Our top picks for espresso tampers Best classic ... The LuxHaus Tamper offers significant weight and a well-balanced handle at less than half the price of most of its competitors.

The tamper is among the simpler espresso tools, but it's essential to ... Tamper offers significant weight and a well-balanced handle at less than half the price of most of its competitors.

An espresso machine might sound like enough ... is in the handle. There are tampers with handles and those that are flat and gripped by the finger groves, which some people prefer for stability.

If a tamper isn't the same size as your portafilter, some of the coffee will go uncompressed, and this will result in an uneven extraction as the water from your espresso machine will follow the ...