A decade ago, the idea of a home coffee bar was still niche, limited to the hardcore coffee enthusiast looking to bring barista taste and workflow to their kitchen. Today, home coffee bars are so mainstream that they’re featured in articles by Good Housekeeping. Making premium coffee at home has become comfortably normal - and that’s a great thing.

Technology has long been used to improve human efficiencies and make life just that little more convenient. The Niche Zero and Niche Duo grinders are perfect examples of high-end engineering and technology used to make the hard task of hand grinding beans into effortless consistency.

Ever pulled an espresso shot that runs too fast, drips painfully slow, or looks perfect—but tastes thin, sour, and bitter all at once? This is channelling; unfortunately, this occurs when water finds weaker areas in the coffee puck and rushes through those areas instead of flowing as evenly as possible through the whole puck.