Originally posted by Davidovic link=1206794292/0#3 date=1206872159
Usually, grinders with Tampers attached to them are more a commercial or prosumer type of machine and worth quite a bit of money..... $750 and up. Quite apart from that though, this type of Tamper will never allow you to properly and consistently tamp your coffee into the basket. To get the best from your coffee, you need a separate and properly designed Tamper coupled with a consistent technique. Im not really sure whether decent Tampers are available off the shelf for SB and Breville style machines.
When I had a SB machine many moons ago, I asked one of our site sponsors Greg Pullman, to make a Custom Fitted Tamper for me with a beautiful Jarrah handle and this simple device made it very easy for me to develop a technique that was effective and repeatable..... Very important when consistency is the hallmark of being able to produce excellent espresso day in and day out.
Cheers David
,Mal.

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