Wacaco Picopresso Pressure Gauge
Wacaco Picopresso Pressure Gauge
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Upgrade your Picopresso espresso game to the next level. Seamlessly attachable to your Wacaco Picopresso unit, this pressure meter provides real-time monitoring and control for precision brewing.
Whether you're a novice or an experienced barista, this gauge serves as a valuable teaching tool, aiding in the mastering of your pumping technique. With the Picopresso Gauge, you can dive into the world of espresso pressure profiling and improve your coffee brewing process to a more controlled level.
Why Pressure in Espresso Matters?
Having control over the amount of pressure your espresso is extracting at is useful for a couple different reasons:
Consistency:
Being able to measure the pressure of your shot will help you to replicate this same pressure for future espresso shots.
Pre-infusion:
Staring your espresso with a slow pump and small amount of pressure introduces your puck of coffee to your water and helps to evenly wet all the grounds before reaching full pressure and extracting at a higher pressure.
Pressure profiling:
Extracting espressos at different pressures can help to layer the textural element of your espresso and bring out a much more complex range of flavours. Read more about how to pressure profile espresso with the Picopresso Pressure Gauge.
Picopresso Pressure Gauge Features
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Direct pressure reading:
Levels up your Picopresso experience and a better understanding of the brewing process. - Easy to attach: Seamlessly attaches to the Picopresso in between the body and the coffee basket, instantly transforming it into a real mini espresso machine.
- Maintains a sleek profile: The Picopresso Pressure Gauge only adds a couple of cm to the body of your Picopresso, a small trade off for a lot of value!
- Avoids catastrophic damage: Brewing at too high of pressure can cause internal damage to your Picopresso coffee maker, reading the pressure via the gauge will allow you to avoid causing unnecessary damage to your espresso maker.
Included:
1 x Wacaco Picopresso Pressure Gauge
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Brand: Wacaco
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Customer Reviews
I love mine! Been waiting a while for these pressuregauges to come back in stock so I went with basic barista. It arrived a couple days after I ordered and it works great.
Thank you!
I think the Picopresso is super cool device but I definitely need a pressure gauge to be able to estimate the needed amount of pressure. So I ordered one here because it seems to be out of stock almost everywhere else. I much appreciate that Basic Barista has rare stuff that is hard to find in other places and that it does international shipping! However, the pressure gauge turned out to be completely unusable for me. After the first use it jammed and became impossible to unscrew. I searched for solution in the internet, and tried everything, cooling it down, heating one part and cooling the other, I even tried two belt strap wrench openers but the two rings refused to opened. Finally I was able to open them by hammering slightly the Picopresso metal ring that holds the portafilter. Next time I tried to lubricate the threads with food safe grease but it jammed again and was impossible to open by hand. I see a lot of videos on Youtube where people use this device with no problems, so I guess I got a defective unit, but that is my experience with it. Not only it is completely unusable, I also damaged slightly my Picopresso ring when tried to open it.
Hi Adam,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your detailed feedback! We’re truly sorry to hear about your experience. It definitely sounds like the unit you received may have been faulty, as what you’ve described is not normal and shouldn’t be happening.
In situations like this, we always encourage customers to reach out to us right away before attempting fixes, as we’re more than happy to troubleshoot and provide a solution to the problem. We certainly don’t want you to damage your Picopresso in the process.
Please get in touch with us directly via our contact page so we can arrange a replacement unit for you. We want to make sure you have a fully working pressure gauge and can enjoy your Picopresso setup without any issues.
We really appreciate your support for what we do at Basic Barista and we’ll make sure this gets resolved quickly for you.
– The Basic Barista Team
shipped the same day and arrived within 2 days! Fits perfectly, and I love finally knowing exactly how much pressure I’m using when brewing my espresso.
Perfect!
Hey Ulrich,
Thanks so much for your review.
Happy Brewing!
I’m very happy it finally came here to Peru… thank so much!! I don’t put 5 stars because the gauge seem a little less premium that I thought and in the manual don’t show any common troubles and how to fix, so I have to do a research… but works ok, I’m happy after all…