Hello,
Long time listener, first time caller.

I own an Avanti Capri espresso machine (looks like a knock off of a Mokita cafe creme) It has a 57mm chromed brass portafilter. I was looking into getting a few extra baskets and maybe a naked portafilter but as you can imagine, the online espresso parts store don't exactly carry Avanti parts ( Avanti seems to be found only in one local shop in Montreal).

My question is are all 57mm portafilter created equally?

Has anyone ever tried to swap a Lelit for an Ascaso pf?

Could I buy one of these brands of pfs and expect it to fit on my machine?

Thanks to anyone out there who helps

Mario

thanks,

Just fired off an email to 1st line and am waiting to hear back from them.

So apparently Ascaso and Lelit pfs are not interchangeable, but I can't say anything about mine.

If anyone in the Montreal area has a Lelit or Ascaso machine and would be willing to try your pf in my machine or my pf in yours let me know, unfortunately there is no local dealer for these brands that I know of.

Here is the machine in question:

doesn't look quite like the Faema and I think is substantially less expensive.

The Avanti, despite its small size and resemblance to a Saeco has a brass boiler and chromed brass grouphead and portafilter. Not bad for the 225$CAd I paid new.

I purchased the machine new from someone on Kijiji (it may have fallen off a truck?). For 225$ I am quite happy with it. I believe that the machine sells for quite a bit more at Espresso Mali on St-Laurent. At full price the only things I could complain about are the cheap looking plastic drip tray (hard to clean) and lack of a 3 way valve. You have to wait a minute or two before removing the portafilter from the grouphead or you get coffee everywhere. On a good day not a problem, but when dialing in a new bean...