“This is obviously a more precision-machined basket than the OEM double that came with my Gaggia Classic. The holes are much more uniform and slightly larger, but I found that I didn't really have to adjust my grind to achieve similar yield with the same parameters. I definitely noticed more depth of flavor and sweetness out of my current coffee.”
“Great shape with straight sides holds a good amount of coffee without being too big for Gaggia and Rancilio home machines. Fits snugly in Gaggia classic portafilter, aftermarket bottomless for the gaggia, and Rancilio v3 style bottomless. Loose fit for double spouted rancilio silvia v3 style portafilter (falls out when upside down). Does not fit v1 style silvia portafilter, which has a small ridge that prevents baskets from fitting in properly (the stock double with the ~2001 silvia is much shorter, holding only a measly 12g). I have two of these for pulling doubles in the two bottomless filters. Only one drawback is that the puck breaks up and leaves coffee around the bottom edge of the basket, so wiping it out with a rag or giving it an extra rinse is a necessity.”
“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.”
