Anyone have some experience with the bottomless portafilters?
I just purchased one for one of my commercial machines and it seems to changed my espresso shots dramatically.
Before with my standard dual spouted portafilter, 14g basket, I was pulling consistent shots with a good crema. The flavor was, in my humble view, very decent. The body, a bit light. The crema was actually a bit lighter in color than what I was expecting, on the slightly lighter side of tan.
Enter naked portafilter.
The shots coming out of this thing is just amazing to look at. The crema fully doubled. At the end of the shot, nearly the entire thing was crema. Settled at two ounces with about 3/4 of an inch crema.
Color, Medium brownish orange with darker speckles.
Like anyone who gets excited about espresso, I was just about freaking out. However, now we come to the flavor difference.
The shot is overall good. Much heavier body, much more flavor. The finish however... seems a bit on the sour side. Or is that considered fruity? I can't seem to be able to decide. It is pretty tolerable, but it seems to leave a taste in my mouth that I don't find too desirable. As where before with a standard portafilter, the finish didn't leave any lingering taste (at least not to strong).
Has this happened to anyone else? I can't understand what is making such a big change, but I think I like it. Maybe something to do with the shot touching the body of the portafilter, then having to run down spouts before getting in the cup?
I’ve tried different baskets, the body is clean as it can get, and all of my shot conditions are good (ei time temp pressure tamp)
I'm considering going out and getting a hole saw bit and changing all of my portafilters!
I just purchased one for one of my commercial machines and it seems to changed my espresso shots dramatically.
Before with my standard dual spouted portafilter, 14g basket, I was pulling consistent shots with a good crema. The flavor was, in my humble view, very decent. The body, a bit light. The crema was actually a bit lighter in color than what I was expecting, on the slightly lighter side of tan.
Enter naked portafilter.
The shots coming out of this thing is just amazing to look at. The crema fully doubled. At the end of the shot, nearly the entire thing was crema. Settled at two ounces with about 3/4 of an inch crema.
Color, Medium brownish orange with darker speckles.
Like anyone who gets excited about espresso, I was just about freaking out. However, now we come to the flavor difference.
The shot is overall good. Much heavier body, much more flavor. The finish however... seems a bit on the sour side. Or is that considered fruity? I can't seem to be able to decide. It is pretty tolerable, but it seems to leave a taste in my mouth that I don't find too desirable. As where before with a standard portafilter, the finish didn't leave any lingering taste (at least not to strong).
Has this happened to anyone else? I can't understand what is making such a big change, but I think I like it. Maybe something to do with the shot touching the body of the portafilter, then having to run down spouts before getting in the cup?
I’ve tried different baskets, the body is clean as it can get, and all of my shot conditions are good (ei time temp pressure tamp)
I'm considering going out and getting a hole saw bit and changing all of my portafilters!