It's been some years now since we first wrote about the Baratza Sette 270 grinder, and while we continue to enjoy the grind quality it provides, there's no denying it’s a LOUD machine. I'm pretty sure that thing can wake the dead, to say nothing of the unfortunate souls in your house trying to sleep in.

Eureka’s Mignon Specialita grinder is way quieter — like, shockingly so — and produces similar or even better grind results, so if you’re an earlier riser than the rest of your family, you can still enjoy your morning espresso without disturbing their slumber.

Grind times are controlled via the high-contrast monochrome backlit touchscreen on the front, while the actual grind setting is tied to a physical knob on top. The machine offers stepless grind adjustment, so you can precisely fine-tune your extraction with every bag of beans.

The thing about the Specialita versus the Sette is that those amazingly fluffy grounds sometimes have a way of sticking to the chute on their way out — often a gram's worth or so — so there are a number of bellows hoppers on the market designed for those of us who like to single-dose our shots and are quite specific about how much bean weight goes in versus what comes out.

Get the Eureka Mignon Specialita for $769 on Amazon.