Portafilters

If you spend enough time looking at espresso machines, sooner or later you'll come across the term E61.

And if you're shopping for a portafilter, you'll probably come across phrases such as:

“Fits E61...

We sell portafilters and filter baskets. Occasionally, we appear to sell optimism.

The listing explains which espresso machines a part fits. The photographs show the item and its dimensions. Sometimes...

There is a particular moment experienced by thousands of home espresso enthusiasts.

You have watched the videos. You have seen the perfectly centred stream of espresso slowly forming beneath a naked portafilter...

Espresso baskets are routinely described as 7-gram, 14-gram, 18-gram or 21-gram baskets. These descriptions are used by manufacturers, retailers and coffee enthusiasts throughout the industry—but they...

The portafilter is one of the most important components of an espresso machine, yet it is often treated as little more than a handle that holds the coffee. In reality, it plays a central role in how water...

A portafilter is one of the most heavily handled parts of an espresso machine. It is locked into the group head, removed, knocked against a waste box, rinsed, cleaned and reused repeatedly. Despite this...