But then I was grinding a whole piece of nutmeg.

but now black pieces of plastic are breaking off inside it.

Didn't really grind the walnut pieces to a finer state.

Just to give you an idea of the lack of durability, I was attempting to grind 1 half-inch piece of galangal along with 2 two-inch pieces of lemon grass with about two tablespoons of other whole spices.

I think, I got the defective piece

What a piece of Chinese engineered and manufactured garbage this thing is

Also, the booklet notes that it will cost 10.00 to cover shipping and handling to repair their defective piece of equipment.

One problem with the bowl assembly being all one piece is that it's very difficult to clean the blades.

I got powder and coarse pieces as a final result.

The piece of nutmeg had somehow gotten wedged, stopping the blade forcefully

My small Kitchen Aid mixer popped a something or other inside an died (fortunately I have a large pro model, too), my immersion blender of 25+ years finally broke the tiny plastic piece that spins the shaft

Utterly useless piece of junk

Perfect I dried orange peel and ground it up.

I'm hoping Cuisinart will replace it so will update if I hear from them, but really bummed as I liked the grinder for what I was doing