A:Answerit needs no fliters at all, the included two portafilter baskets contain a permenant filter at the bottom of two layers, plastic, and then stainless steel with even smaller holes. dishwasher safe although only a quick rinse is nescesarry.
A:AnswerNo, it doesnt, the California proposition 65 classes even loose fabrics in things other than clothing as capable of causing cancer, in this particular product it is because the water pump, tank, and portafilter filter are made of plastic, but it is high temp food safe plastic that is present in the process of almost every single restaraunt and fast food chains food making process. completely safe, a water bottle for example is hundreds of times less safe and those dont have proper warnings yet for the high microplastic content.
A:Answeryou can use any two notch 51mm portafilter with the stilosa, in terms of water travelling through the machine it is a close loop from water tank, to boiler, to either steamer or coffe press. the majority of the system is stainless steel aside from a 15 bar pump, the water tank, and the steamers connection to the machine, of which is high temp food safe plastic to enable it to move and accommodate different steamer pales.
A:AnswerIt sounds like you have several good choices here. Hopefully you were enjoying the DeLonghi EC260 espresso maker or the like, when this minor disaster struck. And also the part missing in action, is likely one of its two filter baskets, not the entire portafilter with the handle.
I’m also guessing that Davy Jones’ locker for the lost basket is the bottom of the kitchen garbage pail, not the insinkerator - if the latter, please be sure to take it out before running the motor.
The simplest but grungiest option is to put on a kitchen glove and search the bottom of the pail. The lost steel basket is almost surely the heaviest object in there. Eew, I know.
If that’s too gross or the garbage has already been picked up, for now you could use the other basket that came with the portafilter.
Annoying if that means twice as many grounds changes or half as much coffee, but this is only a stopgap.
DeLonghi, Amazon or other sources will gladly sell you another filter basket. As to size, the portafilter for the EC260 is the two-eared 51 millimeter diameter one, and its basket comes in one-shot (shallow) or two-shot (deep) varieties.
Or, if coffee appeals to your taste buds and is not just for starting your heart, consider a burr grinder for fresh beans. That will release flavors pre-ground coffee has lost. (I use a hand grinder from Kyocera but there are lots of electric ones.) Since this will clog up the DeLonghi’s portafilter, I’d take the basket’s vanishing act as a signal from the universe and get a bottomless all-steel portafilter with a wider and more porous basket. Mine is Normcore but there are less expensive ones out there. Overall your whole setup will still cost 25-30% of a fancier model.
Once this is taken care of, going forward it would be safer to remove the wet puck with a butter knife or teaspoon. Take care not to nick the black rubber gasket that keeps the filter in place, if you’re still using one.
Why yes, I am a college instructor - how could you tell? Best of luck and happy coffee drinking.
A:AnswerYour coffe must be too finely ground, unless you buy an aftermarket metal filter to put in the portafilter or use more coarse grounds you will continue to get the grounds in your cup.
A:AnswerThe entire machine is BPS free, and whether or not the Porta Filter has a rubber ring is not important, that is what is called a gasket and it is nescesarry to prevent things from leaking in parts handling liquids, and that disconnect at some point. the gasket on this particular model is between the the two cup sizes and the metal body of the portafilter, coffee travels over majority of just stainless steel and nothing else, the only exception being a plastic pump from water tank to boiler, which any automatic espresso machine also has as most pumps are either a plastic corkscrew or a medical style pump.
To clarify, there is plastic your water and coffe will come across but it is all non-toxic and is not capable of negativley impacting your health, or your morning coffee.
