Anyone in the SF bay area interested in whole wheat flour from Central Milling?

Submitted by ApplePie on October 15, 2009 - 3:45pm

Anyone in the SF bay area interested in whole wheat flour from Central Milling?

Hello Fresh Loafers! Long time lurker, first time posting.

In my quest for sourcing good whole wheat flour, I called Nicky Giusto at Central Milling (www.centralmilling.com) asking about prices and shipping. I knew that Central Milling produces Whole Foods 365 Organic Unbleached All Purpose flour, and that Frank Sally at SFBI highly recommended flour from Central Milling so I figured I'd give it a try. To my surprise he said I could swing buy their warehouse in Petaluma and buy flour directly (gotta love that!)

I'm planning a run to their warehouse tomorrow to buy whole wheat flour, specifically Organic Whole Wheat Hi Pro Flour Fine, and anything else that catches my eye. This is the whole wheat flour they developed for Acme bakery's whole wheat products.

Someone at the warehouse might be able to break down a 50 lb bag into something more manageable. But if not, is anyone out there interested in splitting a 50 lb bag? I'm sure it's great flour, but I still prefer to try out a smaller quantity. If you're in the SF Bay Area (I'm in San Jose) and are interested, let me know.

-Alison

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Submitted by gcook17 on October 16, 2009 - 9:34am.

Maybe in the future

Alison,

I'm in Mountain View and and I don't need any WW flour right now (or any other flour since I have 100# of bread flour and 50# of pumpernickel from Central Milling in my kitchen)but I'd probably be interested in sharing flour in the future. It's a long drive up there and I don't want to do it very often. They also have Type 70 & 80 (high extraction) flour that I'd be interested in splitting with you or anyone else sometime in the next few months.

My email is gcook17@comcast.net if you want to contact me next time you plan to go up there. Also, if you email me and give me some contact info, I'll contact you before I go to Petaluma next time. When I went about 2 months ago Nicky was really helpful and spent quite a bit of time helping me understand everything he had in the warehouse. I was surprised at how willing he was to help someone who wasn't going to buy large quantities.

-Greg

Submitted by sinluz on October 16, 2009 - 1:00pm.

I'm interested

Alison,

I'd be interested in sharing. I work in Redwood City and live in Sunnyvale. I could arrange to pick it up on Sunday if you wish.

Thanks,

Chris

Submitted by pbrox on October 16, 2009 - 4:46pm.

Central Milling in Petaluma

Petaluma.... I live in Petaluma... and never knew about this... man o man.. you made my day..

So I'm interested in going there also... I'll just check the web site for the address. And in the future I could be a go to guy for picking up the flour since I'm in Petaluma and then people could pick it up here after hours if that's a bonus for anyone...

Feel free to contact me if that helps

Perry Brown

pb4jo@sbcglobal.net

Submitted by noonesperfect on October 17, 2009 - 12:54am.

Sharing sounds good

I live in Santa Clara - I'd be interested in sharing also.

brad

Submitted by ApplePie on October 17, 2009 - 3:59pm.

Sharing flour

My visit to Central Milling warehouse was most interesting and informative! See my post here.

I ended up with 100 lbs flour: 50 lbs Organic Whole Wheat Acme Hi-Pro Fine and 50 lbs Artisan Bakers Craft (white flour that includes malted barley flour) which is way too much for me but Nicky threw in the Artisan Bakers Craft flour for free since the bag had been punctured and taped up, so was unsellable to a bakery. How could I refuse?

Greg: Thanks! I'll send you my contact info.

Chris: I'll contact you to arrange for pickup on Sunday

Perry: Isn't it great when you find out you had a goldmine in your backyard? The website is bare bones at the moment - it just provides Nicky's phone number and email address for contact info.

Brad: I'll contact you too. Perhaps you, Chris and I can split the #50 bag 3 ways? Do either of you want some of the Artisan Craft flour?

-Alison

Submitted by janesanjose on October 18, 2009 - 11:48am.