La Marzocco Advanced Precision Basket. Is it the same as Strada basket? - Page 2

June 23rd, 2017, 5:08 pm

Peppersass wrote: LM Advanced Precision Baskets are manufactured the same way, but the optical scanning process isn't used. Therefore LM's margins on these baskets make them more suitable for inclusion with their lower-priced machines and higher-volume machines. But they're not identical in quality or consistency to Strada and VST baskets.

You can find information on the subject from LM here.

Can you, may be, look at my pictures above? Are my LM baskets 'advanced precision'? They look different than VST's, not polished.

#12: Post by **boost** » June 23rd, 2017, 5:42 pm

Just FYI, LM changed the finish on their basket to matte. apparently to make it work better with auto-tamper and reduce channeling.

http://www.lamarzoccousa.com/wp-content ... askets.pdf

June 23rd, 2017, 6:37 pm

I see, that answers the question. Thanks! Yes, channeling with polished baskets was sometime a problem. I learnt a lot about baskets today. Matte is better, it turns out.

What is interesting, is that the extraction time is much less with the VST. I have to grind the same dose much finer as compared to LM AP baskets.