Crema Standard · Est. Canada · Ships in CAD
The standard,
measured.
Tools for people who already know what a bad shot tastes like. We don't teach you coffee — we hand you better instruments.
00:04 — Pre-infusion
Water is lazy.
It finds the loosest path.
Every channel in your puck started as an uneven bed of grounds — long before the pump ever came on.
00:18 — Extraction
Channelling is rarely
a tamper problem.
It's a distribution problem. Fix the bed first, and 30 lbs of pressure stops being a variable you have to guess at.
00:31 — In the cup
Repeatable, or it
doesn't count.
Start where it actually matters: the millimetre your machine was built around.
Find your portafilter size →Step one · The only measurement that matters
51, 53, 54 or 58 mm?
Nearly every fitment mistake in home espresso comes down to one number: the inside diameter of your portafilter basket. Pick yours and the whole store filters to what actually fits your machine.
Not sure? Measure the inside lip of your basket with calipers, or check the model list on each card.
Step two · Read the shot
What your espresso is telling you
Four symptoms, four causes, four tools. No gadget fixes a technique problem — but the right one removes the variable so you can find the real fault.
The target
18 grams in.
36 grams out. 27 seconds.
That ratio isn't a rule — it's a starting point you adjust from. What it does require is a puck that extracts evenly, which is the part hardware can actually solve.
Step three · Built around your machine
Kits, matched to the millimetre
Every kit is assembled around one basket diameter, so nothing arrives that doesn't seat. Bundled at 12–15% under the sum of the parts — add each piece from its own page for now; bundled checkout is next.
The catalogue
Everything, filtered
Showing products · all sizes listed are basket inside diameter