The best...pepper mills
From LeClou, Peugeot, OXO Good Grips, and more
Le Clou
This is “surely the world’s classiest pocket pepper grinder, and inch for inch it may be one of the priciest.” It stands just two inches tall, but it’s handcrafted of solid silver.
$1,122, leclou2000.de
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Source: Food & Wine
Peugeot Chateauneuf
“The combination of the old-school look of this wooden mill and its high-tech, yet user-friendly, grind adjustment” sets it apart. It also yields impressively “precise, uniform” pepper flakes.
$80, williams-sonoma.com
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Joseph Joseph Y-Grinder
The unique twin-chamber design of this “distinctive” mill allows you to grind salt and pepper from the same unit. Adjusts from coarse to fine grain.
$40, josephjoseph.com
Source: BlessThisStuff.com
OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder
The rubber grip ensures “comfortable grinding,” and the wide-mouthed chamber “makes refilling a breeze.” Just don’t expect ultra-fine “pepper particles.”
$20, cheftools.com
Source: Wall Street Journal
Pepper Mill Imports Atlas
“By far the best-looking” mill available, this brass grinder is handmade in Greece. It doesn’t have a coarse setting, but it produces “the finest powder” you’re likely to see.
$76, cookware.com
Source: Wall Street Journa
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