Whole Berry Sampler (3-pound bags)

All of these have been fabulous. I have really enjoyed using this variety of berries, and I learned what I like. Great price, excellent quality, and now I have exposure to grains I wouldn’t necessarily have ordered alone that will now be staples in my kitchen.

Beautiful grains, very clean.
I wish shipping was a bit more affordable

Greetings,

I happened upon Janie's Mill about eighteen months ago. I was curious enough to order various flours and a few books. I was immediately impressed with Janie's Mill and their products. I recognized that I took my baking to a much deeper and profound dimension in baking breads featuring stone-milled organic flours. I read (e.g. books and internet chat rooms) about folks milling their own flours at home. The concept of milling my own flours fits my temperament very well, enough so that I put a Mockmill 200 Pro mill on my list of Christmas gift ideas. Santa was kind to me!

Nevertheless, I felt as though I was standing at the end of a diving board, but reluctant to take the plunge. I ordered a copy of Tim Giuffi's excellent book entitled "The Fresh-Milled Flour Bread Book". This book gave me the courage to dive into the world of stone milling my flours at home.

I initially ordered Janie's Mill's berry sampler in the 1.5 pound bags. I quickly went through these smaller bags. I am now working my way through the berry sampler in three pound bags. I will be ordering another such berry sampler in the larger capacity bags before too long.

I found that the berry sampler offers a variety of wheat berries to give me flexibility in selecting from an array of bread recipes featuring home-milled flours. Having a variety of wheat berries to choose from allows me to further experiment with flours within any given recipe - e.g. blending two or more different flours.

In summary, I have been very pleased with Janie's Mill's berry sampler in large format bags. The berry sampler has been a gateway to a new-to-me dimension in bread baking. It has also served as a springboard to experimenting with other wheat berries and grains. I could not be more pleased with Janie's Mill's products.

Happy Baking....

I bought the whole berry sampler with 5 different wheat grains. So far I have milled (using mockmill 100) warthog, Glenn, turkey red, and Fredrick. Fredrick made amazing pancakes you never would have known were whole wheat. I made fresh pizza dough 50% Glenn and 50% all purpose flour. Used the Glenn as a poolish. Dough was great tasting and fantastic crust. What I would say so far about fresh milled flour is the taste is a game changer. No bitterness as you get with store bought whole wheat flour.

New to the Fresh milled flour world, this is a wonderful way to determine just what to purchase. So far it is hard to determine a favorite, since I have liked them all! Even a hit with my grandchildren.