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    Barton Springs Mill
    • | Shop Online
      • NEW!
      • Organic Stone-Milled Flour
        • All Purpose Flours
        • Bread Flours - Hard Wheats
        • Pastry Flours - Soft Wheats
        • Rye Flours
        • Ancient Flours
        • Specialty Flours
      • Organic Corn
        • Cornmeal
        • Grits
        • Polenta
        • Kernels
      • Organic Whole Berries
      • Kits, Bundles, Gifts
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    • NEW!
    • Organic Stone-Milled Flour
    • All Purpose Flours
    • Bread Flours - Hard Wheats
    • Pastry Flours - Soft Wheats
    • Rye Flours
    • Ancient Flours
    • Specialty Flours
    • Organic Corn
    • Cornmeal
    • Grits
    • Polenta
    • Kernels
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    About the Mill

    About Us

    • The Mill
    • The Miller
    • The Farmers

    Our story starts long ago with a man named William “Uncle Billy” Barton. It was only a year after the Texas Revolution when Uncle Billy Barton had the wherewithal to patent four springs just south of what is now Lady Bird Lake in Austin. He named three of them after his daughters, whose names are worth mentioning because, well, they are the memorable Parthenia, Eliza, and Zenobia. Parthenia flows into Barton Springs Pool, entering just below the diving board. We are all grateful to her for her daily contribution to the quality of life in Austin, her bracing, clean water bringing joy to all who jump in. 

    So, yes, we love Parethenia. But in terms of milling contributions and our namesake, we give the highest of honors to Zenobia and Eliza Barton, whose waters fueled Michael Paggi’s gristmill for Central Texas corn and Michael and Robert English’s larger mill for flour. The English’s business boasted two 48-inch mills capable of producing 100 barrels and 1960 pounds per day. (For reference, our mill can run 165 pounds per hour and 1650 pounds in a 10-hour day.) In 1886, a fire destroyed the English’s flour mill on Eliza Spring. Today, Eliza is a protected habitat for endangered salamanders and Zenobia flows into Austin’s protected Sunken Garden Spring.

    Like Paggi and English before us, we specialize in stone-milled heirloom and landrace grains, many grown here in Texas since the late 1800s. In a nod to the many kernels of corn and berries of wheat that were milled by power from Barton’s springs, we chose the name Barton Springs Mill.

    Our first mill is a Osttiroler from Austria, and it currently runs 10 hours a day, 7 days a week—4 days for culinary and baking, and 3 for distilling and brewing. It is made of solid wood and stone, with an industrial motor. In the summer of 2019, we added a real workhorse of a mill, a larger Osttiroler, that churns through 300 pounds of berries per hour, bringing our capacity to 4650 pounds per 10-hour day.

    But new mills aside, we’d have nothing to mill if it weren’t for our farmers. We work hand-in-hand with them, acting as our own seedsman and providing our seed stock directly to the growers. The resulting crops come straight from the combine to our door, where we clean and bag whole berries in one-ton totes. (Yes, those are very big bags.) We mill on-demand for our wholesale customers, retailers, online customers, and farmers’ markets, ensuring the freshest of the fresh flours for your kitchen. Send us pictures of the finished goods. Every single one makes us so very happy.

    Why Shop With Us?

    We serve Texans who prize the nuances of taste, texture, and performance found only in heritage crops. We work with exceptional farmers across the state to grow organic crops using the same varieties planted here in the late 1800s. And if you don’t know what those taste like, it’s high time you did. 

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    16604 Fitzhugh Rd

    Dripping Springs, TX 78620

    (Behind Treaty Oak Distillery)

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    Whole Corn Kernels
    Joan Dudley
    Arrived on time in good condition

    I haven’t used it yet, but it looks great—nice and clean.

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    Yecora Rojo Wheat Berries
    IB
    Great product, don’t love the packaging

    Title says it all. Really can’t go wrong with the grains Barton Springs offers. However I’m not the biggest fan of the paper bags they come in. They just feel kind of flimsy, like to the point where I’m almost concerned the bag will break. I recommend moving them to another container. Great wheat berries tho!

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    Einkorn Flour
    Priya Kalpathy
    Stone ground flour from Barton Springs Mill makes amazing sourdough bread

    I purchased several stone ground heritage grain flour from Barton Springs Mill and tried multiple Ken Forkish bread loaf recipes , from his black bread to an emmer loaf. The breads turned out amazing and I know the flour made all the difference. I have plenty more loaves to make and I’m truly happy having my stash of flour from Barton Springs mill. I highly recommend giving these heritage grains a try. A very happy customer from Texas - who is delighted to purchase local .

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    Einkorn Berries
    Summer McCourtney
    Goodness gracious, what a blessing!

    So grateful for the ability to purchase Einkorn berries, a true super food. I use a Wonder Mill for grinding, and make fresh baked goods on a nearly daily basis. Thanks, Barton Springs Mill.

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    Rice Flour
    Gloria Bain
    Very fine

    It does the job I needed it for ❗

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