CafeNoir Their problem. You’re right about the trolling aspect, from my perspective though I find it amusing.
It’s amusing because the people who started it had either ulterior motives for doing so, and/or knew very little about grinders, burr design or anything else really. Fortunately for the prosumer marketplace and users, they were unsuccessful, and I think the Niche has ended up one of the top-selling prosumer grinders. The term “Is this the Niche Killer” is one of the highest accolades a grinder can get. It’s probably changed prosumer espresso for so many people who can’t afford the 2K grinders.
The difficulty for some people who knocked it, was understanding that a commercial unit is not required for domestic use.. Imagine 175K for this, because it’s rough tough and “commercial grade”
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or this for
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Sure it’s not all rufty tufty as the Unimog, but it’s going to do the job for the average man.
In grinder terms, it’s a bit like this grinder, which at one time was being pushed a little on CFUK. Now I’m sure it’s a great grinder…but I don’t think this is what the prosumer market wants, along with the inevitable retention. I image it’s 29p in leccy to grind a shot now (just kidding about the leccy)
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