The Standard Rondo - 18.Nov.2022
"They come in almost all shapes and colors: timeless cylinders in beech, curved towers in checkerboard pattern, bright orange traffic look cone. We are talking about pepper mills. Thomas Kreuz has been designing and producing them in Vienna since the 1990s. In 2009, the trained goldsmith opened a small store on Westbahnstraße in Vienna's seventh district: the high walls are made of brick, and the colorful mills are lined up in glass display cases. These are now also available for ChiliMuscat and, for about two years now, also for coffee.
"The heart of the mills is the Grinding mill", explains 52-year-old Kreuz. This is produced in the back room of the store itself. All mills are handmade from wood and precious metal. Krez deliberately avoids plastic. "The mills have their price. But they are sustainable, timeless and practically indestructible," explains the designer. Every now and then, he says, old, broken mills are brought over. "Then I simply install a new grinder, and they work again," he says.
Cross himself? He is a declared pepper lover and practically always has pepper with him everywhere. For this purpose, he has specially designed a small "travel mill" the size of a matchbox. "You need good pepper for a good meal," he says with conviction. You can also buy it - along with the mills - in his store."
Judith Steinkellner @derstandard
The Press : Showcase - 06 May, 2022
PRECISE. The spice mills from Thomas Kreuz' WauWau label (pepper, chili, nutmeg) are considered legendary among foodies. No less outstanding in handling is his coffee grinder "Beanie 25", available in various material combinations. Infinitely adjustable, it grinds precisely to the degree required by the coffee machine.
The Good Life/ The Good Trains (FR) - May/June, 2022
S'OFFRIR UN MOULIN PARFAIT
C'est notre coup de cœur: la boutique du designer Thomas Kreuz, un amoureux du poivre, qui a ni par ne plus dessiner que des poivriers, puis, par extension, des ustensiles pour tout ce qui se broie : poivre, piment, noix de muscade, café, sel... Les objets sont d'une rare élégance et les mécanismes, fabriqués à la main, permettent de régler le degré de nesse. Un outil inaltérable pour cuisiniers rafnés.
Viennese tradition - Dec, 2021
More spice to life. Thomas Kreuz single-handedly produces pepper mills from local wood, complete with grinder, and his products have long been in demand internationally. (wienlive magazine)
NÖN/BVZ, June, 2021
There are countless spices on the market. In all price ranges and qualities. So if you want to treat yourself to a decent spice product, the best tools are absolutely necessary. Otherwise it would be a pity. Wauwau has the appropriate equipment. Here the grinders are still really produced by hand. Plastic parts are taboo. Only stainless steel is used - as in the case of the pepper grinder, for example. This increases the useful life of the mills enormously and brings high grinding efficiency. Special grinders are also available for salt, chili, nutmeg and coffee.
ORF2 "Studio 2" on February 23, 2021
Mills for upscale cuisine.
ORF2 "Aufgetischt: Wien pikant" on January 1, 2021
Elle Decor (FR), January 2020
8.La Boutique WauWau
Grain à Moudre
During his design studies, Thomas Kreuz, the creator of Wauwau, meets a professor who offers his students to create the object of their choice. Le jeune étudiant opte pour un moulin à poivre... et finit par se spécialiser dans cet accessoire culinaire qu'il décline aujourd'hui en version sel, noix de muscade et piment. Le plus ? Les modèles de voyage refermables et les machines des années 1950 dans l'atelier de l'arrière- boutique où sont encore fabriqués les mécanismes en métal.
ORF Vienna Today, arts and crafts calendar Dec. 16, 2019
Feature on WauWau pepper mills in ORF Wien Heute: arts and crafts calendar from 16.12.2019.
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Kronen Zeitung, Vienna Extra July 10, 2019
Wiener Manufaktur: Pepper for on the go.
It fits in every trouser pocket and is 100 percent a Viennese child! The latest product from the pepper mill manufactory of Thomas Kreuz in Vienna Neubau: the stainless steel pepper mill"Mini" - with the sophisticated grinder manufactured in the seventh district. A must for pepper gourmets who do not want to do without the right seasoning even on the go.
District newspaper 18.April 2019
Thomas Kreuz, head of WauWau Pfeffermühlen, shows online that he can do more than just spicy. He also publishes recipe videos at www.facebook.com/WauWauPfeffermuehlen. Currently "Caribbean banana bread" with nutmeg.
Kronen Zeitung from 19.January 2019
This Viennese brings pepper into your life! Thomas Kreuz (left) offers pepper mills in all sizes and varieties in his store in the Neubau district. The solo entrepreneur produces the pepper mills from local wood including the grinder inside single-handedly and has long been in demand internationally with his products. In addition, he also offers chili and nutmeg mills.
Gusto October 2018
Peppers Delight Walnut in Gusto October Issue 2018
Vienna - The Sunday Times
March 18, 2018
Saturday morning, 7th district
...Schmuck Stück showcases Sabina Ebner's delicate jewelry (rings from £13, schmuck-stueck.at); Handschuh am Neubau has been selling gloves for more than 50 years (from £60, handschuh-neubau.at); and at Wauwau, they turn their own peppermills on a lathe (from £50; wauwau.at).
The chubby Polly
Berliner Tagesspiegel May 5, 2018 by Susanne Leimstoll
I hate my nutmeg grater! Every time I ratchet my fingers. That's over now, because I have "Polly Molly", a nutmeg grinder with Swiss grinder, curves like a babushka, in three natural woods to have - a hand caress. To clamp the nut, you pull the steel clapper up, push the nut into the hole. The spring presses it against the plane iron. One turn of the ball and the finest nutmeg flakes trickle out.
A beautifully designed manufactured product, made of walnut wood by Thomas Kreuz from Vienna, who specializes in spice mills with his workshop. They come in many designs: colorful, with a "white stag" motif, with monsters or "model brothel" - rather demure, I would say. Kreuz makes the grinder of his chili mill himself, a bestseller. In the video on the website, you can see him nimbly sketching technology and working on the machine. "WauWau" is the name of his brand, and a dog barks on the homepage.
No, it wasn't me who found "Polly," the tip came from actress Maren Kroymann, who discovered her when she visited Vienna. Thomas Kreuz says, "No, she's practically a regular customer." Because Polly Molly at 67 euros is also a great gift idea.
BZ Wiener Bezirkszeitung from 25.April 2018
Thomas Kreuz manufactures pepper mills for every taste at the new building
by Andrea Hörtenhuber
Many who have passed by Thomas Kreuz' Manufaktur on the corner of Westbahnstraße and Hermanngasse have probably assumed it was a gallery - that's how artistic the store's display looks. There's not a trace of boring spice mills; here, pepper is made with moderation and style.
No wonder: Kreuz originally graduated in applied arts, but his heart was already beating for pepper mills back then. It was a long way from the first mini-series with 30 pieces to the 2000 mills sold per year. But one that paid off. "The pepper mill is a fetish object," Kreuz explains.
The customers' wishes are correspondingly unusual: From a lighthouse to a 1.20 tall pepper mill to a mini pepper mill for the handbag - the size of a matchbox - everything is there.
Pear meets apple
The quality - Kreuz turns the mills himself and also makes the grinder himself - has its price: the mills cost up to 368 euros. "But these are special artist's editions," says Kreuz. For example, "The White Stag," loosely based on the legend from Styria: a mill made of beech wood and hand-painted with ink and brush by Viennese artist Stoyan Dobrev. The classic - phallic and made of local woods such as pear, plum or apple - is available from 75 euros.
And by the way: for those who don't think much of pepper, Thomas Kreuz also has mills for chili and nutmeg on offer. More info: www.wauwau.at
Vienna Today 22.October 2014
Eat Healthy 3|2016
"Crank Me" from WauWau, 95 euros: The whole chilies are turned in this mill over a sharp perforated plate and thereby torn into the finest flakes. Clogging of the mill is hardly possible and cleaning is not necessary. Thanks to the crank, handling is very easy. Additional plus of the mill: The pods are stored in it light and airtight.
Text: Eat Healthy Test Team: Editor-in-Chief Dagmar von Cramm, Laura Ink and Anna Paki.
Atelier - WauWau spice mills
Thomas Kreuz originally studied design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Today he runs a small manufactory producing pepper mills, in 2009 he settled in the seventh district of Vienna, on the corner of Westbahnstraße and Hermanngasse.
Since then, Kreuz designed, developed and produced under the name WauWau not only pepper mills, but also chili or nutmeg mills. The grinder for the pepper mills with precise milling he imports from Switzerland. He produces the grinder for the chili mills himself. An adjustment screw regulates the degree of fineness. The shapes are sometimes more conservative, sometimes more daring.
Wiener Journal - February 2016
SELF & CONSTANTLY. By Harald Schume
The "Wiener Journal" regularly goes in search of work and listens to exceptional 
people who have taken the plunge into self-employment. Today: Thomas Kreuz produces pepper mills. He himself always has one in his pocket. Because the "unhealthy sneezing powder" in restaurants gets on his nerves.
Dried pig ears? Teething baskets? Squeaking plush giraffes? Whether
Thomas Kreuz' store, which only looks like a superficially swept-up workshop at first glance,.... >>>read more.
News - November 2015
Fished out of the net
Sharp rotation
Life tastes better with hot, especially the not-so-great cooked things. Apart from that, capsaicin, the active ingredient in chili, is good in many ways: it protects the stomach lining, lowers blood sugar, promotes digestion, and inhibits bacteria. It also stimulates blood flow to the mucous membranes, which improves taste sensation. Freshly ground chilies can do all this especially well. The Viennese designer Thomas Kreuz produces a great working model of a chili mill in small series - hot recommendation, also as a gift!
Text: Severin Corti
Gusto October 2015
Caution fire department! Sharp!
Designer Thomas Kreuz was inspired by emergency vehicles, gave the pepper mill the shape of a fire extinguisher, painted it in signal red. A star-shaped handle made of Bakelite serves as the turning mechanism, the filling opening is located on the side and can be opened by a black Bakelite ball. The mill is very handy to use and the eye-catcher on the table.
Hot Pepper 122 (H ca.32cm), €140.-; www.wauwau.at
Text: Barbara Knapp/Gusto
The Press - Showcase October 2015
Revealed
Crank way to chili powder
The company name WauWau is by no means a dog supplies salon. Thomas Kreuz, a trained goldsmith, designs and sells coveted pepper, nutmeg, salt and chili mills in the seventh district, and sometimes creates limited editions in cooperation with creative people. His latest chili mill, Crankme, works with a crank. This model also features a highly satisfying Swiss-made grinder. The chili mill Crankme is available in light and dark wood.
The Press, Showcase October 2015
Text: Anna Burghardt
Note: The grinding mechanism of the chili mill is developed in WauWau's own workshop and is also manufactured here.
Gusto July 2015 - Torques
Torques
Thomas Kreuz designs and builds spice mills under the WauWau label. A visit to his workshop and a local inspection of his store.
By Barbara Knapp, photos by Dieter Brasch
We meet Thomas Kreuz in his house in Haugsdorf, Lower Austria, where he has set up his workshop, his studio, in the former barn and set up the lathe. Here he tinkers and tries things out, develops prototypes, produces small series and one-off pieces. He starts up the lathe for us and demonstrates how a stylish mill body is created from a blank with a great deal of skill and sensitivity.
"I have an idea or a client, then I make a model, change and tinker until the product fits. If a mill then works, I produce a small series, ten to fifteen pieces. If it's well received and sells well, I sometimes make minor changes and then it goes into series production," explains Thomas Kreuz. That means he draws the model in Autocad, sends it to a turning shop in Znojmo, where the wood is CNC milled or turned. "This computerized manufacturing is much more accurate than if I make a template and work on my lathe..." The master fishes the prototype of the chili mill from the workbench, explains the story of its creation:" It started with a piece of wood, then I experimented with the sheet metal, the punched holes were too big or too small, so I could turn, I mounted a simple machine handle. In the beginning it's all about function, there everything is very rudimentary, the form comes at the end." From the idea to the finished piece is often a long road. Take, for example, the pepper mill he designed and made for the city of Stuttgart. I made a prototype, then sent six or seven models until one was selected and the mill was ordered.
Thomas Kreuz is a trained goldsmith, later studied product design at the University of Applied Arts. He has been building mills since 1999, and the first one was made of porcelain. How did it come to be made of wood? "Porcelain production is very time-consuming, you need expensive kilns, you can't change shapes so easily. Wood is cheaper and much more indirect, you can change something quickly..." The counterpart to creative design is Swiss precision. The grinder for salt and pepper mills is manufactured by a small family business near Zurich. The special feature is that the grind can be adjusted on the underside of the mill, not on the head as with conventional ones, which inevitably leads to it being permanently adjusted by the rotary movement.
Change of location: WauWau is the El Dorado for pepper and chili aficionados. Mills in all colors, sizes and shapes, including true works of art that are created in cooperation with other creative people. Speaking of which, if you have a special piece of wood, a great idea or simply some money to spare, you can have your own mill created. This is how the latest highlight, a travel pepper mill - small, chic, functional - was created from a customer request. The next prank is in the pipeline, a combination of pepper and chili mill in pocket format. An extremely charming little fellow is the "Little Sailor". The body is turned from walnut, the head is milled from aluminum, the nose is a Bakelite ball, the earring is made of copper.
The torque is not only in the production, but also for the user entscheident: For example, the chili mill is loaded extremely sharp, two turns give very spicy...
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Westbahn Street:
Berlin mediation continues
The pepper mill address
Thomas Kreuz gives advice on pepper mills. He has also been building them himself for 15 years, and has had his WauWau store here since 2009. He gets the grinders from a small company in Switzerland, "because they turn it themselves and because of the great grinding efficiency. Also in the program: salt mills, a great nutmeg mill and a chili mill, whose grater he punches himself in the store with a massive device. You can also get eight different types of pepper here.
GUSTO 01/2015
Fabulous
WauWau is a small manufactory that specializes in pepper mills. "Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs" is a unique piece of the Masterpieces series. Motif: In the deep forest lies Snow White in a glass coffin, all around the dwarfs, a little perplexed...Finish: beech wood primed, painted by hand with acrylic paints, then painted satin. Height ca.25cm, equipped with a Swiss precision grinder.
The Press Showcase December 2014
Pattern grinding
A good pepper mill accompanies you through life. Mills like those of the WauWau label, turned in Austria, with a fabulous grinder from Switzerland. If you have chosen an example to which you want to pledge eternal loyalty, the grinding sound, whose onomatopoeic transcription must begin with a multiple sensual R, will accompany you for a long time. Just like clothes, when there were no fashion discounters and umpteen in-between seasons. Textile designer Monica Gross Meinhart, who just recently made highly acclaimed dresses out of newsprint for the "Presse," has now covered and sealed WauWau mill corpuses with patterned vintage clothing fabrics from the 1969s and 1970s in brown, black and white for a limited edition. In parallel, she presents her wall objects "Portraits" made of the same fabrics. Vernissage is Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
Das Erste: "Vienna, that's where I want to go" November 2014
WauWau Peppermills at "Vienna, that's where I want to go!"
The link to the ARD film: Vienna, that's where I want to go
Folder November 2014
"There are said to be people who always have their pepper mill with them (because they distrust the gastronomy). Such people are happy about the travel pepper mill "Little Sailor" (€85.-) from the Viennese pepper mill maker Wauwau. With nautical earring!"
Servus Magazine September 2014
A PEPPERY BARRIQUE AROMA
Gourmets know the term "barrique" from the French oak barrels in which they are rich red wines to give them a special aroma. Thomas Kreuz has taken up this refinement method for his "Pepper Mill Barrique made of oak wood". In his manufactory in Haugsdorf (Lower Austria), the trained goldsmith turns according to his own designs Pepper mills and "roasts" the inside of his barrique model - as is also customary with red wine barrels - with a measured shot of fire. The result is a characteristic spiciness that - according to Master Cross - goes ideally with mild cheese or a soft egg, for example.
Maxima March 2014
Pepper with measure and style
They are available in a pop-up look as well as in a stylish barrique version, as a minaret sculpture or in a lighthouse design. The new lighthouses designed by the Viennese designer Thomas Kreuz Pepper,chili and nutmeg grinders are individual quality products with Swiss grinder, made in an Austrian manufactory. From around €70.-.www.wauwau.at
Rondo / derstandard February 2014
Wauwau designer Thomas Kreuz has designed a chili mill
We're all getting hotter and hotter, so it was high time someone finally designed a chili mill. Wauwau designer Thomas Kreuz, who previously made pepper and nutmeg mills, did it - and good it turned out!
The hand-turned part has been given a specially designed grinder, which also withstands the fat content of the pods and does not smear. In addition, the thing also looks good. Hot! (Severin Corti, Rondo, DER STANDARD, 7.2.2014)
ÖGZ January 2014
Mills with "WAU" effect
They come in large, small, modern or traditional and equipped with different grinders. Good pepper mills last forever and convince not only with their performance but also with their appearance. The designer Thomas Kreuz has been producing salt and pepper mills under the label "WAUWAU" in a small manufactory in Vienna for ten years, the grinder comes from a family business in Switzerland. There are many different models to choose from, we have chosen "Peppers Delight". www.wauwau.at
Falter City Newspaper December 2013
Bow-wow effect
People like Wauwau's pepper, nutmeg and, more recently, chili mills. So much so that Wauwau has now released a pepper mill calendar. Pirelli was yesterday, now Wauwau is. "Home Sweet Home" is the name of the work, photographed by Kurt Prinz.
Falter City Newspaper December 2013
The Viennese label WAUWAU makes very individual mills; for pepper, for example, or nutmegs. Brand new is the chili mill made of black lacquered beech with fire red aluminum handle and bakelite ball on top. Retail price: €85.-
Cooking&Kitchen Magazine August 2013
WAUWAU pepper mills
Different shapes with Swiss grinder
The designer Thomas Kreuz is specialized in pepper mills and has been
Production for ten years already. The grinder is produced by a family business near
near Zurich and is one of the best grinders on the market. Through
precise milling, the mill grinds much more pepper than conventional ones and is suitable
also suitable for the cook. By means of an adjustment screw at the bottom of the mill, the fineness can be
the degree of fineness can be precisely regulated (and is not permanently adjusted as in the case of mills
the screw on the top). In addition to the classic Peppers Delight series in
maple, ash, cherry, oak, sido, padouk, walnut, we also offer grinders in lighthouse
design or simply mills, classically painted black or white.
The WAUWAU pepper mills are therefore not only an ornament for the kitchen and dining room
- they function by their high quality standard also a life long.
For more information and to order, visit www.wauwau.at
Falter City Newspaper December 2012
The nutmeg mill "Polly Molly" from Wauwau combines functionality with beauty of form. The nutmeg is clamped in the mill, a steel spring presses it against a plane iron, you turn the ball, out fall the finest chips. Is worth kitchen fine €67.
Rondo / DerStandard September 2012
A finely sophisticated planer for nutmegs
Some time ago, we presented a pepper mill from the factory of Viennese designer Thomas Kreuz, whose design language explicitly opposes the "emotionless aesthetics" of modernism - and whose objects therefore look particularly good in modernist kitchens. At least as striking is the quality of the grinder imported from Switzerland. Now the small company that produces it for Kreuz has pointed him to their equally finely engineered planing mill for nutmegs.
The nut is inserted into the round opening, where the linkage holds it in place. Turning the top ball of polished aluminum activates the cutting blade, and finely shaved nutmeg particles trickle down onto puree, pumpkin vegetables, or, especially now in autumn, onto the briefly roasted goose liver with apples. Comes in two different woods: maple (pictured) and walnut. (corti, Rondo, DER STANDARD, 28.9.2012)
Kronen Zeitung Salzburg March 2012
Thomas Kreuz designs pepper mills for every taste. "Even Heinz Fischer has one!"
Better Living, January 2012:
Take an elegant, handy, modern pepper mill shape from a Viennese designer and combine it with a high-quality milled stainless steel grinder from a Swiss precision workshop - fill it up with black peppercorns, and start turning the head of the mill:
out trickles the pepper in amazing quantity, in even grain!Take an elegant, handy, modern pepper mill shape from a Viennese designer and combine it with a high-quality milled stainless steel grinder from a Swiss precision workshop - fill it up with black peppercorns, and start turning the head of the mill:
Designer Thomas Kreuz specializes in high-quality pepper mills, various sizes and shapes. For ten years he has been producing in his own workshop and now offers a wide range of mills. Also noteworthy is the stainless steel grinder, which is milled from a four-man operation near Zurich and certainly still counts as an insider tip. Unlike conventional grinders, the grind of the pepper is adjusted on the underside of the mill - this prevents adjustment during use and ensures a long life for the grinder.
Falter City Newspaper November 2011
No, this is not a new high-rise for the Donauplatte. The part is the Viennese pepper mill "Popup Turnround" from Wauwau. Made of beech wood with custom paint and Swiss grinder. The retail price is €130.-
RONDO, Der Standard October 2011
Grinding mills of truly sublime quality are milled by a tiny four-man operation near Zurich
When it comes to pepper grinders, the chef of the world commonly swears by the French makes of Peugeot, which can be considered incomparably effective and worthy of the price. It is indeed a nice feeling to turn the Peugeot at the top and see a more than stately amount of pepper trickle out at the bottom.
However, the fact that the grind can only be changed by loosening the top lock - and that the part often falls to pieces as a result - is annoying. So it's all the more pleasing that an extremely attractive alternative to the Peugeot is now being manufactured in Vienna, of all places.
Even grain
Thomas Kreuz studied design at the Angewandte and specialized in sharp mills. After meticulous research, he discovered a tiny four-man operation near Zurich that mills grinders of truly sublime quality. There, the pepper trickles in quite astonishing quantities, in even grain size.
The grind is adjusted via a screw at the bottom, unlike the Peugeot, the Wauwau (yes!) should not resent it if you grind to the last grain. They come in many different shapes, made of all sorts of fine woods, all of which can be found on the web. But the hand-painted one on the left in the picture looks particularly good. (corti/The Standard/rondo/21/10/2011)
The Press March 2011
Darling of the week
That has pepper!
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