Comments on: Why I Started Milling my Own Flour

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:26:00 +0000

In reply to R.. Thanks for offering your insights and doing the math for your area. I do hope that you decide to give a grain mill a shot at some point, though. The flavor and nutrition are unparalleled!

By: R.

R. — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:33:03 +0000

Hello. I appreciate your article and how the mill has helped you and your family.
I see in your comments you’re looking to review and revise this article (it’s ok that the math wasn’t mathing, it was still helpful). I live in California and thought I could give some insight on the costs here. I don’t know east coast costs (especially with new minimum wages).
I just started making my own sourdough. I am interested in buying a mill at some point, but unfortunately I will probably never reach a cost benefit. It will always be a deficit if I’m to look at the financial perspective.
I buy organic all purpose at a Costco- 20lbs for $17. The Azure does have a local drop and so for the best price/lb getting the 50 lb for $64 is the choice. This means, looking at price per ounce the comparison would be:
5.3¢/oz Costco all purpose
8¢/oz Azure brand (free drop location).
These are 2 entirely different types of flour too not to mention the nutrient benefit.
Overall, I’m not sad with that choice, plus like you said I’m sure I wouldn’t be using only fresh milled esp. in the beginning until I have a better handle on how the flour holds.
Hope this helps with any article updates. All the best.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:47:24 +0000

In reply to Sally Shaw. Yes! I have some tips coming your way, in a new article, soon!

By: Sally Shaw

Sally Shaw — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:38:04 +0000

Have you any experience of using your own milled flour in bread making machines please?

By: Mishel

Mishel — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:47:20 +0000

Hi Michelle,
Loved reading about all of your wonderful information.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:49:48 +0000

In reply to Mike Smith. Hey Mike--thanks for drawing my attention to this. This is a rather old article so I should probably make time to swing back around and double check all the math I did YEARS ago when I knew much less about flour.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:50:14 +0000

I’m sorry but there is some creative accounting going on here: –
“ An average 5 lb. bag of flour from the store contains about 18 cups of flour. So you need about 4.5 pounds of wheat berries to equal a bag of store bought flour.”
Creating 5lb of product from 4.5lb of raw materials? You do contradict this later on stating equal weights, but you’re spoiling a beautiful article with sloppy math.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:49:47 +0000

In reply to Tigue Burgess.

Yes, while I haven’t priced a lot of sources, I have noticed MY source has gone up in price over the past few years… I wonder how much of that is simply the huge demand we’re seeing now for fresh flour… But you’re right, it would be great to do a new price comparison on this article… I’ll try to make time to do that.

By: Tigue Burgess

Tigue Burgess — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:40:49 +0000

It seems like the price of wheat berries I am finding are quite a bit more than what you show here in your comparison. Have you noticed a recent increase?

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:30:27 +0000

What health benefits have you seen?