Do I Actually Need a Mill?

Do you need a mill to get into fresh-milled flour baking?

The answer is a clear… no.

People, I think, sometimes impulse buy the newest shiniest thing before test driving it. Then half of you realize exactly what you realized when you were a kid screaming at your mom to buy you the latest gadget.

Bored.

If you’re going to sink all that money into this, it should be an investment. If you’re STILL unsure after all your research whether a mill is the right investment, there are plenty of ways you can try it out before you buy.

Here’s a short list of those possibilities, though I understand not all are available everywhere:

Find someone in your community that mills and sells fresh milled bread. This is gonna help a LOT, because a lot of people buy a mill and start milling for health benefits, only to find they and their family just can’t get over the flavor profile fresh milled flour brings.

Find someone in your community that mills flour and sells the flour itself. Here’s a good way you get to see if you even want to fuss with the learn curve that is absolute when switching over from commercial flour.

Check your local area for someone who mills and ask if it would be possible for you to come check out what they do, and maybe let you play with it on a milling day. This will help you decide if you can handle the noise and the flour dust that just absolutely says it can’t leave milling’s side.

You can also buy whole wheat flour from the store, or Amazon, though it will still a bit different than the flavor of fresh milled. It WILL however give you a much better feel for whether or not your family is up to moving away from white flour..

Basically all I’m saying is… to get started a mill is not exactly necessary. If you get the chance to test it out, do so BEFORE you spend hundreds of dollars of regret. Though I’m almost certain, even if you milled once a month, you wouldn’t regret it.