Coffee tamper 58 needed

kotva

Hi,
I'm looking for a Stainless Steel coffee tamper 58 mm dimension.
Where can I buy it in Galway? Or mayby anybody will give me or sale me old one (in good condition)
Prefered wooden hand

joeKel73

I'd say try Anythony Ryan's homeware or the small italian shop opposite Sally Longs.

kotva

no good. Ryan has only coffee pod's machines so they don't sale the tampers. Olio & Farina has inatilan food allright but no coffee equipment, except the Bialetti cafertria which I'm proposed them:)

Any other ideas????

thesandeman

I dont know what it is but it sounds like something Tommy Varden in Tuam might stock. I dont think he has a place in Galway any more.

Gooseygoosey

Would you try Mocha Beans or Arabica to see would they sell/give you on a 2nd hand one?(Judging by the bad habit of a lot of baristas of knocking the grounds to settle into the basket which I have witnessed in practically every coffee shop in Galway, the edges might not be perfect)

Or maybe the coffee supply places (theres a few in Ballybrit/Briarhill/Liosbaun) or if you see the Java Republic van - stop and ask would he sell you one. I think they all sell/supply the alloy/aluminium tampers but I think possibly you could be singing for a wooden handled tool.

thegrayson

Try Cafe Express in Ballybane. I got a tamper and a knockbox from them a while back.

naasrd

Did you find one anywhere? I've upgraded machine and need a 58mm too.

Sinfonia

naasrd, there's a small shop in Dun Laoghaire, two doors down from Argos at the Bloomfields centre called J.J. Darboven.
I just bought a 58mm tamper from them today. Made in Italy, nice and heavy, red wooden handle, flat base. Pic from Google images here

Was €35, and so far it's already an amazing improvement to my espresso making (as well as reading some of the tips on this forum).. That said, I was moving up from the plastic tamper included with the Gaggia Evolution, so anything would be an improvement I guess..

Also that shop has some really nice coffees that I've never seen anywhere else (in fact I think they are the sole retailers of the brands they sell) and loads of teas and coffee & tea equipment. They've actually got some nice espresso cups/saucers, and at the moment they have a nice brown set of 6 cups/saucers for €10! (Which I bought)


Disclaimer: I don't work there or anything, I was just really happy to find it when I did!

naasrd

Sinfonia wrote: »

naasrd, there's a small shop in Dun Laoghaire, two doors down from Argos at the Bloomfields centre called J.J. Darboven.
I just bought a 58mm tamper from them today. Made in Italy, nice and heavy, red wooden handle, flat base. Pic from Google images here

Disclaimer: I don't work there or anything, I was just really happy to find it when I did!

thanks, it looks amazing. However I just splashed out on a 2nd hand one of there so I'm skintight for now!
http://www.kitchenaid.co.uk/app.cnt/ka/en_GB/pageid/pgkaproddetail001/catid/7/subcatid/38/prodid/45045