Distribution Tools

Somewhere between “just tamp it and hope” and full barista-competition puck prep lies a genuinely useful rabbit hole: the distribution tool vs WDT tool espresso debate. If you’ve recently upgraded your home setup with a decent grinder and a naked portafilter, you’ve probably already seen the problem the moment you pulled a shot — a … Read more

If you’ve ever pulled a shot that ran out sour on one side and bitter on the other, the culprit almost certainly wasn’t your beans. It was channelling — water finding the laziest route through an unevenly packed coffee puck, over-extracting one patch while barely touching the rest. An espresso distribution tool exists purely to … Read more