Many coffee newbies will have questions about which coffee tamper I should use for my coffee maker? There are many different sizes of tampers available, such as 51mm, 53mm, 53.3mm, 58.35mm, 58.5mm tampers and so on.
Theoretically, the size of the tamper you should buy should be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the coffee portafilter basket for the tamper to work properly.
Overall, different brands and models of coffee makers may use different portafilter, but there are some famous brand coffee makers that will use a uniform coffee maker portafilter model. For example, DeLonghi coffee makers, the whole series of coffee makers use 51mm portafilter, but in fact the exact size of the basket size is 51.20mm-51.40mm. so the market uses 51.0mm or 49.5mm coffee tamper for DeLonghi coffee makers to use with.
Another famous brand of coffee maker for home use, Breville (Sage), uses special Breville (Sage) portafilter, currently there are 54mm and 58mm portafilter. 54mm portafilter is mainly used in series 6, 7 and 8 coffee makers, such as Barista, Express, Barista Pro, Breville, Barista, Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage and Sage. The 54mm portafilter is mainly used in Series 6, Series 7 and Series 8 coffee machines such as the Barista Express, Barista Pro, Breville Bambino plus, Barista Touch, Duo-Temp Pro. 58mm portafilter is mainly used in Series 9 coffee machines such as the Dual Boiler, Breville Oracle Espresso Machine, Breville Oracle Touch, Breville Sage, and Sage. However, the exact size of the 54mm portafilter is 53.7mm, so the 53.3mm espresso tamper is the best size to use with the Breville machines. 58mm portafilter has an exact size of 58.7mm, so the 58mm portafilter is the best size to use with the Breville machines. The 58mm portafilter has an exact size of 58.7mm, so the 53.35mm and 58.5mm espresso tampers are the best size for breville coffee makers, while the 54mm portafilter used by Dalla coffee makers has an exact size of 54.7mm, so the 53.3mm portafilter on the market can be used as well, but it will be a little bit insufficient. It is possible to look for a more accurate 54mm tamper, but there are fewer of them.
For 58mm coffee maker, there are two standard 58mm portafilter, one is E61 portafilter(2 ears), the other is 3 ears portafilter, they are equipped with 58.7mm basket, so you can choose 58.35mm or 58.5mm coffee. tamper. the difference between them is. The larger the number, the less coffee powder left on the basket. You can choose according to your needs. Of course, there is also a standard 58.00mm special portafilter, so you can only choose the special size of the tamper.
Anyway, if you have a niche coffee maker, you can measure the inner diameter of the coffee portafilter basket yourself. Or ask the coffee maker customer service to confirm what is the actual size of the coffee maker portafilter you are buying. Then proceed to choose the correct size coffee tamper
