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Porcelain and ceramic are practically the same thing but porcelain is usually used to describe a very finely grained exterior that produces a glossy finish/feel. You don't want a glossy finish on a pestle and mortar because you need a rough texture to help facilitate grinding ingredients. That's what pestles and mortals excel at-- creating friction without requiring much force.
Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
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End of March. I bought mine on the 15th and they still had some at the end of March. Haven't been back to regular costco since. Been going to business center
Porcelain and ceramic are practically the same thing but porcelain is usually used to describe a very finely grained exterior that produces a glossy finish/feel. You don't want a glossy finish on a pestle and mortar because you need a rough texture to help facilitate grinding ingredients. That's what pestles and mortals excel at-- creating friction without requiring much force.
Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
Came here to say similar, I was surprised on how high the deal score. HIC seem to deal with porcelain so this is just another porcelain thing they add to the catalogue. And they use porcelain because of how high quality it is inferred to be and people eat it up. See this exact post's deal score.
Porcelain and ceramic are practically the same thing but porcelain is usually used to describe a very finely grained exterior that produces a glossy finish/feel. You don't want a glossy finish on a pestle and mortar because you need a rough texture to help facilitate grinding ingredients. That's what pestles and mortals excel at-- creating friction without requiring much force.
Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
The first review on Amazon states the bottom of the mortar and the end of the pestle have a rough texture, so it seems they had a plan all along.
Got this today and it's incredibly small. I actually have a cast iron mortar/pestle set that is roughly the same size so I'll probably end up returning this. Not sure why I thought this would be bigger... if anything, I need the Costco one.
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Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
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Can you post a link?
Recently?
End of March. I bought mine on the 15th and they still had some at the end of March. Haven't been back to regular costco since. Been going to business center
https://www.costco.com/casa-maria...19021.h
if link doesn't work here is the item number
1753505
you're paying $9 for shipping and handling vs in store $19.99
Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
Came here to say similar, I was surprised on how high the deal score. HIC seem to deal with porcelain so this is just another porcelain thing they add to the catalogue. And they use porcelain because of how high quality it is inferred to be and people eat it up. See this exact post's deal score.
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Maybe it is porcelain and it just sucks at its job without people realizing. Just seems odd to be in the pestle and mortar-making business and going out of your way to produce an inferior product when an unfinished ceramic would do the job better
That one appears to be $29
https://www.costco.com/casa-maria...APP=SEA
https://www.costco.com/casa-maria...APP=SEA
That's online with shipping. In store it's $20
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- Clear porcelain can chip off when you bang pestle to mortar
- ceramic easily breaks when hit surface hard.
if you're buying to churn pills or something soft, go for it but wouldn't recommend anything harder than that.