Wheat Berries – Storage and Grain Mills

Fresh Milled Flour

Storage:

I store wheat berries in these plastic containers, shown below, for my working supply. These containers are great for storing smaller quantities of wheat berries and easily moving them from the pantry shelf to the kitchen counter. I’d also recommend these labels. They can be easily removed from containers without leaving sticky residue. I purchased a roll of 1000 labels 4 years ago and I still have more than 500 labels left. They are great for labeling containers of food for freezing.

We buy large 50 pound bags of hard white and soft white wheat berries at a local grocery store. I store the wheat berries in 5 gallon food grade buckets with gamma lids, shown below. You will need 2 – 5 gallon buckets for a 50 pound bag of wheat berries. I purchase the wheat berries I don’t use as much, hard red, einkorn and spelt, in smaller 5-6 pound bags and store them in the containers shown below on the left.

I use wheat berries rather quickly (a food blog could have something to do with that). If you don’t bake quite as much as I do, you can store wheat berries in the buckets shown below for 5+ years. I keep the buckets I’m actively using from below the bottom shelf in my pantry. The buckets I’m not using from are in a closet under the stairs.

About Grain Mills:

I have the Komo Classic grain mill in beech wood and have been very pleased with my mill. It doesn’t significantly heat up the flour during the milling process. The settings allow me to grind wheat berries into coarse or very fine flour.

I purchased my grain mill from Pleasant Hill Grain. There was a small issue with my order and they were super helpful with quickly finding a resolution. I would recommend them for your grain mill. There are many grain mill options on their website. My brother in law and friend both have a NutriMill and are happy with their grain mills. There is also a difference between steel burrs and stone ground mills. Please do some research on those options before making a purchase to decide what would work best for you.

Grain Mills seem to be hard to come by right now. They are frequently sold out so you may have to be patient. It’s great that more people are milling their own flour but can be a tad frustrating if you’re excited to get started and can’t find a mill. It is worth the wait!

Here are the pictures I took the same day I got my grain mill! The whole family was excited to get started!