Don't Twist. Shake. Seasoning a meal is usually something you do without thinking. Impact Spice Mill makes the moment worth noticing. Instead of the familiar twist of a pepper grinder, you shake it. An internal weight moves with each motion, pounding and crushing a small amount of spice to release more of its natural aroma just before it reaches your food, while producing a satisfying click. Its compact stainless-steel form brings a quiet industrial character to the table, made to stay there rather than disappear back into the kitchen when the seasoning is done. Freshly crushed spice, delivered through a gesture you'll want to repeat. Designed for the Final Touch Crush, Don't Cut Rather than cutting spices with a blade, Impact Spice Mill repeatedly pounds and crushes them to help bring more of their natural aroma forward. The reason lies inside the spice itself: its aroma comes from essential-oil compounds held within its cells, which crushing helps release. Control It by Shaking The same motion that crushes the spice also controls the result. The more you shake, the finer it becomes, letting you adjust the texture through your hand rather than a separate setting. From a coarser finish to a fine, powder-like consistency, your hand becomes the adjustment. Small Form. Real Presence. At just 2.6 inches tall and 1.1 inches wide (65 × 27mm), Impact Spice Mill takes up remarkably little space among the plates, glasses, and serving pieces around it. Its stainless-steel form gives that small footprint a distinct presence on the table. It takes up little space, but makes the table feel more considered. Fresh, a Few Pieces at a Time Impact Spice Mill is intentionally designed for small amounts rather than bulk grinding. For black pepper, roughly four to five peppercorns is the recommended amount. That makes it particularly suited to finishing food at the table, crushing only what you want for the dish in front of you. Keep Your Spice Close The included glass spice bottle keeps your favorite spice beside the mill, ready when you want to change what you're crushing to suit the meal. A Century of Blades. Then None. SUWADA has spent a century refining cutting tools, beginning in 1926 with kuikiri, a traditional tool used to cut the heads from nails. But when designer Wataru Imura began exploring a better way to bring out the aroma of spices, the answer wasn't another blade. In countries with strong spice cultures, Imura noticed spices were often crushed using stone mills and mortars. At first, he assumed their stronger aroma came from the quality of the spices themselves. Then he began to wonder whether the way they were crushed was actually bringing more of that aroma forward. So the blade disappeared. In its place, Imura translated the logic of the mortar and pestle into a compact mechanism operated by shaking. The shake isn't different for the sake of being different. It's what makes the mechanism work. Removing the blade also simplifies what remains. There is no cutting edge to dull, chip, or maintain. With few components, simple construction, and corrosion-resistant stainless steel, there's less to go wrong, helping the mill stay in use for years. The result earned a place in the 2023 GOOD DESIGN BEST 100 and received the Good Focus Award, followed by an iF Design Award in 2024. Made for the Table Dinner is on the table. You reach for the Impact Spice Mill, drop in a few pieces of your chosen spice, and shake. Click. Click. Click. The spice is crushed fresh over the dish in front of you. Want it finer? Give it another shake. You feel the weight in your hand, hear each strike, and know another shake changes the result. Then set it back beside the spice bottle. It belongs to the meal while you're using it, and to the table when you're not.