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1. The best Grain Mill on the Market for the price!

   Posted by Orville Parker on 18th Sep 2017

   I bought this grain mill in August of 2015 and I would grind the wheat by hand for about a year and then I purchase the motorized kit a year later. I now have gotten lazy and just fill up the hopper with the wheat and go about my day, checking to see if the hopper is empty.
   I started out with an old grain mill I built from a kit and used for 25 years and purchased a few others that I passed on to my children. I have used the Diamant grain mill and a GrainMaker and I consider these two as the Cadillac’s of grain mills and I would compare the Country Living Grain Mill equal to these two grain mills on performance, quality and reliability. The Diamant and GrainMaker were out of my price range but I still wanted a grain mill that would perform as well.
   The best feature of the Country Living Grain Mill are the grinding plates. After two years of grinding wheat I still show no wear on these plates.
   

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2. Terrific Mill

   Posted by Mike on 14th Nov 2016

   Let me start by saying that I have not used any other grain mills, so I have no comparables. That being said, I can't imagine a hand powered mill being much easier/more effective than this one.
   
   I used the power bar extension and I think it helped a lot. It extends the leverage quite a bit and makes for very easy wheel turning.
   
   I ground white wheat berries and the resulting flour was pretty fine. I used the default setting it came set to and that was about perfect for bread making.
   
   I really like the quality of flour this mill produced, appreciate knowing that my sourdough bread is three ingredients (water, salt, ground wheat), and am not going back to grocery store flour, even though it's much easier to procure.

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3. Great Grain Mill

   Posted by Bev on 14th Dec 2015

   This is our first grain mill to own. Set up and assembly was easy for my husband to do. We ground our first flour using hard white wheat and the flour was lovely and fine. I made bread with it a day later and the bread was so much better with the fresh flour than when I make bread with flour bought at the grocery.
   
   We elected to start with a manually operated mill and no additional handle attachment. Grinding the first flour was easy, so I think we will leave ours as a manually operated mill for now.
   
   Our order was promptly processed and arrived in good condition. Thanks.

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4. Great product!

   Posted by Tom on 13th Jul 2015

   It's sturdy and works well. It is somewhat slow, but that's to be expected.

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5. Beyond commercial flour

   Posted by Juris on 25th Feb 2015

   I've been trying to recreate a Latvian "saldskāb maize", a wonderful sourdough rye bread. This past summer I managed to get through customs a bag of flour from my favorite Latvian bakery and opening it at home realized it's nothing like anything I can buy here in the states.
   
   My first trip from rye berries to flour was incredible. Kind of like eating truly free range eggs for the first time. It was fresh, it had flavor, why are they selling commercial flour? Why are we buying it?
   
   So, keeping up with replenishing my starter the best I can do is two loaves a week. I've got the taste, got the crust, the texture is good, but I'd like it to rise more. Trying to find a balance in rye/wheat proportions and trying to find the right grind, sharpness of grains vs. gluten.
   
   Fortunately over the years I've only baked one loaf that was inedible. I love the experiments. Any hints towards the "perfect loaf" would be appreciated.
   
   The Country Living mill has rekindled an excitement in baking better bread.
   

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6. We love our Country Living Grain Mill

   Posted by Mimi on 31st Jan 2015

   We have used all different models of grinders in our 50 years of marriage, but the Country Living Grain Mill is our favorite and we don't see us buying any other grinder. We are in our 70's and 80's now, so our children purchased the motor attachment for us . OMGOODNESS. What a blessing. I Ground 5 1/2 cups of hard red wheat this morning and it took about 20 minutes, which means yummy bread much quicker for all of the family. Thank you Country Living.

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7. Great

   Posted by Richard on 26th Jun 2014

   I am from the UK and will be taking mine back home with me in July.
   I fitted a used $50 1/3 horse power motor on a 1 inch plank via a central pulley system and it works great. Probably needs a more powerful motor as I have to give the wheel a tug to get it going on the finest grind.
   Made kibbled barley and ground other oily seeds such as flax, millet, sunflower and poppy. This did clog the mill after a while so need to mix these types of grain with the harder wheat.
   The proof was great bread.

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8. Country Living Grain Mill - Initial Trial

   Posted by Todd on 22nd Nov 2013

   I just ground my first batch of flour in my brand new Country Living Grain Mill. After assembling the mill it appears very well built. I mounted the mill in my basement to some exposed construction. Without changing the factory adjustment of the mill plates i was able to grind enough flour for a batch of bread in about 10 minutes. the flour was nice and fine and made great bread. I actualy thought cranking the mill was fun.

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9. Awesome wheat grinder

   Posted by Netty G. on 9th Sep 2013

   Ground 4 pounds of organic red wheat berries yesterday and ended up with 12 cups of the most awesome whole wheat flour ever. The grinder worked without any problems, though it is a bit of a workout (but it's so worth it). Made 3 of the best loaves of whole wheat bread I have ever made. The best things about this grinder is it is made in the U.S.A. (Yeah!), and it is very well built. I look forward to using it for many years to come.

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10. Very Good

    Posted by Nick on 29th Jun 2013

    This hand grind mill is very good. Grinds hard wheat with ease and aplomb! With some of the accessories to make it even better, it is a joy to use; fast and easy. I do notice that the grinding plate will wander (open up) a bit with use, so every few minutes, I double check the setting and snug it back down a bit, if needed.
    
    It's a high quality, heavy duty tool, and looks like it will last me the rest of my life. I'll be able to hand it down to my niece some day. If you cook lots of grains, as I do, it is a good investment.

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