My mate Col has just started a new brand selling coffee tampers made from old skateboard decks. I think they look really cool.

https://www.seven-coffee.com/

Now I know I am back in STW land.

Is this serious? About £100? I really need to come up with a fool and money parting scheme of my own

**** hell, you could get a half assed belt (sorry meant cnc’d) for the cost of one of the tampers

Just when you thought coffee couldn’t get any more hip…..
Add skateboards, glue and a graphic designer…..

Is this serious? About £100? I really need to come up with a fool and money parting scheme of my own

You do. But you won’t mate.

I know, trouble is I couldn’t keep a straight face 😀

Very nice. I like.

😛

That’s a really pretty and utterly contentless website.

Gav at August Wheel Works makes tampers out of hubs. Much more suitable for the biker. Very nice at about £65. Lots of images on his Facebook page.

It inspired me to have a go at making my own.

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That’s a really pretty and utterly contentless website.

😆

Those are beautiful but you’d have to be a moron to buy one for that much money.

B’jebus.

£100 for a stamper, is your mate outsourcing to China yet? Needs to get a move on, demand will be extremely brisk.

That’s a really pretty and utterly contentless website.

+1. Also it didn’t answer my question of what a ‘coffee tamper is/does/is used for’

Maybe I’m a (60yr old) Philistine or something but up to now I’ve never heard of or used one.

essel – they’re butt plugs for those stupid enough to pay £100 for a bit of an old skateboard with some glue and beard trimmings.
The beard trimmings are for extra “tickle” once its in….

why/how is a £100 recycled tamper better than a £20 tamper? It’s a tool for squashing coffee grounds.

It’s a parody, yeah?

why/how is a £100 recycled tamper better than a £20 tamper?

Or a 50p spoon?

You’re not paying for it’s functionality (well, a little perhaps) you’re paying for its artistry and it delivers that in spades.

I think they’re great, can’t immediately figure out how it’s made, and think it would make a great gift or addition to my kitchen.

It is a little expensive, but is about on par with a Rapha one.

Personally, I want this one:

A nice tree branch – cut at the length wherever the girth is correct for your coffee machine diameter. Cut to 4″ length & varnish.

what is it? what is it for? serious Q

Disagree; It needs more heft.

We’re going to be 3D printing some refractive materials next year and I’m planning myself a nice Tungsten tamper.

When you grind coffee and place it into a basket, it needs to be packed and levelled before being placed into the machine. A nicely weighted tamper can do this.

why cant you just press it in with the back of a spoon?

can’t immediately figure out how it’s made,

At a guess imagine the decks are cut into small circular sections then given a bit of a clean up.
Glued and sandwiched together under pressure, once the glues gone off chucked on a lathe and tooled into the finished shape.
Given a coat of polyurethane varnish(probably sprayed on for best finish) then the metal bit bonded into place.

Have I took the magic out of it? who cares,
there nice but not £100 nice.

Can they do one in the made out of recycled Orange 5 swing arms, in the shape of an Audi that leaves a stamp in the coffee saying “I work in IT”. Then charge me £300 instead. Then we have achieved peak stw.

why cant you just press it in with the back of a spoon?

It needs to be flat. You can just use a plastic one, but a good tamper should work under its own weight.

Can he make one out of old Boost through-axles?

😆

why cant you just press it in with the back of a spoon?

Cos that wouldn’t be ‘chic/niche/artisan’ enough Tony. 😆

Like those who spend £££’s on wet razors like shaving is a ritual or something. 😕

Is telling hip young people to get in the sea, still a thing?

How do you use one with a Nespresso?

😉

alta rica instant is as good as any coffee i have ever drunk.

call me old fashioned but i really do not see the point of any kitchen gadgetry.

and dont even get me started on those bloody soduku knives.

[video]https://youtu.be/wrZRrzfMF3o[/video]

and dont even get me started on those bloody soduku knives.

You really want one with a handle made from old skate board decks….

I think they look great. It’s the sort of thing I’d buy someone as a gift, but never for myself. Totally extravagant, but a nice thing to have if you’re into coffee.

Perfectly happy with my cheap motta tamper though.

alta rica instant is as good as any coffee i have ever drunk.

John smiths in a can is as good as any beer I have ever drunk.
Each to his own and all that.

That’s a really pretty and utterly contentless website.

That website is **** horrible, I hate the way everything scrolls at a different speed. If he can sell those tampers for that kind of money then good luck to him I spose but I dont like them personally.

Struggling to see where the £100 goes that makes these special, I’m afraid.

The demographic for this is Audi driving IT managers who now work in London who had a slightly misspent youth dossing around on skateboards

Perfect targeting of the demographic if you ask me

Guerrilla marketing at it’s best

Not really guerilla marketing. Brant just spanked a link to his mate’s business in new thread.