As a nurse, I can tell you what my first thought was, but no (also walnut would be a terrible material for that).
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Coffee dosage tray with a water sprayer (wetting the beans helps to stick the grounds together, so they are easier to distribute and don't stick to the housing of the grinder, which otherwise happens due to electrostatics).
what is wrong with you people. yes, but seriously. how do people just know these things?
A lot of people are really into coffee.
What is coffee?
What isn't coffee.
...apart from most things, I guess.
I'm binge watching James Hoffmann. Easy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I shall ask you a question then o' wise sage: what possible advantage could there be to this thing being shaped like a damn bedpan???
A wide container allows for the water spray to hit the beans evenly, and the spout helps funnel them into the narrower opening of the grinder after having sprayed the beans.
That's just to pour them into a quite narrow funnel, not all grinders have a large volume. Take the Hario for example, the opening is just about 1 inch wide:
https://global.hario.com/product/coffee/grinder/MSS.html
I know these things but don't have either. I don't single dose (just weigh the grind output) and the static isn't that bad in Florida so I have never had a need. People however know these things because popular coffee youtubers talk about it constantly.
Some grinders are particularly prone to static cling, my Fellow Ode v1 is terrible about it even in Florida