wasn't mistaken; there was very little difference in the fineness. Why even give us an adjustable screw if it does almost nothing? With an additional 1/8" of slack to the bottom, we would have cracked pepper. No reason not to have this much desired setting.
Removing the screw and steel gate on the bottom by making a light tap from a tapered hammer changed things drastically. Every part inside is made of solid steel, so there was no worry of damaging anything. Except for the poor design of the coarse pepper setting, everything else is simple and elegantly designed; you can see why there's a lifetime warranty for the thing. With the offending screw and gate gone, the additional slack produces a much better grind (there's now a 1/4" gap between fine and coarse compared to the 1/8" it was before). Without the gate holding the bottom together, I now had to load the pepper mill sideways, almost like a Chinese finger trap. Similar to casks of whiskey losing some product due to evaporation, I now had to lose an "angel's share" of black pepper to the Gods in order to re-tighten the lid. Thankfully peppercorns are cheap in bulk, so no big deal. I just threw away the tiny amount that fell out.
I know it sounds crazy to have to Macgyver a solution for something that costs almost $70, but in my opinion it was necessary. Coarse pepper I could have lived with, but not this interpretation of fine pepper masquerading as coarse with no discernible difference. There is now a perfect showering blend of fine, coarse, and 1/8th to 1/4th sized cracked peppercorns in every grind. As a bonus it fires out even more pepper than before.
I know what people want when they buy a pepper mill; they want an exact reenactment of a server who busts out with a 24"-36" long mahogany weapon and cracks pepper over their clam chowder until the patron smiles, raises their hand, and politely says "thank you, that's enough." With the default product, this isn't possible. With a slight tap from a tapered hammer, it's now perfect and gives restaurant quality cracked pepper. Because of that, I see no reason to return it, and hey, I enjoyed the little challenge.
Now, some cynics may argue that cracked pepper is just another gimmick used by restaurants to overcharge you for a bowl of chowder. Well, why would you ever invite such spoil-sports to your favorite restaurant anyways? I know I wouldn't.
 The best Pepper mill ever madeApr 28, 2010
The quality of this pepper mill is no comparison with any competitor not even being slightly close. It is the best crafted pepper mill I have ever owned and I have bought and changed to many different ones but, this is a keeper!!! You will not be disappointed. this pepper mill is used everyday many times a day. The appearance is exactly what the picture shows but, the inner workings are not pictured but, I can tell you the craftmanship is not good it is perfect. Buy one like I did and you will not be disappointed. Enough said!
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 Quality pepper mill but..Mar 04, 2010
This mill operates flawlessly, holds a lot of peppercorns, is easy to refill, and is a beautiful addition to the table. It grinds a substantial amount of pepper smoothly and is quiet in operation. My only disappointment is that the adjustment for grind size does not give as wide a range as I had hoped. It adjusts effortlessly from very fine to what I would consider medium. If you need a coarse grind or anything approaching cracked pepper, this is not the mill for you. For medium to finer grinds, this is the best mill I have owned.
Atlas Shrugged, and kept on grinding.Jan 05, 2010
Prime movers of the world unite and buy this fabulous grinder. I've had one for about 15 years, after watching the Frugal Gourmet rave about his. They are indeed a workhorse. I much prefer the handle that these have, to those of most grinders where you have to turn the top. You can turn so much faster and have more leverage with a handle. The grinder produces large amounts of ground pepper in a hurry and stores a lot of seeds in the body. I really have no complaints, except you have to buy a little dish to set it in to keep pepper from getting onto your counter. Yeah, it's pricey but it will last decades.
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Packaging disappointsNov 21, 2009
I bought this mill as a gift for a pepper-loving friend. I was very disappointed in its presentation. It comes wrapped in a plastic baggie and in an ugly box. You'd think if one was purchasing such a nice appliance that a little more effort would go into presentation. I'm going to have to repackage it before I give it so that she doesn't think I found it in the clearance bin at the Dollar Store.
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