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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Naboolio_TheEnigma on 2026-01-21 05:42:59+00:00.
I've been using this grinder every day for like 4 years. It's a semi-manual one where you press a button with the portafilter to make it go. Probably about a year after getting it I noticed when you first press the button it likes to build up a bit of grind before it starts coming out. I just assumed it had always done that, and confidently moved on with my life.
Today I used it and after a longer-than-usual build up, it dropped a clump of grind with a string connecting the clump to the inside of the spout. Curious for a change, I put the portafilter down and slipped the spout cover off, noticing there were more strings in there all quivering with little bits of coffee grinds stuck to them. I thought, "Oh no! Did a wee lil spider get in there overnight?"
Like Pandora on that fateful day, I could not contain my new-found curiosity. Much to the detriment of my vassals I got a torch, turned it over, and learned that inside my trusty coffee grinder was not just one wee lil spider, but a multi-generational society inside a vast structure that would put the people of Derinkuyu to shame.
There was evidence that they had accounted for the downpour of grains that no-doubt played a key role in the folklore among their people. They had built a spout inside the spout, and it was inside the walls of their spout that they had lived. Until the day came when their structure could no longer bear up to the bean tsunami that I would inflict upon them, in my infinite wisdom.
So now here I am. Would I be happier if I never knew? As it stands, today I am a person that, in one fell swoop, managed to dismantle a thriving community of living beings, right along with my own sense of surety and the belief that I have any level of vigilance that's keeping me safe from harm.
TL;DR I've been drinking coffee straight out of a spider's arsehole for no less than 3 years.