Re: Dema.RAL tamper discussion
chris - my moneys on the burger joint in lorne...
Originally posted by 5A6F6265514D6168686B6B0E0 link=1226934588/38#38 date=1268531772
Dont want to spend the money if its not going to work right. However i could use it on the gb5 but thats only one day a week... Help please!! 
Tamper with training wheels! Demaral Tampers are the only tampers you can use to compare a machines capabilyty against another, eg:any machine with an E61 group can be truely compared against each other as this tamper eliminates errors in flatness and pressure, it has been used to compare a La Marzocco to a Synesso and to illustrate the consistancy of the drop from a Mazzer dosing chamber compared to that of a BNZ. A coffee roaster used it to illustrate the concistancy of their roast between batches, a franchisee was left dumbfounded when i asked him to pick a shopper to come behind the counter and make her own coffee, after a short course in dosing and placing the handle in the group, she made the best cup of coffee the franchisee had seen come out of his machine.
Yes the Demaral tamper has a 12mm travel and by using a 10mm thick base the total depth can be 14mm.
(Guess where I dont drink a coffee) Even though I had shown her carefully where to dose to and how to use the fitted Pullman Tampers a few times over the weekend I still pulled her up as she had managed to jam the tamper at an angle into the basket and was about to lock in. The resulting shot would have certainly channeled and been rubbish.

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