Cole & Mason

Quality Salt and Pepper Mills
 
Cole and Mason was founded in London in 1919 as a family business. Since then, Cole and Mason has grown to become the multi-million pound company it is today, with a sharp focus on the production of quality salt and pepper mills. We believe them to be one of the World’s top 3 manufacturers of mills.

Because Cole and Mason are so centered on salt and pepper mills, they are able to utilise an unrivalled knowledge and expertise in the production of wooden, acrylic and stainless steel mills. It is due to this unique tradition of designing and producing salt and pepper mills that Cole and Mason have confidence in their design-registered grinding mechanisms and thus every product carries a lifetime guarantee.

Magic mechanism
 
Cole and Mason have worked hard over their history to improve the mechanisms in their salt and pepper mills. They face the task of producing a mechanism that can stand up to the challenge of directly grinding against salt, a naturally eroding product. This challenge means that the mechanisms in salt mills differ considerably to those in pepper mills and therefore the two should not be interchanged. Salt grinders are white (nylon or ceramic) because the salt would corrode metal whereas pepper grinders are steel.

Cole and Mason salt mills are designed for sea salt crystals; other salts may damage the grinding mechanism. A ceramic Cole and Mason mill can also be used to grind dried herbs. The swing tag on your mill will tell you if it is ceramic.