“I have been grinding wheat for flour for 3 years now.”
Whether you live in the bush or find big city life great, I would recommend everyone to buy a wheat grinder and make your own flour. Flour you grind yourself makes the best bread you will ever eat. It is delicious, packed with nutrients and different varieties of bread can be made.
A good flour grinder will run about $200. Red wheat berries are my choice for grinding. These berries in #10 cans will last for decades.
I have a good grinder. I buy wheat, both hard red and hard white once a year. We get about 45 lbs. sealed in a 6 gallon bucket. A bucket lasts about 6 months for hard white and a year for hard red. We buy 4 buckets white and 2 red.
You are correct about the taste and the texture. It almost tastes like it’s good for you.
I find it hard to beat a good hard white wheat. It makes a much lighter loaf of bread both in color AND texture.
Electric or handcranked? My wife wants to get one, but I'm torn on the efficency vs. dependence on electricity issue.