Coffee grinder

An apparatus, comprising:

• a housing configured to receive coffee beans;
• a grinding component located within the housing and configured to grind the coffee beans received in the housing into coffee grounds;
• a removable container located beneath the grinding component and configured to receive the coffee grounds dispensed from the grinding component, wherein the removable container includes one or more sides, a bottom, and a first magnetic component, and wherein the first magnetic component is embedded within the removable container beneath a bottom outer surface of the removable container that is substantially flat in all directions;
• and a base located beneath the grinding component and configured to support the removable container at an upper surface thereof, wherein the base includes a second magnetic component that is configured to interact with the first magnetic component to align automatically the removable container with respect to a dispensing region when the removable container is placed atop the base, wherein the upper surface of the base is substantially flat in all directions, wherein the second magnetic component is embedded within the base beneath its substantially flat upper surface, and wherein the removable container and the base define geometries that facilitate the ability of the removable container to slide across the flat upper surface of the base horizontally in all directions.