Master barista Amy Vanderbeck has made over a million double espressos in fourteen years counting her experience at the Nordy's cart and with Jack at the original Uptown Espresso. She likes the packer and the grip. Check out the diagrams to the right. These are actual silhouettes of the most widely used coffee baskets with the shaded areas representing the packed coffee. Choose the packer based on the measurement of the diameter at the level of the packed coffee, ie.
Some baskets taper in and some feature a distinct vertical chamber.
Remember, to establish your ideal dosage you must be about 5mm from the bottom of the dispersion screen with the porta-filter locked into the group head. The Technique Begin by grinding a shot. Remove the porta-filter from the group head and bang out the old puck. Quickly dry the inner walls of the coffee basket with a cotton bar towel. Using the dosing hopper lever transfer the ground coffee into the coffee basket.