Premium Zojirushi Sesame Seed Grinder - 45g Capacity for Fresh Ground Sesame - Perfect for Sushi, Salads & Asian Cooking

This little machine is a great way of adding (great) flavor to foods with a minimum of effort. It does a wonderful job grinding ROASTED SESAME SEEDS (either white or black sesame, but only for ROAST sesame--it probably won't work for anything else). It grinds quickly, does not clog up, and has three settings to control how finely the seeds are ground. It is easy to take apart, clean, and put back together again; your ground sesame will never taste stale. It also includes a little brush for cleaning.From a functionality standpoint, you pick it up, flick off the soft plastic spout cover, press the grind button as you wave the device over the food, and then swing the cover back in place when you're done. Moreover, you can do all of that with one hand after a minimum of practice. The result is spectacular--the taste and smell of cracked seeds are far richer than those of whole seeds--and can instantly transform otherwise uninteresting steamed veggies, rice, etc. into something memorable.On a personal note, I have a lot of Japanese cooking paraphernalia (e.g., oyako nabe, miso strainers, tamagoyaki nabe, daikon grinder, 3 x neural network / fuzzy logic-controlled rice cookers, etc.) but this grinder quickly became my favorite.Finally, please note that the alternative, i.e., grinding sesame seeds by hand in a suribachi (a specialized, grooved ceramic mortar), gets old VERY quickly. Using the Zojirushi grinder is trivially easy in comparison!