Youdepot Stainless Steel Coffee Tamper - Perfect for Making Professional-Tasting Espresso Shots at Home

LG007: The size is perfect for my espresso machine and the weight is great. I highly recommend this if looking for a tamper.

Canada on Sep 21, 2023

debbie.: Easy to use . Nice outcome
Would buy again .

Canada on Jun 28, 2023

Maleko: I think 51mm is a standard espresso cup size so should work for most people. Even if your cup is 53 mm this will still work. Like others said its a two piece stainless pieces held together by a hollow hex like threaded screw. This is probably the weak point in this item. Maybe i will try to find a solid brass or some other corrosion resistent screw. Not sure if this is a stainless screw as well, but sort of looked like a plain iron like metal. Overall quality is nice, even with that type of screw it does feel solid in the hand. Since it's stainless steel, its quite heavy. It unscrews easily and it was easy to put back together. I washed mine and its ready to go for tomorrows coffee. Should compress perfectly compared to my plastic damper i received with the espresso maker. 5 stars for now for great price. The stainless is totally smooth and does a good job of pressing it down.

United States on Jun 25, 2023

Shelley72: This was a great heavy duty tamper for espresso. It works much better than the cheap plastic ones that come with some of the espresso machines.

United States on Jun 13, 2023

Sebastien lauzon: Pour l instant j ai rien a dire le diamètre est parfait pour compresser le café et très beau côté look et je le lave à la main

Canada on Mar 04, 2023

Amazon Customer: This tamper looks and feels nice. It is heavy, so it’s easy to tamp well. Nicely finished; easy to wipe clean. Fits my Hugo portafilter basket perfectly.

United States on Feb 02, 2023

Terry Proveau: I don't make espresso very often so this does the job well for me. A reasonable price for a nice heavy tamper and it fit my espresso basket on my Krups machine perfectly. It's very solid and very heavy. I would have preferred the look of a fancy wood handle but for the price this one is very sturdy.

Canada on Nov 05, 2022

Luke AnthonyLuke Anthony: This espresso tamper arrived in 3 pieces, out of the box and bag, loose in the bubble pouch.
The first thing I noticed was the heavy solid feel weighing 523.54 grams, next I noticed what appears to be rust in the threaded assembly holes, I’m assuming moisture got in there at some point when it was assembled with the hex screw since this claims to be stainless steel.
Both end surfaces are polished with minor machining marks and the rest of the surfaces have textured ridges from machining which I quite like, however all surfaces have dents and dings likely from banging together while I unassembled during shipping.
Although that doesn’t bother me, as mentioned in other reviews as well, the surfaces are not perfect, something to take note of.
The threaded hex screw had damage to the first thread though it still assembled no problem.
My 5/32 Allen key was a close but not perfect fit, which I snuggled into the base of the tamper, and threaded the handle onto the base by hand.
I may add some thread lock in the future if it comes loose and a bit of food grade grease between the base and handle to keep moisture out when washing.

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Canada on Nov 01, 2021

Lana: I researched all kinds of tampers, but ultimately decided to go with the heaviest one I could find. This one has an iron core and comes in at 1.2 lbs (545 g) on my scale, so very little pressure is needed to arrive at the perfect tamp for my machine.

I haven't determined yet whether the outside is actually stainless steel (as listed) or just chrome, but it wipes clean with little effort, so I feel little need to test that out.

They could do a much better job of packaging for shipment, though. It arrived loose in a padded envelope. I later realized that there had actually been a small product box inside the envelope... which was flat as a pancake. They could have at least taped the box shut so the tamper wouldn't roll out during shipment.

Overall, it's a great tamper. Just be careful not to let it roll off the counter, as it is a killer on the toes! LOL.

United States on Mar 18, 2021

Vern Diesel: People been writing mixed reviews about this thing.. So I want to clear it up. This thing is a two piece solid stainless tamper built like a Truck. IT MIGHT be chromed but I'm not damaging it to figure it out. ITs connected by a steel Allen set screw. It's not got a cover on it..Its solid stainless..Anyone who posted otherwise is wrong..And does not understand how things are made. Or manufactured.Its highly polished on the outside. But not polished where it screws together. So people looked inside and stated it's not stainless because it's a different color.. Well guess what, its supposed to be a different color.. That's what color stainless bar stock looks like . Its two piece because two sizes of bar stock have to be used during manufacturing. Or it would cost a lot more. The set screw was not tight and it could unscrew during shipping. Tighten it up and use it..If you want put some vegetable oil on it and screw it together. So it dont rust..If you really dont want it to come apart put some superglue on it or other glue or RTV and tighten it. Set screws are high strength and precision made. So you have to line up the threads correctly to get them started. ANYone who said they...

United States on Jul 29, 2020