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Portafilter: bottomless or spouted? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz to c/coffee@lemmy.world

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Do you prefer bottomless or spouted portafilters?

I'm looking to replace the one on my machine, and I can't decide if I should go with a spouted like I have now, or try a bottomless. I don't really make two espressos at once, so the double spout is not a necessity for me.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bottomless - any day, every day.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why do you prefer bottomless? It caught my interest because it should be easier for me to debug issues with my puck.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Debugging is the primary purpose. If you have a well dialed-in recipe, there's no mess. If it's not, it can make a mess, but then covering that up with a spouted portafilter doesn't change that the taste is not so great. You could get a small mirror to keep an eye at what's happening to your shots from a bird-eye-view post-dialing.

Other than debugging, it looks cool, you can shoot coffee porn videos, it can fit taller glasses, etc.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm sold, bottomless filter it is 👍