Blue Star Coffee Portafilter Baskets

Blue Star Coffee carries one of the largest choices of portafilter baskets available in Europe - Choose from 100 + portafilter baskets. 

Blue Star Coffee's own Brand.

These items are specially selected for Blue Star Coffee.

What are the different width and heights of portafilter baskets?

1. Flat basket: Tamp all the way down to the base and are found on naked portafilters.
2. Round tapered baskets: Tapered baskets concentrate the extraction and fit tapered or rounded portafilter body.
3. Nanotech: Easy clean and easy puck ejection in Single, double or triple sizes.
4. Single, double, and triple sizes.

Why use a portafilter triple basket?

Originally used withUniversal Espresso Coffee Spout 3 Cupfor triple espresso shots in Italian espresso bars Universal 58mm Filter Basket Flat 21G H28 are mainly found in naked portafilters and in deeper-bodied portafilters today.

La Marzocco Single Filter Basket H26 design can make a difference in extraction. The deep conic basket can improve the extraction and increase the crema. 

IMS has developed a high-quality coating to further improve the surface of its filters using quartz nanotechnology. Thanks to its non-stick property, this coating makes it easier to remove used coffee pucks and it also makes it easier to clean, thereby rendering the antibacterial nature of the surfaces extremely effective.

• The advantage of this technology is its hydro-repellent effect - water is reflected back into the coffee puck.
• The coating makes it easier to remove used coffee pods, and it also makes it easier to clean thereby rendering the antibacterial nature of the surfaces extremely effective.
• Non-stick coating made of NANOQUARTZ increases the resistance to corrosion and chemical reaction.

How to clean a portafilter basket?

Portafilter baskets need to be soaked in a cleaning solution every evening in a commercial environment to remove burnt or carbonated coffee sugars. Use a filter basket remover such as Blue Star Coffee Crowbar Filter Basket Remover to pop off the basket with ease. Should the basket fall off during banging into knockbox the Portafilter Baskets should be adjusted or replaced.