by Will | Jun 30, 2026 | Equipment Guidance, Tricks and Tips
If you’re serious about espresso, you already know that tamping isn’t just a box to tick. It’s the step that transforms a loosely dosed basket of ground coffee into a dense, even puck — one that gives hot water a consistent surface to push through at...
by Will | Jun 16, 2026 | Equipment Guidance, Tricks and Tips
There’s a moment when any serious home barista or café owner stops thinking about individual tools and starts thinking about their setup as a whole. The grinder and machine are the centrepiece, but what sits between them — the tamping station, the accessories,...
by Will | Jun 3, 2026 | Coffee Shop Owners, Equipment Guidance, For Startups
Your espresso machine gets most of the attention. But ask any experienced barista or café owner and they’ll tell you the same thing: the grinder matters more. An outstanding machine paired with a mediocre grinder will produce mediocre coffee. A great grinder...
by Will | May 20, 2026 | Coffee Shop Owners, Equipment Guidance
Tamping looks simple. Press the coffee, lock in the portafilter, pull the shot. But on a busy café bar, doing that hundreds of times a day — consistently, with the same pressure, perfectly level every single time — is harder than it sounds. That’s where...
by Will | May 12, 2026 | Equipment Guidance
If you’ve spent any time in the world of espresso — whether at a specialty café or down a late-night YouTube rabbit hole — you’ve probably seen one. A portafilter with no bottom. Coffee streaming directly out of the basket in a single, silky column. It...
by Will | May 5, 2026 | Coffee Shop Owners, Equipment Guidance
If you run a café or work on a commercial espresso machine, knowing your portafilter size is essential before buying accessories, upgrading baskets, or sourcing replacement parts. Get the wrong size and nothing fits. Get it right and you unlock a whole world of...
