Photograph by Will O’Brien
In my office at home, one end of the room is the bottom of it to get what’s known as a “ bot-devoted to computers, electronics, and my tomless” or “naked” portafilter. assorted projects. The other is the home of the No stock machine comes with a bottomless holy grail of caffeine: my espresso bar. That’s portafilter. The modification can sometimes where I measure, grind, and tamp my way to result in espresso going in strange directions produce some beautiful espresso. I’ve been — like the wall on the other side of the room. The tuning and tweaking my setup for the last six only side affect I’ve observed is a tiny amount of months or so, and there’s no end in sight. My spatter on the top of my espresso cup. So why most recent modification involved some power go bottomless? For some, it’s simply so they can tools and my portafilter. fit a triple basket in the
The portafilter is the chrome-plated coffee stock portafilter. The
filter holder that most people only notice as the espresso industry refers
spent grounds are being beaten from its shiny to the bottomless porta-
grasp. In this case, I drilled, cut, and ground out filter as a “training tool.”
By removing the bottom of your espresso maker’s filter holder, you get more prized “crema.”
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