30g basket???

floatncoffee

we've been offering 20oz cups for the last 4 months and suprisingly selling well (thought of them as a novelty)
we put 3 shots in them if they want mild or 4 shots if they want strong

for 3 shots we use a double group basket in one group handle and a single group......
thats 2 fills.... at 6am when the line is long and everyones needs to move fast, we've reached a point where its hard to keep up... a tradie will order 4 20oz caps and there are 5 people standing behind him.. pretty scary when your on your own

i was wondering weather there is a double+single group basket (equaling 30g if im not mistaken) avalible??
so a double shot and single shot can be poured in one hit??
i know the standed group handles couldnt fit a large basket like this so im assuming an appropriate GH would be needed.....

cheers
Ryan
ps we use an Espressimo 2 group 15 amp

Lovey

G'day Ryan, a triple shot is about 21 grams, not 30 (which would be slighlty more than a quadruple dose). You can get a 'triple' basket from Coffeeparts, which according to their website it is rated at 18 grams, but will hold between 18 & 21 grams dosage dependant. These things also won't fit into some (shallow) portafilters, so you may have to use a naked pf. Give Pedro a ring at Coffeeparts and he'll be able to tell you if that basket will fit into your pf. If your looking for a 30 gram, which would be more than a quadruple, you'd have to do a bit of searching around. Good luck with it, Steve.

askthecoffeeguy

You may also be better off doing what I do for my 16oz takeawys when I'm busy - and that's pouring two double espressos, and cutting the pour short, so that you wind up with around 80 or 90mls of coffee, which is plenty even for a bigger cup - and its pretty quick too which as you say is important when you're busy Cheers, Pat