Normcore58.5mm Puck Screen - 316 Stainless Steel with Titanium PVD Coating - Lower Shower Screen - Contact Screen - Reusable Metal Filter for Espresso Portafilter - 1.7mm Thickness 100 Micron Mesh

Just received the Normcore 58.5mm Puck Screen, and it's a beauty. Crafted from 316 stainless steel with a titanium PVD coating, its arrival in professional, no-fuss packaging impressed us from the start. The packaging itself is minimalistic and quality in its presentation alone.Unwrapping revealed the puck screen's sleek design, featuring a subtle Normcore label that's both stylish and understated. It fits our portafilter like a glove, adding not just to the aesthetics but significantly improving our coffee brewing process. It's been instrumental in reducing channeling and keeping things clean, making every brew smoother and more consistent.After a few uses, we're thrilled with its performance. It's not just a tool; it's an upgrade to our coffee setup, making each cup that much better and easier clean up as well. This puck screen is definitely a standout addition to our coffee-making process! Thank You!

Huge fan of what this has done my daily espresso routine. Adding this on top of the puck made for really clean and consistent espresso shots time after time. It fit perfectly in the portafilter as well.The puck screens are really well made and have a nice weight to them. I had expected something pretty flimsy so I was impressed with this. A bonus is that pucks are also really easy to clean, making it easy to adopt into my routine.

Uneventful use, time after time, as it should be. I wash the basket and puck screen with dish soap and water after every use and tap dry with a towel. Did not get any fines stuck in the pores, always nice and clean. Protects the group shower head and helps to distribute the water flow more evenly across the puck. Good quality, as expected.

I know a lot of reviews here say they're not sure if the puck screen improves flavor, but I can definitely confirm that it does. Think about it: it reduces/eliminate channeling, which leads to a complete extraction. That's an objective, workable way to improve taste. Will it turn crap beans into gold? No of course not, but if you're not getting what you expect from your beans, this can help.Also, this has cut down on my cleanup routine by minutes. I now only backflush every few days, and I only need 1-2 flushes.This was a great purchase and one of the best ways to improve your espresso workflow.

Since I have been using them, I have noticed when I purge my espresso machine the water isn't as dirty, and the pucks come out easier which is great. What is perplexing is I pair these the Normcore 54mm portafilter and they surprisingly don't fit level when I drop them in. I often have to even it out myself which may impact the puck.

Does the job well, distributes well, good quality by normcore

My first thought was ‘oh great, another gimmick for espresso nerds.’ But having used this little ‘puck screen’ for a few months now, I’m convinced it’s a useful tool… not indispensable, but definitely a nice addition to my shot-making process.The huge plus: it separates your puck from the shower screen on your E-61 grouphead. As a result, you won’t need to pull the gasket and screen every day or two to remove coffee residue from the screen and to clear the groove around the inside edge of the head. It will stay clean as a whistle. This also reduces the need to backflush your machine with a cleaner like cafiza, which chips away at the lubricants on the valves and cam inside the group. That means less grouphead maintenance as well.As for improved extraction and less channeling, I can’t vouch for that one way or the other in a scientific way. However, I do find it is a bit easier to dial in my tamp, grind and dose; I seem to pull more consistent shots; and the spent pucks are more uniform and uniformly saturated when I dump them.My two issues/concerns about using this are readily addressed.First, I dropped my typical 19 gram dose to 18 grams to avoid ‘overstuffing’ my portafilter and making it difficult to cinch down to 6 o’clock on my ECM machine.Second, I worried that this would draw heat from the brewing water and the basket, resulting in an underextracted shot. The simple solution is two-fold: A) I fill my 5 ounce cup with boiling water and drop the puck screen in while I’m grinding beans and packing the portafilter basket. Then I dump the cup, put the hot screen atop my tamped coffee (careful of those fingers!) and proceed. B) I do a longer preinfusion to ensure the coffee is amply saturated before I begin extraction at 9.5 bar. I shoot for a 1:2 coffee to espresso ratio and extraction around 30 - 32 seconds with most medium roast beans.All in all, this has been a real value proposition for the $20 investment. Recommended, if you’re willing to expend a little extra effort making your espresso.

This item is great, imho. It keeps your machine clean (no coffee grounds splashing up and all over to then have to awkwardly clean out). It also helps to more evenly allow the water to go thru the puck helping to avoid over extraction. I still use a needle device to comb thru the grounds and a tamper. I spray this filter clean after each use (same for the basket), the grounds don’t cling to it at all. On my Gaggia Evo if you put too much coffee in the basket (more than 18g) the thickness of the filter could make the portafilter a bit difficult to twist on; you’ll adjust and figure it out. I recommend this item.

Te ayuda a mantener tu máquina de Espresso más limpia y a una buena distribución de agua

The screens fits my breville portafilter and i have been getting much reduced channeling and more consistent shots since i started using it. The fit has to be perfect with these with no gaps on the side and this one gives no gaps that are visible to the naked eye. Clean up is easy and fast. I like that it has a logo on one side so that i always use the same side in contact with the puck.

J'utilise plusieurs exemplaires de cette douchette avec le trou central adapté spécifiquement pour les machines La Marzocco. bien épais, il fonctionne très bien à la longue sans se déformer.je recommande.

Filtro que se adapta perfectamente al porta filtros Lelit de 58,55mm. De momento no he notado cambio a peor en la extracción de mi Espresso y si en la limpieza del cabezal, ya que no se ensucia y permanece limpia. Lo recomiendo!!

The media could not be loaded.  Perfecto para distribuir el agua y para que el café no salga a trompicones. Importante cuando se usa un portafiltros sin fondo. En el video podeis ver que con él, además de distribuir el agua, no deja que pase el café y, por lo tanto, deja la cafetera limpia de restos de posos del café.