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Tobacco Grinders

Tobacco grinders aren’t electrically operated – rather they have two interlocking pieces with long prongs that grind the tobacco leaf when you spin the two pieces in opposite directions. Repeated twisting of the canister will accomplish the grinding. This optimizes the amount of vapor that a vaporizer is able to draw out of the tobacco.

Tobacco grinders are not the same as coffee grinders, though plenty of people try to use a blade grinder to grind tobacco. The results from using the manually operated disc grinder are much more consistent. It is definitely not a good idea to put tobacco in a burr grinder – it’s too unstable as it is and the result would just be mush and act as a clog to the grinder.

Tobacco grinders are usually made of wood or aluminum. Wood models are often carved with a decorative element. Aluminum versions sometimes come in bright colors or just the original silver.

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