Apexstone 51mm Coffee Distributor, 51mm Coffee Leveler, Coffee Distributor 51mm, Coffee Distribution Tool 51mm

Best money you can spend on espresso
Beware negative reviews. The first one listed for me was from early 2019. I’m not disputing the reviewer’s experience at all, but what matters is what the product is now, not what it was then. This espresso distributor is PERFECT! We bought a new espresso machine last Christmas and have been steadily upping our game in search of perfection (read consistency). We use a digital scale and measure our espresso load to the tenth of a gram. Our grinder costs more than our espresso machine. I absolutely know we’re “perfect” in our grind and the load. The espresso machine does an excellent job. The one variable we were inconsistent with was the tamp. Our machine has a manometer (pressure gauge) and we’d be all over the map from 7 bars to 14 bars. It usually wasn’t that bad, but sometimes it was. I want to get 9-10 bars every time, and we just weren’t achieving that. In fairness, my wife comes closer than I do, but it varies for her as well. We put a digital bathroom scale on our kitchen counter (its actually cool looking and it stays there!). That helped us with our tamping, and we consistently tamp at 30 pounds. But after 8 months of this, we concluded that we just weren’t getting the espresso powder consistently distributed, so sometimes we’d get channeling, sometimes not.I don’t know why I waited so long to buy this. As soon as it arrived, I was blown away at how well made it is. You’d never know I price-shopped! This is worthy of sitting next to a $3,000 espresso machine (not that I’ll ever experience that). The workmanship is first class. It’s heavy and does its job extremely well. We tap the portafilter a little and use our finger to somewhat level out the coffee, then use the distributor. You’ll have to play around a few days with the adjustment of the distributor; it lets you loosen the top, then screw out the distributor section to extend or retract it to the right depth. Only a little experimenting will let you find the right height. And you HAVE to be completely consistent on the grind and quantity of espresso you load into the portafilter; otherwise there will be no way for the distributor to be consistent!I could tell the first day this was a big improvement, and it got better the next couple days as I got the correct depth set on the distributor. Now I’m seeing much more consistency in our pressure, and therefore in the quality of the espresso we’re pulling.Just make sure you’re loading a consistent amount of espresso in the portafilter before you distribute and tamp or you’ll never achieve consistency.Oh, and this should be obvious, but make sure you order the correct diameter distributor; they come in three sizes. My Solis Barista Perfetta Plus uses a standard 54mm portafilter, so the 53 mm Apexstone distributor was perfect (well, I suppose a 53.9 mm might be even more perfect, but you really don’t want to cut it that close! My tamper is also 53mm.)In short, if you’re making espresso, this will be the best $15 you will ever spend. I buy a lot from Amazon and most of the time I don’t bother to post a review, but this distributor blows me away so much, ESPECIALLY for the low price, that I had to give it its due and recommend it to you.

Great quality cheap distributer!
Don’t let the price fool you, this is well made, heavy and works amazing.It acts as a distributer, but due to its weight it works as a tamper as well.Been extracting great espresso and making great drinks!

Great price and build
The weight is great and it adjust its depth really easily. Appears well built and is priced well. The next step up would be to include a tamper on the top side but, again, for the price it is still great!

A well made tool that does exactly what it should do
I am a home barista (not a professional) and I purchased this 58 mm distributor because distributing and leveling grind for espresso/cappuccino by hand is very difficult when the level of pre-tamped grind is lower than the basket edge – at least I am not able to do this. This distributor/leveler makes this operation very simple as it was described in previous positive reviews. This tool can be easily adapted to various levels of pre-tamped grind that are lower than the top edge of the basket – I did this many times. Since I purchased this tool I found that I use it in any case to distribute and level the grind even when grind cone is higher than the basket edge – it is much easier and takes less efforts and time in comparison with the hand distributing and leveling. One of the reason is diameters of the middle and upper parts of the tool are same and this diameter is larger than 58 mm diameter of the lower (distributing /leveling) part, therefore two upper parts always sit on the edge of the 58 mm basket that results in perfect leveling. I use this tool only half a month therefore I cannot say will it rust with time, however the tool I purchased looks very sturdy, it is well done (the working part is in polished chrome), looks great, and pretty heavy. I love to keep it in hand. Just in case: this tool can’t be used as a tamper as it was said in several other reviews if used upside-down simply because its upper and middle part diameter is larger than 58 mm and they cannot go inside 58 mm basket. To me, this is very good and useful product.

Imposible hacer mi espresso sin una buena agua, un buen molido y este distribuidor ¡ Sólido, excelente construcción, con un buen cuidado lo heredarás fácilmente a tus nietos.

Très bon produit de qualité