I bought one of these at Costco for a housewarming gift. My friend liked it so well for morning coffee, I decided to buy one for myself for grinding spices.Spice grinding: It works well enough for less oily seeds like cumin, but is a disaster for grinding dried ginger (much too hard) or cloves (too oily and clog up the grinding chamber). The last time it nearly kicked the bucket (circuit?). It stopped working for over an hour and only worked after I thoroughly cleared it out. I'll be giving it away.Minus one star for lack of versality for oily beans/spices and for being rather loud.