Lately I've been making espresso again, and succeeded in melting the handle of the Primula Express I've been using on the stove the other morning, which reminded me: A year or two ago I bought this really great looking little machine from a thrift store, but it's missing its portafilter.

I can't find much info on it on the net; this is the only reference I've found to the exact machine I've got, but the site is dormant, and they never replied to my mails a couple years back. I bought a La San Marco portafilter from Espresso Parts a couple of years ago when I first got the machine, but it turned out to be for a commercial model and was far too large for mine.

Searching again today, I notice its general form is very similar to the La Pavoni Euromatic, Lelit PL041, Rancilio Silvia, etc. Are the portafilters on these machines a standard (interchangable)? Is there anyplace I might find an exact 'La San Marco MINI/85 portafilter' I could check first?

And besides that, has anyone else got one of these? Mine's red and white, and had a crisp, clean copy of the manual tucked into the water reservoir.

Sorry, I can't help with the portafilter you need but might be interested in the one you have. If you are interested in selling the commercial San Marco please e-mail me.

I measured the diameter of the filter basket that was with it (which fits under the group head fine) this morning. It's exactly 60mm at the outermost edge of the lip, and I think 53mm inside. The group has two spaces for fairly wide flanges directly opposite each other. Is this consistent with the Euromatic, PL041, etc.?

Gime2much:
Sorry, I returned it!