I have used Chile de arbol to make flakes and it turned out better than most store bought flakes. It’s definitely one that I’ll be using by itself or a base for a blend.
condiments What kind of mill/grinder for pepper flakes?
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Flatiron Pepper Co
You'll never go back to red pepper flakes! Flatiron Pepper creates unique pepper flake blends that showcase a variety of peppers, such as Jalapeno, Habanero, Ghost Pepper, Chipotle, Hatch Green Chile, Ancho, Carolina Reaper, Moruga Scorpion, Scotch Bonnet, and many more.
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The shakers flat iron uses are hard to deal with, beautiful blend of chiles, but I have to remove the shaker head as the flakes are too big to go thru the holes. The flakes are super coarse.
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They sell a grinder attachment that fits on their bottles to address this issue. I haven’t tried any of their products but I like what they’re doing with the blends.Flatiron Pepper Co
You'll never go back to red pepper flakes! Flatiron Pepper creates unique pepper flake blends that showcase a variety of peppers, such as Jalapeno, Habanero, Ghost Pepper, Chipotle, Hatch Green Chile, Ancho, Carolina Reaper, Moruga Scorpion, Scotch Bonnet, and many more.
The shakers flat iron uses are hard to deal with, beautiful blend of chiles, but I have to remove the shaker head as the flakes are too big to go thru the holes. The flakes are super coarse.
You can get caps with different holes sizes. The norms are .125, .200, .250, .300. Go for the .300.
53-485 Black Spice Caps, Flip Top, Sift, .300 holes, HIS Liner
53-485 Black Spice Caps, Flip Top, Sift, .300 holes, HIS Liner Our 53mm (53-485 neck finish) Black, Spice Caps (closures), with Six .300 Diameter Holes, and Heat Induction Seal (HIS) Foil Liners, are great for spices, powders and confectionery ingredients
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Or just take the cap off completely. It’s equivalent to running straight pipes on a hot rod.
Downriver
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I'm with SL; I'm not a flake user either. I might have hit a slice of pizza with a shake or two, years ago, but now I just douse it with sauce.
Anyway, looking back at that pic you posted GS, I don't see one seed that is broken/chopped. Do you think that's just for the photo, or do they actually remove the seed, grind the meat, then blend the two back together? Just curious.
Anyway, looking back at that pic you posted GS, I don't see one seed that is broken/chopped. Do you think that's just for the photo, or do they actually remove the seed, grind the meat, then blend the two back together? Just curious.
As long as the holes on the meat grinder are bigger than the seeds, they should just push through with minimal damage to seeds.
I have a video of the meat grinder in action but it doesn’t let me upload because of the format
To answer your question, no I don’t think anyone would go through the trouble of removing seeds and adding them back. I’m willing to bet they’re using a meat grinder or something similar. The previous photo is of flakes I bought from the store so it’s not just a pretty photo it’s how it comes.
Chiltepinero, for ad hoc flakes from your dried chiltepines 
ha!
Now you’re talking super premium gourmet luxury flakes. This little spice grinder does the job but now I need a Chiltepinero.Chiltepinero, for ad hoc flakes from your dried chiltepines
This is more of a novelty item but I think it would work great as a Chiltepinero.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/151820...9546&msclkid=2121ebd665d91a7cabfb8ec42181829a
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skullbiker
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If you use a slotted cover shaker you also get the flakes and not just the seeds. I see these at the pizza joints where they aren’t worried about you using too much pepper flake on your pizza.
The places that have the worthless round hole shakers just give me a dirty look when I screw the cover off and shake some out!
The places that have the worthless round hole shakers just give me a dirty look when I screw the cover off and shake some out!