and supposedly high temps burn the beans

This is a home grinder, usually grinding for an espresso last less than 30 seconds, it will have time to cool down, no issue there Many grinders like the Niche have a similar on/off switch.

That's the silly thing when other mignons come with an on off switch

oooooh, this will definitely be my next upgrade then. That sounds glorious.

I got one off Amazon that isn't printed (not that I have anything against printing). Same format, a bellows. I still use it when grinding more than single doses as well.

Simply stop paying your power company bills whenever you don't want it on. That's way easier and also cheeper

Smart plug > plugging

It's lazy by forcing you to find and unplug the outlet (or plug it in).... instead of pressing a button, a categorically easier thing to do.

My Moccamaster is on a smart plug. Yes, I use 12 hour old beans, but my coffee is ready by the time I go down stairs.

Synced with you waking up

I can't come up with any reason why not for most people. The Wifi in that corner of the kitchen is unbelievable atrocious so I wouldn't trust the smart plug to stay connected reliably.

That is my understanding! The lowest grind setting on this is easily fine enough for a moka pot. I do not have any espresso experience to say whether or not it would be passable for an espresso machine.

Nothing will ever make the Flooble Crank obsolete 😌

I do like the grinder a lot. This is the first "serious" grinder that we have had. Before this we usually bought pre-ground or used or ancient bladed grinder. I thought that there wouldn't really be that noticeable of a difference between fresh ground coffee and pre-ground but BOY was I wrong. Also having the ability to dial in the grind size for your brew method and routine makes a significant difference. Our cold brew and moke pot showed the biggest improvement after getting this grinder.

I ended up choosing this one for a couple of reasons. One was that Seattle Coffee Gear had one of these in open box with a pretty significant discount and the other was because of the type of coffee that we drink. We vary between Cold Brew, AeroPress, pour over, and occasionally a moka pot. This grinder seems to cover all these basis very well. As far as I can tell the grind consistency is pretty good through the testing that I have done.

There are a couple of things I don't like from a functionality standpoint. The first was the switch which I have remedied. The second is the catch box for the coffee. It's kind of terribly designed and if you don't mist your coffee with some water then you end up with chaff(?) being thrown outside of the catch container. Also because its a ton of angles and corners its kind of a pain in the butt to clean. The hopper also doesn't seem quite steep enough for the beans to naturally so nearly every time I grind I end up poking some stray beans or a blockage into the grinder. Lastly is the grind adjuster. It does not have any stops on it what so ever so if you don't set a routine to place the dial in the exact same place whenever you are done it can be easy to forget where it has been set. I have accidentally ground coffee at cold-brew setting instead of moka pot a couple of times.

We have yet to splurge on an espresso machine so i wouldn't be able to speak to whether or not the finest grind would be suitable for that.