Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a great grinder! I love it! It is surprisingly quiet and very easy to use. So I'm really bummed that I ruined mine by day two. The description said it can be used for spices/nuts/grains so I didn't hesitate to use it when I was about to make apple bread, which called for ground cloves. I only had whole cloves, so I poured in a teaspoon and started grinding. It took a couple of minutes but did a great job grinding the hard whole cloves into a powder. When I tried to clean the lid of the grinder I saw that the plastic appeared almost melted and it felt extremely sticky. (*see photo) I found out the hard way that cloves contain a chemical compound that breaks down and dissolves plastic, and that only glass is safe for cloves, whole or ground, to come into contact with and to use for storage. So, I will designate this one as strictly my spice grinder, and I'm ordering another one that will be strictly for coffee!