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Hi,
As it's now virtually impossible to get powdered MHRB, I've acquired 500g of shredded MHRB. Making a fine powder from the shredded bark is proving quite difficult.
I have a 700w Kenwood Blender/processor, but the processor doesn't appear to be up to the task. It will burn out long before it pulverizes my bark.
I've read the other thread about pulverizing bark but there still doesn't seem to be an accepted method of doing this.
Any new ideas?
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Posts: 3574 Joined: 18-Apr-2012 Last visit: 05-Feb-2024
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Zed I freeze the shreds overnight...then put in a strong bag, Hessian if you can get it, and smack the hell out of it with a hammer. Then blitz it in a glass blender, shaking as I go. Charity shops for the blender I reckon. Please do not PM tek related questions Reserve the right to change your mind at any given moment.
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cyb wrote:I freeze the shreds overnight... Even better, freeze with dry ice. It will make the bark as brittle as glass. "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -A.Huxley
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Posts: 112 Joined: 08-Jul-2012 Last visit: 27-Dec-2019 Location: UK
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Dry ice is a great suggestion but it's almost impossible to get in The UK for some reason.
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you could try and get yourself one of these My wind instrument is the bong CHANGA IN THE BONGA! ๆจน
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Posts: 371 Joined: 25-Jan-2012 Last visit: 07-Feb-2024
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a blend-tec should work ^ BUT that blender runs for about 400 dollars fyi the container is made from "copolyester material"
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 Michael
Posts: 175 Joined: 01-Nov-2010 Last visit: 10-Dec-2024 Location: UK
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i use secateurs and a coffee grinder, but i only work with 50g at a time. and when the world stops you will find me there waiting to embrace you
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I have a handheld blender... that eats 100g in seconds Delta Kitchen Mini Food Processor very cheap... dam good "See- Do- Know- Share- "Your Beginning To Believe"
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Posts: 3207 Joined: 19-Jul-2011 Last visit: 02-Jan-2023
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food processors and coffee grinders definitely tend to have a better record than blenders.. has anyone tried a magic bullet? My wind instrument is the bong CHANGA IN THE BONGA! ๆจน
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Parshvik Chintan wrote:food processors and coffee grinders definitely tend to have a better record than blenders..
has anyone tried a magic bullet? I have, works alright, just gotta shake it up often and it grinds in 10 seconds or so
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Cheap coffee grinder , invert upside down slowly Feed bark into blades it works . Easy to replace when it burns out . The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke http://vimeo.com/32001208
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blernster wrote:I have, works alright, just gotta shake it up often and it grinds in 10 seconds or so shaking is a must for coffee grinders and such. good to know that is an option, as it is fairly common (sounds like it takes less time for mhrb than it does to grind quinoa to flour!). My wind instrument is the bong CHANGA IN THE BONGA! ๆจน
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