As you would expect, we’re looking at a quality stainless steel unit here, which just glistens and oozes with class. Come join the discussion about collections, retailers, beans, grinders, brewers, technical maintenance, models, styles, teas, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! Something a little different now as we look at a knock box from one of Italy’s premiere steel manufacturers, Motta. The non-slip rubber bottom is a handy addition as it means you can have full confidence that it’s not going to move when you’re hammering the portafilter against it.

After you've crafted a delicious morning espresso, simply tap your filter on the bar to release the grind. Not only that, but keeping all of your grounds separate from the rest of your waste means that you are able to distribute them all over your garden – coffee grounds are wonderful for many different types of plants. Well I have good news, for them and you, because a knock box is the type of thing that you might not have, but also something that you definitely should!Far better than the 2 wing are at giving 2 which can be fairly common anyway even DaveC gets them sometimes. Our next selection is the Grindenstein – the flagship product for Australian kitchen appliance inventors Dreamfarm, who have been innovating and creating handy gadgets since 2003. LOL Makes a change for someone to come along who can use any Sage machine from day one but have found a problem anyway.

While my aim is good I found it too small and initially when everyone wanted coffee every 5min that it didn't hold enough. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.centimetres, it is big enough for domestic use, but without being so big as to prove a problem to fit on to your kitchen worktop. The next product on our list is this neat little box from German kitchen utensil manufacturers, Cucino. First of all, it has a lovely clean stainless steel finish to it, which both looks stylish and is incredibly functional in that it can easily be wiped down and is incredibly durable. This is one of the cheapest products that we’re looking at today, and while it is small, it does everything that you could possibly want from a coffee knock box.

We’ve all been there (I’m assuming the non-espresso machine folk have left us to it by now) – you’re just about to empty the coffee puck, full of moist, used coffee grounds and you realise you now have to traipse through the kitchen, dripping coffee as you go. Now time to look at a knock box from one of the most prolific coffee equipment producers in the world, Italian giants De’Longhi. For many years I have looked on at gorgeous coffee machines with the hope of one day purchasing one. as real users, posing a threat to a site’s security, so the site sometimes runs random security checks.This is another knockbox that I would describe as ‘a feature’ for your kitchen – something that you would have out in view rather than hidden away under your espresso machine. Some may see the plastic body as a disadvantage, when compared to the stainless steel that some of the others are made out of, but it does have the benefit of not being as noisy when you are emptying the portafilter. centimetres, this is big enough so that you’ll only need to empty it once or twice a week, depending on how many espressos you get through.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a lift or elevated piece of metal so the cups are closer to the spout. Not only that, but you also end up whacking the portafilter on the side of the bin to get as much out as possible – I mean, who knows what sort of germs you are coming into contact with there. If, like me, you consider your coffee drinking as not just a way to get caffeine into your body, but as a hobby, you’ll be well aware that you end up accumulating a lot of different pieces of equipment. There is also a rubber grip on the bottom of the box, which is great for when you’re really whacking the portafilter to get all the grounds out – you don’t want the box to be slipping away from you.While you may want to make a feature of some of the other products on our list, this one will do nothing more for your kitchen than just blend into the background. This is a great place to start our list of the best knockboxes because it is just a classic example. What is clever about this, is that there is an inside section within the aluminium housing which you can take out to empty and clean.