The Curta won't grind the beans but it will compute that 21g coffee x 15:1 ratio = 315 ml water
In case you wanted to learn how to perform arithmetic with the Curta for your coffee making, I've transcribed the 1950s manual: https://trmm.net/curta/
For the people who complained that the Curta was overkill and I should use a sliderule, I tried it this morning and calculated that 2.1*10^-2 kg coffee at a 1.5*10^1:1 ratio is about 3.15*10^-1 liters. Or something like that within a few powers of ten.

@th
I'm sure that there is a “your sliding it wrong” joke in there, but it… slid out of my mind…

@jwz

@th I think we need a study on the accuracy of the performed calculations vs the amount of coffee consumed
@th your ability to do these explorations before having coffee is the most notable thing I think
@ginabythebay @th Perhaps it is around his third or fourth cup that the explorations really take off?
@th Curtas are amazing and I wish I had one too.
If I did, I would definitely use it at every opportunity!

@th

I was looking for fellow coffee nerds on Mastodon just a few days ago!