Grist

05/27/2026

100% einkorn flour, honey sweetend cookies (no refined sugars). Same recipes but different honeys giving us a completely different color of cookie.

05/12/2026

Honey sweetend, native blackberry pie with wholegrain einkorn crust and cinnamon oat crumble. Using-up last year's blackberry harvest. Low gluten and naturally slightly sweet, Einkorn is the ideal flour for pie crust.

04/20/2026

Thank you Slow Food Greater Olympia and Slow Food USA! Thank you for the recognition and for being a fellow supporter of regional, seasonal and natural foods.

We’re delighted to announce a Snail of Approval award for Grist Urban Stone Mill Flour Shoppe & Grainery!

Owner Jay Ryan is a former restaurateur who established Grist in 2024 to provide community members with flours that are milled from Washington-grown wheat, mindfully sourced products, and opportunities to learn about grains and sourdough. Jay travels the state himself to pick up grains for the mill. If you’re looking for freshly milled flours made from einkorn, spelt, sonora, red fife, rye, and other regional and organic grains, this is the place to visit.

Jay uses a specialty mill from Vermont to grind flour daily, a deliciously slow process that yields about a pound of flour per minute. We’re impressed with Jay’s dedication to curbing waste: he sources grains in bulk or uses reusable totes and encourages his customers to bring in their own containers. He also rejects milling all-purpose flour because the byproducts it generates—bran and germ—are difficult to sell or re-home and often end up on the compost heap or heading to a landfill. The small amount of these byproducts that Grist generates go to a local chicken farm.

The business also centers customer education. He includes stories about the grains he uses near products in the shop to educate the public and the space includes a demonstration kitchen where he teaches community classes, which are designed to encourage home baking and to educate people about the benefits of local, whole grains as well as sourdough baking. Jay also provides people with free starter to get them started on home sourdough baking.

Jay is also active in his community, building strong bonds with partners who are similarly dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion and by teaching classes in collaboration with other small businesses and local nonprofits.

Congratulations, Jay, and thank you for all you do!

04/09/2026

Check out this gorgeous, early CSA share from Coffee Creek Community & Gardens. Shares are still available, contact them directly. With our crazy world, it's a good time to develope a relationship with a farmer for high quality nutrition not effected by world events.

03/27/2026

Grist is pleased to announce the availability of Yerba Mate, a tea with caffeine levels comparable to coffee but without the acidity. This tea is often associated with increased energy, improved focus, enhanced clarity, and anti-inflammatory properties. Traditionally, it is consumed from a gourd using a bombilla filter straw. When we use a French press, it provides an easy way to savor hot Yerba Mate tea. Slightly sweetend with Hub City Honey Co. honey is delicious!

03/25/2026

Fresh stone milled and sifted rye flour. This Washington grown rye is the unexpected cake flour. Rye is very low in gluten, this gives us tender cakes and cookies with unique, and rich flavors that pair well chocolate. Fresh off the stones and on the shelves.

03/17/2026

This beautiful freshly stone milled rye flour is headed to Rustic Heritage Bakery & Cafe.

02/22/2026

Great opportunity to have the best quality.

02/18/2026

This sonora is a Washington state grown pastry flour dream come true. Light, fluffy, low gluten and delicious. Freshly milled and on the shelves ready to make the cakes, quick breads and notorious for making tortillas during the "covered wagon" times.

02/17/2026

We're milling Bluebird Grain Farms LLC. Einkorn flour daily.

So… what exactly is einkorn? 🤔

Einkorn is the original wheat—cultivated over 10,000 years ago—and still one of the most nourishing grains you can cook with today.

Ours is grown organically in Washington, sun-cured for flavor, and never blended or hybridized. It cooks easily, works anywhere rice or quinoa would, and can be milled into flour for tender, low-gluten baked goods.

Rich in protein, vitamins, and natural antioxidants, 💪 einkorn is simple, versatile, and deeply satisfying. Just real grain, grown with care, the way it should be. 🌾