marcus nordgren

Thanks for all suggestions! I've never considered a ball mill (only thought it was for powders and oily products). I still think some of the leafs are to tough also for a ball mill and that knifes would be a better option there. The manual ones suggested might be an option but I rather find something a bit mot mechanical supported. Like this I found.
Don't know if it would work on completely dry leafs or only tobacco?

William Bronson wrote:How about a drill powered ball mill?

I cant find anything on this. To you know some models?

Anne Miller wrote:Check out Hammer Mills as they say they make a unit for home production.

Good finding! I already have a hammer mill but it is quite big that I use for other stuff and  I was thinking it there was a method more gentle. A machine for chopping with knifes?

And thank you Joylynn Hardesty for your description. I can do this with most leafs but some are just to tough. Like dried birch leafs.

Tereza Okava wrote:Here we grow erva mate (ilex) and they are hard to crush. Old mills used huge wooden rollers, I've seen a few. A similar alternative might be a rolling pin on an irregular surface (the old ones I've seen have "fingers" that stick out of the rollers and correspond to similar holes on the floor below.

Aha, interesting! I'll try to se if can find something about this online.

Thank you for describing your ways! Mine is quite similar but I dry almost everything still on their branches, hanging in a closed room with an dehumidifier (it it's later in the season). I'm with you all the way until the last part. It would be hard to crumble all leafs by hand and I want the pieces to be of a similar size so that the tea mixes evenly.

If it was only for me I could do it by hand (and knife for some tougher leafs) but wanting to scale up a bit makes me want to explore other ways. There are machines (like this https://ele-mash.com/production/grinding-equipment/grinding-plant ) but I wonder it there are not smaller ones, or how did they do in history?

First post here.
Wonder if any of you know of good ways to cut/mix ready dry herbs for herbal teas? I can use a food processor but I think there are more gentle ways (less oxidizing). I want to do it on a slightly larger scale that for only myself. A few 100g at a time.
I've seen large machines but that's to big for my needs (and wallet and space).
Thanks for any thoughts.