From time to time I like to make small updates about lit­tle things which I’ve learnt about my Ran­cilio Sil­via and make a small post for any­one trolling around google. As such the rel­e­vant shots for each arti­cle aren’t taken for artis­tic merit but just to jazz things up a lit­tle so excuse my dirty machine and drib­ble

Anthony at Ace Tam­pers has recently intro­duced an afford­able range of tam­pers, great for any cof­fee snob. Mine arrived last week and has proved to make a huge dif­fer­ence in com­par­i­son to the crappy plas­tic tam­per which Ran­cilio pro­vide when you order your Sil­via. The plas­tic tam­per which you receive doesn’t prop­erly fit which in turn can affect over or under extrac­tion. I can’t rec­om­mend an after-market tam­per enough as it prop­erly fits my bas­ket now and pours have improved dramatically.