“It fits the Gaggia Classic PF and group head perfectly. It looks and feels smoother to the touch. First shot required a slightly coarser grind and came out perfect. However, seemed more revealing of the beans that I ended up not liking and tossing out.”
“was in the market for an exchange for the stock Rancilio Silvia double basket. after a lot of research this basket won hands down by price/value ratio and glad it did. does the work flawlessly, tested on a naked PF. for the cost, it's a win! congrats, Espresso Parts, for this one!”
“Bought this for my Wega mininova machine. Struggled with uneven extraction with a few different standard baskets; this one works the best, more even and more consistent extraction, can't beat the price either.”
“I bought this because the 14 gram basket that came with my Gaggia was too small, and the 21 gram triple basket was too large for the 18 gram does I prefer, so mostly I was just hoping it would be a better sizer, but I was very pleasantly surprised to discover this basket slows down the flow considerably, and shows a better distribution in the bottomless portafilter than I was able to get before. This allowed me to back off the grinder 2 notches courser for the same extraction time, and more importantly the taste in the cup is much improved over the other baskets I've used. This made lighter roasts easier to brew, and made my favorite medium/dark roasts taste better than ever.”
“I failed to mention the reason I like this basket. It has straight, untapered sides. That means more coffee per extraction. Love that design aspect of it. The basket still sticks to the group head when I remove the pf holder in the morning. Other than that, works great. To be clear, the basket always comes down with the pf holder after extraction for dumping the puck.”
“Well made and like that it is a true double basket. Looked forward to not having a ridge. Unfortunately, without the ridge, the basket often stays with the grouphead on my Rancilio S27. Sometimes it comes down with the extracted coffee or not. Sometimes it comes down and leaves the coffee in the grouphead and the basket is half out of the pf holder. When it's empty, such as when I go to make coffee in the morning, the basket will stay behind. Without the ridge, there is no means to secure it to the pf holder.”
“A great improvement over my stock Rancilio Silvia doulbe basket. I have a PID'ed machine and wasn't producing rich/flavorful shots. After purchasing this basket and being able to updose to around 17g - 18g, the quality of my shots have improved tremendously!
The stock Silvia basket simply doesn't hold enough ground coffee.”
