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Will This New Tamper Change the World?

January 30, 2016 By Michael 14 Comments

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As any barista trainer will tell you, one of the most difficult barista skills to master is tamping. Sure, it looks easy enough. You just take the tamper and press down. But even the slightest inconsistency in your tamp will have an adverse effect on your shot. But new tamper from German manufacturers Mahlgut aims to change that.

The Mahlgut Tamper Palm has two interesting design features that seek to solve the problem of inconsistent tamping. The first is an exterior rim that uses the rim of the portafilter as a guide to ensure the tamp is perfectly level. The second design feature is an adjustable base which gives the barista control over the density of the tamp.

Mahlgut has graciously asked us to review their new tamper, and we’re excited to report back in a few weeks whether the Mahlgut Tamper Palm lives up to the hype.

 

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Michael Butterworth is a coffee educator, consultant, and writer. He cofounded the Coffee Compass mostly as an excuse to visit more coffee shops. For consulting enquiries please visit butterworth.coffee.

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  1. Keirnan says

    February 1, 2016 at 10:54 pm

    Strange that in their video they smack the portafilter on the table after tamping. Surely this would lead to cracks in the puck and between the puck and the portafilter causing loads of opportunities for channeling. Not sure I’d buy a tamper from a company that does that in their video. BUT, I see a great opportunity amongst the chain cafes.

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    • Baristaman says

      February 2, 2016 at 3:12 am

      True that!!! Tamp consistent then… Channel!

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    • Steve C says

      February 2, 2016 at 12:48 pm

      Espresso heads are such sticklers for details…
      Have to agree with you though.

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  2. Demetrios Nikas says

    February 2, 2016 at 12:39 am

    This product looked so good, but whenI tried to order it the system does not seem to be able and spell the name of the city or state correctly, too bad.

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  3. Eric says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:33 am

    I had the chance to have this tamper in my hand. For me its with 1.5 kg way to heavy.

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  4. Mahlgut says

    February 3, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Hi,

    if you have problems to order it, please send us an email. We didn’t have the time in the past to translate our Website.

    Furthermore in a few Days comes the Mahlgut Tamper SL. It is with a little bit more than 550 Gr. a less weight Version of our Mahlgut Tamper Palm.

    @Keirnan
    Yeah i know that some Baristas got a heartattack if they see how i smack the portafilter on the table. But i didn’t have problems with channeling and it works for me. 🙂

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  5. Jack says

    February 3, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    It’s a nice copy of the PUSH tamper. But revolutionary? No, because it already exists

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    • Michael says

      February 14, 2016 at 9:40 pm

      That might be the case, but it’s been a year since the PUSH was announced and it’s still not available to the public.

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  6. Amit says

    February 12, 2016 at 3:09 am

    It is a new thing in the world of tampers. After this I guess, a new era of tampers will begun to give more consistent PUSH everytime

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  7. Anna says

    March 8, 2016 at 6:15 am

    This does look good and I can understand the thought process behind it since Tamping is a critical and necessary step in the preparation of espresso coffee for a number of reasons. After all, when it comes to great tasting coffee consistency really is key. However I do wonder how necessary it would be when an excellent barista should be well trained in coffee Tamping. Also, I can’t help but feel that using more and more gadgets like this removes something in the art of being a barista.

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  8. IrenesCoffee says

    April 19, 2016 at 7:39 am

    Innovative. It all depends on the density and consistency of the tamp.

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  9. ling says

    July 12, 2016 at 9:33 am

    How much is this?

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  10. [email protected] says

    April 13, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    I visited this post to see the beautiful dish and learn making it but what I found here was your coffee side. So you are an avid coffee drinker….I would like to introduce myself also as a coffee enthusiast living in India blogging about coffee. I made entry to this world back in 2013 when I was just known to Nescafe, an instant coffee. But, now I can say I know much better about coffee than before.

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  11. Simon says

    July 31, 2017 at 3:54 am

    I haven’t tried the Mahlgut Tamper Palm, but it certainly looks great even though it’s a little heavy! However, I feel they maybe trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. Yes, many baristas are inconsistent when it comes to tamping coffee grinds, but surely this is either a training or lack of focus issue?

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