Where to find a spice mill/coffee grinder

I just moved here 3 weeks ago, and already I'm missing all my things (but mostly my cat).  My background is Indian, and I love cooking Indian food, but I need a spice mill or coffee grinder.  Where can I find one?  I don't know what the equivalent of a Target is here, but it seems to be Argos, which has no coffee grinder ( well not one that is cheap enough- it's at least 30 pounds).  Is there any other equivalent to a Target, Sears or Walmart here?  I'm dying to find this piece of equipment, but I am here to study, so I'm on a student's budget.  I don't know what half of the stores are here, so any help at all would be appreciated.  If anyone can help, I would love it.  Thank you so much!  Oh yes, by the way, I'm in London.

Sreedevi

I use a mortar & pestle.

QG beat me to it!!!


Vicky

We have one just like I had in the US, but for the life of me I can't remember where we bought it?  The one we have looks like this, more or less:

http://www.taaffephoto.com/item_detail.php?item_id=110466
(that's from a US website)

It was probably from a kitchen shop like Peter Maturi, or maybe Lakeland, maybe even Debenhams or M&S.

We got ours from Amazon.co.uk (Braun)

We got ours from Amazon.co.uk (Braun)

Here it is:



I think ours is another brand - but pretty much the same thing!

Tesco or Asda should have them, also Whittards sell them, there are tons of Whittards on every high street in the UK. Or order it online...ebay.

Ooh. Thank you all for the info.  I'm going to check out amazon and look at the local places you mentioned as well.  Appreciate it!

If you want to go the mortar and pestle route, I got a lovely one from IKEA for just a few pounds.

...the mortar and pestle route...

Oh that is too much d*mn work!

We have & use both though.    Our coffee grinder we really only use for grinding spices, because I can't be a*sed to faff about with grinding coffee beans in the morning (eyes half open) - getting out of bed & making a pot of coffee takes all my mental energy at that time of day.

Here it is:



I think ours is another brand - but pretty much the same thing!

Braun grinder is also available at Selfridge's and surprisingly at a price not that much more than Amazon. I think I paid £20 for mine a few months ago.

Oh that is too much d*mn work!

Admittedly, I don't think I've tried grinding spices in it. It's nice for garlic for salad dressings--mashing it with a bit of salt does seem to give better results than the press.

I have a mini-chopper attachment for my Braun stick blender. But, much as I love it, that's not exactly a cheap bit of kit.

Admittedly, I don't think I've tried grinding spices in it.

I do grind spices in mine!
But i'd hardly call a bit of wrist action  'work'!

Yes, and it'll fly up into your eyes too if you're not careful!