Little Known Ways to Herb Grinder

A chopping board may be present in your kitchen. You may not have used the knife to shred herbs till now. But that is one of the easiest herb grinding methods. Just sharpen your knife maybe on a stone and chop off the herbs instantly.

Coffee grinder

Herbs and coffee beans may not look similar. But the coffee grinder can grind the herbs the way it grinds the coffee beans. You need to make sure you don’t grind for long because the herbs might become powdery.

Cut in a shot glass

A shot glass can be more useful to cut the herbs with a pair of scissors. Just put the small chunks of the herbs into the bottom of the glass and cut them into fine pieces using the scissors. The herb pieces are collected in the shot glass and can be removed without messing up.

Empty medicine bottle

You could also try putting the herbs and a penny into an old empty medicine bottle. Shake it up well so that the heavy penny cuts the herbs into smaller pieces.

Cheese grater

A knuckle buster which is a cheaper option or you may already have one can be used to grind the herbs. You can put the herbs on the coarse side and move the bud up and down. It gives an additional benefit of collecting the heavier particles such as buds or kief at the side.

Strainer

A wired mesh strainer is not a late entry to the kitchen. If you were using it to only strain water, now it’s time to use it to grind the herbs as well. Place the herbs in the strainer and press a metal lid on top of the herbs. The strainer helps to cut the herbs and also sifts the buds from the herbs.

Pins and can lids

Find two wide can lids which can fit three to four push pins or notice board pins. Pierce the pins in such a way into the cans so that they do not jam each other. Rotate the lids the way you rotate a real herb grinder.

Pepper grinder

You may be using a pepper grinder to crush black pepper. The same can be used to grind herbs. Roughly cut the herbs into coarse pieces and place it into pepper grinder. Crush the herbs the same way you crush the pepper. You may choose to leave behind the leftover herbs in the pepper grinder for future use as it has a storage compartment. But you need to be careful not to confuse the herbs as pepper!

Mortar and pestle

The electric herb grinders or the manual rotary grinders may not satisfy you because you can’t control the size of the herb flakes. In that case, mortar and pestle can be a good option. You can use this inexpensive option to grind the herbs to your convenient size and see every bit of the herb getting crunched.

Hand-crush

Don’t you think the best way to easily chop off the herbs is by tearing them by your fingers? Yes. That is an option when you run out of all the other apparatus.