CafeNoir Their problem. Youāre right about the trolling aspect, from my perspective though I find it amusing.
Itās 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 āIs this the Niche Killerā is one of the highest accolades a grinder can get. Itās probably changed prosumer espresso for so many people who canāt 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 itās rough tough and ācommercial gradeā
or this for
Sure itās not all rufty tufty as the Unimog, but itās going to do the job for the average man.
In grinder terms, itās a bit like this grinder, which at one time was being pushed a little on CFUK. Now Iām sure itās a great grinderā¦but I donāt think this is what the prosumer market wants, along with the inevitable retention. I image itās 29p in leccy to grind a shot now (just kidding about the leccy)