The difference between bottomless handle and bottomless handle of Italian espresso machine | A brief analysis of the functions, advantages and disadvantages of bottomless handle

Coffee extraction handle is an important tool of semi-automatic Italian coffee machine. The coffee handle has two main forms, the first is a bottomed shunt handle, and the second is a bottomless straight out handle. Qianjie stores currently use bottomless handles. So what are the advantages and disadvantages of bottomed handle and bottomless handle in use?

What's the difference between the two?

The bottom handle is to seal the exit, leaving only a small exit, which is usually equipped with a shunt, which can divide an espresso into two parts evenly. The bottomless handle is the bottom without any cover, you can directly see the bottom of the powder bowl.

The difference between bottomless handle and bottomless handle is that the bottom seal is removed and the powder bowl can be seen directly from the bottom. The advantage of this is that the outlet state of the espresso liquid can be directly observed, and the channel effect can also be effectively observed, because when the channel effect occurs, there will be a spray at the bottom of the powder bowl, and the bottomless handle can be easily observed. the shunt handle is difficult to see.

If the coffee machine you buy only comes with a bottomless handle, and you want to have a bottomless handle, just go to the street corner and find a master to saw off the bottom of the bottomless handle, and the effect is exactly the same.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of bottomed handles

Advantages: 1. The bottom handle has a drainage port, which can prevent the coffee liquid from being sputtered after it flows into the cup.

2. A bottom handle can be fitted with a shunt port, which can evenly divide an espresso into two cups.

Disadvantages: 1, the bottom handle needs to be preheated during extraction, because a large piece of metal at the bottom will absorb heat, affecting the quality of coffee.

2. The bottom handle is easy to accumulate coffee residue, which needs to be cleaned by taking apart the powder bowl frequently, otherwise it will change the flavor of the coffee liquid extracted later.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of bottomless handle

Basically, the emergence of bottomless handles is to make up for the shortcomings of bottomless handles. However, the most important reason for the emergence of bottomless handle is that it can observe the quality of coffee liquid more intuitively. Because when the channel effect occurs, the spray occurs at the bottom of the powder bowl, and the bottomless handle is easy to observe, while the shunt handle is difficult to see.

In addition, if you make layered coffee such as Dirty, bottomless handle is more convenient. Because some coffee machines have a limited position between the brewing head and the water table, if you use a shunt handle, you may not be able to hold a cup 7 centimeters high, while using a bottomless handle can save 4-3 centimeters of space.

The disadvantage is also obvious, the coffee liquid extracted by it is easy to sputter.

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