Cole & Mason 5.5-inch Granite Mortar & Pestle - Unpolished Stone Mortar & Pestle for Kitchen - Large Grinding Bowl for Herbs and Spices - Grey, 4 pounds

Cole & Mason Granite Mortar & Pestle, Gray The photos make this set of pestle & mortar look like a good size. When I checked the size it said: 4 pounds. I subsequently saw 13 X 13 x 8 cms . I ordered the pestle mortar set as Cole & Mason is a reputable brand. I purchased this set from US Amazon. The item arrived today. Aesthetically it looks nice but the functional inside part of the mortar is only 9.5cms. The whole thing is too small for my needs. Unfortunately, I can’t even return it to the seller US Amazon.

Sturdy and heavy, good size for small portion pounding.

My mother had been searching for a durable mortar and pestle in the local market...There were many usable products available locally that can be purchased for less than 10% of the price for this product. But in the end, all this money seems to be worth...Been using it for more than 2 years now and is very easy to use and clean...No signs of crack

Me encanta 🤩, no solo se ve como una hermosa pieza artesanal, sino también es muy funcional, molí un poco de arroz y luego sal, ambas quedaron como talco, su textura internar ayuda mucho a lograr algo fino tanto como uno lo prefiera. Este mortero tiene una circunferencia de 13cm, internamente es de 9.5cm, con bordes de un grosor de 1.7cm, de alto mide 8.0cm. Hay una versión más grande pero la consideré demasiado pesada (casi 4kg), por eso preferí esta que pesa menos de 2kg, además de un color mas natural en gris texturizado, que le da un aspecto artesanal. De la parte exterior viene pulido, de adentro no, por lo que es necesario tratarlo primero con arroz, luego con sal de grano y finalmente su especia predilecta, en lo personal opté por orégano y albahaca, quedó perfecto. Lo único a mejorar sería que le adhirieran una alfombrilla en la base, para que evitar posibles ralladuras en la superficie a trabajar, aun que pienso hacerlo yo mismo, por lo demás es excelente.

I use a mortar and pestle daily (I'm a compounding pharmacist, so I use them to make custom mixtures)...and so I can say authoritatively that most mortar and pestle sets sold for kitchen use are decorative but useless junk. They don't grind well at all, and the pestles often do not fit the mortar properly (if the convexity at the pestle base is the wrong size, you won't get an even particle reduction). Some mortars are too shallow and everything spills out, or too narrow and it's hard to grind in them and difficult to get the spices out of them...etc., etc. But this sucker means BUSINESS. I wouldn't use it at work, because the surface inside is a bit too rough for pharmaceutical mixing...but that makes it *perfect* for grinding seeds and spices, and it does so very quickly and with ease. There's enough weight to the set that the mortar doesn't slide around and the weight of the pestle helps you grind your spices. I ground up some whole spices for a curry powder and it was like, "Grind—grind—holy cow, it's done already?!?" It's quick and efficient. It's also gorgeous. Looks great on the counter....and it's heavy enough to make an effective weapon of defense. I can hear the "Clue" game now: "Mrs. White...in the Kitchen...with the Granite Mortar." < SMACK! > Seriously, though, I'd be careful where you put it, so it doesn't get accidentally knocked over and break your toe. Just don't perch it on the edge of the counter, set it to the back. Just one more thing would make it perfect: if it came with a mortar card. Those are little plastic scrapers we use at the pharmacy to clean material out of mortars. You can use a rubber scraper, but a mortar card works better. You can get them at pharmacy supply stores, but they come 50 to a pack (check "Total Pharmacy Supply dot com", "small mortar cards"; they're $12.50 for 50 of them). Or maybe your local compounding pharmacy would sell you one? You can always call and check! But if you're looking for a good kitchen mortar, this is it.