Comments on: Why I Started Milling my Own Flour

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:49:29 +0000

In reply to Mitch. Yes this is an older post and my math wasn't completely accurate or as strong as it could have been. Hopefully you still found the post helpful! Maybe I'll get around to making an updated post at some point.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:05:54 +0000

In reply to Michelle. If you do a new price comparison can you please utilize weight only. As flour is compressible volume is poor choice of measurement. Additionally, most serious baking is done using only measurements of mass for that very reason.

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.