If the holes in your basket are not exactly the same size, high pressure water during espresso making will rush toward the bigger holes, causing channeling and side extraction. Your coffee will taste weak and bitter.
You'd be surprised to find out that even expensive espresso machines have neglected this little piece of metal, and manufacture it using cheap, inexact methods.
If you get the hole size just right, you get a gorgeous, full mouthfeel. You'll also see a kind of chocolate-powder top to your shot, from the right amount of smaller particles, called "fines", making their way into your drink.
Holes that are too big cause coffee particles to flow out of the basket into your cup, making it feel muddy on the tongue. Holes that are too small cause clogging.
We confirm that every basket is perfect before we send it to you, by using software that coffee/computer scientist John Weiss wrote for us.
We recommend you use a tamper with a 58.35mm base, because that will eliminate the untamped ring that a less close-fitting tamper produces. We do not recommend 58.5mm tampers. Such a close fit can suck the puck up as you lift the tamper.
Fits most 58mm portafilters. Known to work with machines from Breville, Sage, La Marzocco, Nuova Simonelli, Slayer, Synesso, Faema, La Cimbali, Rancilio. Breville machines work with sizes between 7g and 20g.
If you ever have any problems with our basket, send us a photo and we'll replace it free of charge.
If our basket doesn't fit your machine or you are unhappy for any reason, we'll make it right or refund your money.
This large basket size generally only fits in a bottomless portafilter, though spouted portafilters from La Marzocco, Synesso, and Nuova Simonelli usually work.
This large basket size generally only fits in a bottomless portafilter, though spouted portafilters from La Marzocco, Synesso, and Nuova Simonelli usually work.
This large basket size generally only fits in a bottomless portafilter, though spouted portafilters from La Marzocco, Synesso, and Nuova Simonelli usually work.
For creating coffee-like flow and pressure, but without coffee.
This is a 58mm standard basket, with a precisely sized single hole.
The single hole recreates the effect of a perfectly-ground espresso puck, giving you similar flow and pressure characteristics.
With a traditional machine, this basket can be used to help calibrate the flow rate under pressure of your pump.
With a Decent espresso machine, this is useful for testing and perfecting espresso shot profiles.
Can also be used to make controlled flow infusions under pressure of tea, cinnamon and other aromatics.
The basket was made quite deep, so that it can accomodate up to 25 grams of material for extraction.
We have two models, to simulate two styles of espresso.
The 0.2mm basket is more appropriate for simulating (or calibrating to) medium to dark roasted coffee.
The 0.3mm is more appropriate for simulating (or calibrating to) lightly roasted coffee.
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