Teflon Portafilter
Related entries in Coffee Reviews on the RoadThe portaflon - a coated portafilter for better tasting espresso.
What is a portafilter?
A portafilter attaches to an espresso machine, and carries a tamped puck of coffee with its coffee basket. It is usually made of brass, and also includes a plastic or wooden handle. The portafilter forms a seal with the espresso machine’s gasket, and directs high-pressure hot water through the coffee puck. - Wikipedia
Portaflon is a coating like teflon. This portafilter, coated in portaflon, there will be no metallic taste to coffee nor will you accumulate as much sediment. The cleaner, non-oxidized portafilter will ensure a better coffee experience.
I look forward to seeing one of these babies in action! Prototype or not, I am hoping someone grabs one to test out :)
Via jimseven ; Tags: portafilter, teflon, portaflon, espresso, espresso accessories
May 11th, 2007 at 1:17 am
there are many many studies done on teflon - most have come back with bad news. The stuff off-gasses and leaches chemicals into food - I wonder if that will happen here with the portafilter… Just a thought. Newer isn’t necessarily better.
Has anyone looked into ceramics? They are way more inert until really really high temperatures (ie: not anything most people have the ability to get near) and they are making their way into all sorts of interesting things and they can be very strong.