The LUCCA A53 Wood Bottomless Portafilter helps you diagnose extraction issues and make better espresso in style. Handcrafted in our Portland workshop, this bottomless portafilter exposes the bottom of your basket, allowing you to watch your espresso shot extract in real time and instantly identify channeling, uneven distribution, or tamping inconsistencies. The marriage of a precision-machined stainless steel body and a hand-finished wood handle delivers both function and beauty at the group head.
Key Features
- 53mm machine compatibility: Fits the LUCCA A53 Mini, A53 Direct Plumb, A53 Pro, La Spaziale Vivaldi II, Vivaldi II Mini, Dream, and Dream T.
- Bottomless design: Full visibility of extraction for immediate feedback on puck preparation
- Handcrafted wood handle: Unique grain patterns, comfortable ergonomics, made in Portland
- 53mm triple stainless steel basket included
Whether you're refining technique or simply appreciate watching a perfect extraction flow into your cup, this portafilter connects craftsmanship to the daily ritual—backed by Clive's expertise in espresso equipment and education.
The LUCCA A53 Wood Bottomless Portafilter helps you diagnose extraction issues and make better espresso in style. Handcrafted in our Portland workshop, this bottomless portafilter exposes the bottom of your basket, allowing you to watch your espresso shot extract in real time and instantly identify channeling, uneven distribution, or tamping inconsistencies. The marriage of a precision-machined stainless steel body and a hand-finished wood handle delivers both function and beauty at the group head.
Key Features
- 53mm machine compatibility: Fits the LUCCA A53 Mini, A53 Direct Plumb, A53 Pro, La Spaziale Vivaldi II, Vivaldi II Mini, Dream, and Dream T.
- Bottomless design: Full visibility of extraction for immediate feedback on puck preparation
- Handcrafted wood handle: Unique grain patterns, comfortable ergonomics, made in Portland
- 53mm triple stainless steel basket included
Whether you're refining technique or simply appreciate watching a perfect extraction flow into your cup, this portafilter connects craftsmanship to the daily ritual—backed by Clive's expertise in espresso equipment and education.
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Customers praised this bottomless portafilter for its beautiful wood handle and craftsmanship. Many noted "fantastic quality" and excellent aesthetics. However, some experienced fit issues with certain machines, including tight insertion and locking problems. A few reported the handle loosening and finish degradation over time. The triple basket received mixed feedback.
- One of the best ones you can get on the market!
- Fantastic quality, extremely smooth and I love using this!
- Quality feels top notch. I would buy it again if I had to!
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I was asked to leave a review regarding the portafilter I purchased for a gift. I was told the handle is very well done.. the basket works as expected. It holds around 20gram of coffee grounds.the finish on the portafilter is NOT well finished. For the price paid one would expect a very nice finish. Just relaying the message I'm not the one using it.
I love it it's well made and really nice. Looks great too and matches my wooden knobs on my profitec pro 300.
This portafilter works wonderfully and I will continue to use it. The fit on my four year old Rocket Apartamento is a tiny bit tight and I feel metal on metal when load the portafilter into the machine.
Good feel and finish on the handle. Weight of the portafilter is nice.
Overall, fantastic portafilter! The quality is good as usual with Lucca products. The only thing that surprised me was that the weight was pretty front heavy vs the non wood bottomless version. However, it is a beautiful wood accent and works great!
It’s the perfect addition to my machine
Fantastic quality, extremely smooth and I love using this! I will note that I got it for the Lucca A53 mini, and the triple basket it came with was the older, 2024 model which does NOT fit into the A53 mini. Thankfully customer service had sent over the new, 2025 model triple basket along with this, so I just had to swap them out and we are good to go!!
great fit with the Ascaso Steel Duo
The build and quality of this portafilter is very nice and I am very happy with. The only thing I was not happy with was how it fit into my machine. I have the La Spaziale Dream T and the fit was off. The portafilter fits too tight into the machine. At first I didnt think it was going to fit at all. However, after really forcing it in, I am able to get the porta filter into the machine. Also, it doesnt lock into the group head perpindicular to the machine, like it normally should. Instead, when I insert the portafilter into the machine, it only is able to turn about a quarter of the way to lock in.
Simply well made and elegant!
It’s Beautiful!
Really nice little upgrade for my machine. The wood handle feels nice to pick up and looks quite a bit nicer than the plastic handle it replaced.
The quality and shape are beautiful
Been wanting to get a new portafilter for the home espresso machine. This is really beautiful and a welcome addition!
The portafilter does not lock on the machine and routinely pops off while making espresso.
Nice looking upgrade for the machine paired with VST basket!
The portafilter looks and feels beautiful, but the handle can come loose from the metal section no matter how hard I tighten it. This portafilter doesn't fit as well in the group head as the stock ones that came with my A53. Given the price, I'd hoped for slightly better quality.
Absolutely beautiful with a sturdy build
Very good looking portafilter, well build, performs as expected, one of the best ones you can get on the market!
The handle is nice but the actual metal part looks like it was made in a high school shop class. Burrs and nicks on the metal where the bottom of the portafilter was cut. I just took the handle off and just used it for another portafilter. I liked it enough to just bite the bullet and keep it.
Just beautiful
LEGIT I do wish the portafilter body was taller than the baslet, though. The triple basket protrudes a tiny bit further on the bottom, so it sometimes gets unseated when tamping
Great product. My chrome on the first one started coming off within the first week, but they sent me in a new one ASAP.
The look of this portafilter is aesthetically pleasing! It fits nicely in the hand and quality feels top notch. I would buy it again if I had to!
It does its job of being a bottomless portafilter, and it easy to remove/insert baskets, which are the two most important things. The one issue I have with this item is that for its price, you would expect rather nice build quality. Unfortunately, the handle unscrews itself and the portafilter itself feels too light, even accounting for the difference in volume vs. a portafilter with a spout, I suspect that this comes from the handle. That's a shame because incorporating Walnut is in fact, the correct product choice. But it has to be done right, and unfortunately the current version is not good.
Fits well in my Rancilio Silvia. Looks good and goes with my maple front kitchen. It’s a lighter weight portafilter which makes it comfortable. However, the basket it came with was basically useless. The flow rate through it was extremely restricted compared with other baskets I own. Upon inspection many of the basket holes looked ragged as if they were not punched or cut out correctly, and one hole in the middle was completely unpunched. I ended up using a Rancilio triple basket which fit and works as expected.
The weight is great, great feel when using it & pulls great shots. I use 18g of coffee per shot. The wood is beautiful, I got the walnut & it's a nice matte finish.
I love this thing! The quality is very good. The handle is removable for cleaning and the fit in my Expobar is perfect. The handle is very comfortable to hold. Overall a great buy.
It’s amazing what small details. Make such a big difference in your espresso routine. It’s light weight
I'm glad I went with this version of the wood portafilter instead of the version with the chrome tip. The handle has a really nice feel and the bubinga finish matches my knob set perfectly. It feels a little heavy on the basket side, even with a VST basket in there, and could be balanced/weighted a bit better.