Mr. Maximus, I put my order in w/ chris for the naked rancilio PF. Will report back how it works out for me. Yes it appears to come with the right triple basket. Maybe I'll try it in my silvia too. I did not order the tamper or extra baskets - potential future purchases.
On Dec 7, 12:12 am, Brewtus Maximus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "I suspect that there are other naked portafilters that would work on > a Brewtus II and accept a triple basket." > > Good suspicion! > > Just buying a triple basket won’t cut it for Brewtus! > > You need an appropriate (deeper) portafilter to hold it. > > Since you need a new portafilter anyway, why don’t you get yourself a > Naked instead of a conventional one? That way you can start > troubleshooting your espresso making and hopefully learn from your > mistakes. > > After a long search of options and places, the best place I found was > “ChrisCoffee.com”. > I bought the Rancilio Naked Portafilter -US$57. It is heavier then > the original Brewtus portafilter and has a beautiful and soft (meaning > safe) aftermarket cut (Chris sends them out to a machinist). > The portafilter is sold with one triple LaMarzocco-style basket (made > by a third party). > > Here is the > link:http://www.chriscoffee.com/products/home/espressoaccs/bottomlessporta... > > While you are at it, buy yourself a couple more triple baskets. That > way you don’t need to dry a single basket to make 2-3-4 coffees in a > row. You will have a new one -squeaky dry and hot waiting on the cup > warmer for every shot you pull. Translation –less chance of side-wall > channeling. > > If you don’t have an Espro “clickable” tamper you can get it with the > same order –all while saving on shipping. > > A note about the Rancilio bottomless portafilter. It does not lock > all the way to 7 o’clock like the original Brewtus. It stops a little > short of that position because of the slightly thicker locking > “ears”. It is a perfect and solid (safe) fit, though, (without > replacing the grouphead gasket with a thinner one). I have been using > it for months. And I still use the original portafilter for > backflushing only. > > Another tip –make sure you remove the spring from your new bottomless > portafilter. Snapping the basket in it will disturb the side seal and > we have all tasted the bitter results of this. > > Another good place for LM-style triple baskets is > “EspressoParts.com”. Their Rancilio bottomless portafilter was more > expensive, though. > > I hope this helps. > > Good luck, > > Brewtus Maximus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
