Hi all. I have an Ikon BES400 and am using the Bar Italia ESP4/51 (1-2 cup) basket. Im new to all of this and so far Im enjoying the shots that I have been producing. My biggest issue is with the crappy plastic tamp that Breville supplied, it doesnt even fit the originally supplied pressurised baskets snugly!! I always end up with a raised ‘rim’ of grinds around the inner edge of the basket, which I assume can’t be conducive to good coffee extraction...
Does anyone know a good tamp that fits the Bar Italia basket correctly?
I know Greg Pulman can make me a custom one, but I don’t know the size of the basket and don’t have the equipment to accurately measure it. Cost is also a factor... I’m not sure if I can justify to my better half that I spent almost as much on a tamp as I did on the espresso machine.
But then again How much does a generic tamp cost??
Cheers.
Does anyone know a good tamp that fits the Bar Italia basket correctly?
I know Greg Pulman can make me a custom one, but I don’t know the size of the basket and don’t have the equipment to accurately measure it. Cost is also a factor... I’m not sure if I can justify to my better half that I spent almost as much on a tamp as I did on the espresso machine.
But then again How much does a generic tamp cost??Cheers.


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