Keep those espresso machine portafilters nested snug and safely up and away from stray coffee grounds on your counter space with this ingenious new Portafilter Tamp Stand & Rest from Bumper.Perfectly designed to keep clean and support spouted and bottomless portafilters while tamping this product is sure to be popular with the high end barista.

Bumper's Portafilter Tamp Stand & Rest and Bumper's Tamper & Tamp Seat (sold seperately) seem to be made for each other as the tamper seat can be placed neatly into the space provided keeping your barista work area well organized and looking great.

The concept

Originally Bumper had planned to introduce a tamping mat to compliment the tamper and the knockbox. One drawback of using such a packing mat is that it soon gets dirty and covered in coffee grinds. What happens is that when you place the spout on the mat and tamp, the spout picks up fine coffee particles whcih may end up in the cup. When using the stand the spout is elevated above where any stray grinds may be.

The main features of the stand are:

• A good solid platform on which to tamp
• Spouted portafilters slot into the rest and prevent stray grounds from sticking to the spout - no coffee grinds on the cup Makes it very easy when tamping a single spouted portafilter (they usually wobble horribly)
• Bottom rubber mat provides a non-slip base and a nice place for the bumper tamper mat
• Top rubber mat protects the brass and chrome portafilter from damage when you press down
• Solves the problem of tamping with a naked portafilterYou can change the position of the stand/tamper space to the front or the back.
  

There have been similiar stands around over the years Bumper decided to take it a step further by adding the rubber
parts and to make it easy when using the naked portafilter.