Hi guys,
One thing thats really made purchasing a tamper from me easier in the last 12 months has been the ability to purchase a filter basket and tamper to fit at the same time. Its meant that a number of you have been able to get a tamper that fits without having to be without your baskets for a week or so. Im always looking for ways to improve things so Id be interested to know what your expectations are of such a combination.
As more 58mm filter baskets come onto the market there are more product options, however many of the newer entries are larger than the traditional 58.1mm-58.4mm units. Their larger diameter lends them to larger capacity, richer brews and more resistance to blonding, however it lessens the chance of a well fitted tamper going into one of the older sized baskets.
So. The tamper will always fit the basket it comes with, but how important is it for you that it fits other filter baskets? If you could get a superior basket but sacrifice interchangeability, what would you do? And how important are all these factors commercially compared to domestically, considering the regularity with which baskets may or may not be changed in a commercial environment.
If you work in both environments, respond based on where you spend the majority of your coffee preparation time.
Look forward to your thoughts, and of course feel free to make a thread out of it with your thoughts!
Greg
One thing thats really made purchasing a tamper from me easier in the last 12 months has been the ability to purchase a filter basket and tamper to fit at the same time. Its meant that a number of you have been able to get a tamper that fits without having to be without your baskets for a week or so. Im always looking for ways to improve things so Id be interested to know what your expectations are of such a combination.
As more 58mm filter baskets come onto the market there are more product options, however many of the newer entries are larger than the traditional 58.1mm-58.4mm units. Their larger diameter lends them to larger capacity, richer brews and more resistance to blonding, however it lessens the chance of a well fitted tamper going into one of the older sized baskets.
So. The tamper will always fit the basket it comes with, but how important is it for you that it fits other filter baskets? If you could get a superior basket but sacrifice interchangeability, what would you do? And how important are all these factors commercially compared to domestically, considering the regularity with which baskets may or may not be changed in a commercial environment.
If you work in both environments, respond based on where you spend the majority of your coffee preparation time.
Look forward to your thoughts, and of course feel free to make a thread out of it with your thoughts!
Greg


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