LELIT58 Bottomless Portafilter – Walnut Wood – IMS 18–21 g Basket
👀 See Your Espresso Extraction – Beautiful Walnut, Serious Barista Tool
The LELIT58 Bottomless Portafilter with walnut wooden handle combines one of the most useful espresso diagnostic tools with the elegant traditional finish of real wood.
By removing the conventional spouted bottom, the entire underside of the basket remains visible during extraction.
You can actually see how the espresso develops.
Is the puck extracting evenly?
Is one side flowing before the other?
Are individual jets appearing?
Is the espresso converging beautifully into one central stream?
A naked portafilter doesn't hide your puck preparation.
And that's precisely why we like it. 👃☕
This genuine LELIT accessory is designed for machines equipped with the LELIT58 group and includes a stainless-steel 18–21 g 2-dose PLUS basket developed in collaboration with IMS.
📋 Quick Menu
- 👀 Completely visible extraction
- ☕ Bottomless / naked design
- 🌰 Genuine walnut wooden handle
- 🧺 IMS-developed 18–21 g PLUS basket included
- 📏 Designed for the LELIT58 group
- 🌀 Fantastic diagnostic tool for channeling
- 📸 Beautiful espresso photography & videos
- 🧲 Perfect with a 58.5 mm puck screen
- 🧰 Ideal for WDT and precision puck preparation
- 👃 CoffeeNose extraction tips
- 🫘 WB.coffee espresso recommendations
- 🎓 Espresso workshops & masterclasses
👀 Why Use a Bottomless Portafilter?
A conventional double-spouted portafilter hides almost everything happening underneath the basket.
The espresso enters the enclosed body and exits through the spouts.
With a bottomless portafilter, there is nothing between you and the basket.
This immediately makes problems easier to identify.
Look for:
✅ Even appearance across the basket
✅ Drops developing across a broad area
✅ Gradual convergence towards the centre
✅ Smooth, stable espresso flow
Watch for:
❌ One side starting much earlier
❌ Sudden horizontal jets
❌ Multiple erratic streams
❌ Pale areas that never extract properly
❌ Spraying around the cup and machine
These symptoms can indicate problems with distribution, tamping, dose, grind or basket preparation.
🌀 One of the Best Tools for Learning Puck Preparation
A naked portafilter is brutally honest.
That's useful.
If your distribution is poor, the extraction shows you.
If your tamp is uneven, you may see it.
If the coffee channels, you often see exactly where it happens.
This makes the bottomless portafilter particularly valuable when experimenting with:
⚙️ Grind size
⚖️ Dose
🌀 WDT
🔘 Tamping
🧺 Different baskets
🧲 Puck screens
💧 Pre-infusion
📊 Higher-extraction espresso recipes
You receive visual feedback immediately rather than relying only on extraction time.
👃 CoffeeNose Tip – Don't Chase a Pretty Instagram Shot
A perfect-looking central cone of espresso is satisfying.
But:
Beautiful flow does not automatically mean beautiful flavour.
Always evaluate:
⚖️ Coffee dose
💧 Beverage yield
⏱️ Extraction time
👀 Flow behaviour
👅 Taste
A bottomless portafilter is a diagnostic tool, not a flavour meter.
If the extraction looks slightly imperfect but tastes exceptionally sweet and balanced:
drink it.
If it looks spectacular but tastes dry and bitter:
change the recipe.
Your eyes provide information.
Your palate makes the decision. 👃
🌰 Real Walnut Wooden Handle
The walnut handle gives the portafilter a warmer, more traditional appearance than a standard plastic or metal handle.
It pairs especially beautifully with:
🪵 LELIT walnut machine accessories
🌰 LELIT Bianca wooden upgrade kits
🪵 Wooden tampers
🟤 Natural wood tamping stations
☕ Premium home coffee corners
LELIT offers its LELIT58 wooden portafilters as part of a family of fine-wood accessories, including walnut, maple and other finishes.
Because wood is a natural material, variation in grain and colour is normal and gives each handle some individual character.
🧺 IMS 18–21 g PLUS Basket Included
This is not merely an empty portafilter handle.
The current walnut version includes a stainless-steel two-dose PLUS basket rated for approximately 18–21 grams, developed by LELIT in collaboration with IMS.
That is a very useful capacity for modern espresso recipes.
Typical starting points might include:
☕ Traditional double
18 g coffee
🍓 Modern espresso
18–20 g coffee
🥛 Milk-based espresso
19–20 g coffee
The correct dose depends on the bean, roast, basket, grind and available headspace.
Never simply fill a basket to its maximum stated capacity.
⚠️ Check Your Headspace
Especially when using:
🧺 An 18–21 g basket
+
☕ A larger coffee dose
+
🧲 A puck screen
you need enough room between the prepared coffee bed and the machine's shower screen.
Too little headspace can cause the shower screen or centre screw to press into the puck before extraction begins.
Possible consequences:
❌ Disturbed puck preparation
❌ Uneven extraction
❌ Puck-screen deformation
❌ Difficult portafilter locking
If necessary:
⚖️ Reduce the dose slightly
or
🧺 Choose a deeper basket.
🧲 Perfect Pairing – Magnetic Puck Screen 58.5 mm
A 58.5 mm magnetic puck screen is an excellent addition to this setup.
Place it on top of the prepared coffee puck to help:
💧 Spread water more evenly
🫧 Support uniform pre-infusion
🧼 Keep the shower screen cleaner
♻️ Reduce unnecessary flushing
And because it's magnetic, you can lift it out before knocking the coffee puck into the knock box.
No burned fingers.
No puck screen disappearing into wet coffee grounds.
For the home barista, this combination makes a lot of sense.
🌀 WDT Tool
A naked portafilter can show channeling.
A good WDT tool helps prevent it.
After grinding:
- Attach a dosing funnel.
- Distribute the grounds thoroughly with WDT.
- Level the coffee bed.
- Tamp evenly.
- Add the puck screen if desired.
- Brew with the naked portafilter.
- Watch what happens.
Change one variable at a time.
That's how you learn.
⭕ Dosing Funnel
Bottomless portafilter users often experiment with:
☕ Larger baskets
🌸 Light-roasted coffee
⚙️ Fluffy fresh grounds
🌀 WDT
A dosing funnel keeps coffee inside the basket while distributing it.
Less coffee on the counter.
More coffee in the espresso.
Simple.
🔘 Precision Tamper
A basket designed for precision espresso deserves a properly fitting tamper.
For LELIT58 / precision 58 mm baskets, we recommend choosing the tamper diameter according to the actual basket dimensions rather than simply buying something labelled “58 mm.”
A close-fitting precision tamper can help reduce untamped coffee around the basket wall.
⚖️ Cross-Sell – Espresso Scale
The naked portafilter lets you see the extraction.
A scale lets you measure it.
Use a compact espresso scale to monitor:
⚖️ Dry coffee dose
💧 Beverage yield
⏱️ Extraction time
📊 Brew ratio
Useful starting point:
18 g coffee → 36–45 g espresso
Then adjust according to flavour.
🧼 Keep the Basket & Portafilter Clean
A bottomless design makes cleaning easier because there are no enclosed spouts collecting hidden coffee residue.
Still, coffee oils accumulate on:
🧺 Basket holes
⭕ Basket rim
🔩 Stainless-steel portafilter body
☕ Underside of the basket
Rinse after use and periodically clean compatible stainless-steel components with a proper espresso-oil cleaner such as Cafetto EVO.
Avoid soaking the walnut handle in cleaning solution.
Remove the basket and clean the stainless-steel parts separately.
🫘 Find Your Espresso with a WB.coffee Tasting Set
A bottomless portafilter is perfect for experimenting with different coffees.
Try an espresso tasting set and compare:
🍫 Chocolaty
🌰 Nutty
🍮 Caramel
🍓 Fruity
🌸 Floral
🌍 Single-origin coffees
Every coffee may require a different:
⚙️ Grind setting
⚖️ Dose
💧 Ratio
🌡️ Temperature
The naked portafilter lets you see how those changes influence flow.
🌰 CN – Chocolaty & Nutty
Our CN – Chocolaty & Nutty blend is a great option when you enjoy sweet, comforting espresso or milk-based coffee.
Think:
🍫 Milk chocolate
🌰 Nuts
🍮 Caramel
🍯 Brown sugar
🍰 Fudge
It's also one of our popular HoReCa choices.
Fantastic for:
☕ Espresso
🥛 Cappuccino
🤎 Flat white
🍮 VC – Vanilla & Caramel
Prefer something smooth and sweet?
VC – Vanilla & Caramel gives you an approachable espresso profile that works particularly well with milk.
Expect a flavour direction of:
🌼 Vanilla
🍮 Caramel
🍯 Sweetness
🥛 Creamy milk-coffee compatibility
🌍 Ask for a Single-Origin Espresso Recommendation
Want to push your espresso further?
Ask us which current WB.coffee single origin we recommend for your machine and grinder.
Tell us:
☕ Your espresso machine
⚙️ Your grinder
🧺 Basket size
👅 Flavours you enjoy
🥛 Whether you drink espresso black or with milk
and we'll point you towards a suitable coffee and starting recipe.
✅ Compatibility
This bottomless portafilter is intended for espresso machines equipped with the LELIT58 group. LELIT explicitly lists it as a LELIT58 accessory.
LELIT58 is used across compatible professional-style LELIT machines, including the Bianca platform.
⚠️ Important
Do not assume that every espresso machine marketed as “58 mm” uses the same portafilter locking geometry.
58 mm describes the approximate basket/group size.
It does not guarantee:
🔩 Matching locking ears
📐 Correct ear thickness
🧭 Correct ear position
⭕ Correct group gasket engagement
Use this portafilter with machines specifically compatible with LELIT58.
🔧 Technical Specifications
Product: LELIT58 Bottomless / Naked Portafilter
Handle: Walnut wood
Portafilter body: Stainless steel
Type: Bottomless / naked
Group compatibility: LELIT58
Included basket: Stainless-steel 2-dose PLUS
Basket capacity: 18–21 g
Basket development: LELIT in collaboration with IMS
Colour: Brown / walnut + stainless steel
EAN / GTIN: 8009437000692
Legacy product reference: PLA580W
Current manufacturer reference: PDCPF10WLW0ZXX1
Made in: Italy
🎓 Want Better Espresso?
Espresso Essentials for the Home Barista
The bottomless portafilter becomes much more useful once you understand what you're seeing.
During Espresso Essentials for the Home Barista at Amsterdam Coffee Lab in Weesp, learn how to:
⚙️ Dial in a grinder
⚖️ Work with dose and yield
🌀 Use WDT properly
🔘 Tamp consistently
💧 Understand pre-infusion
👀 Interpret naked-portafilter flow
⏱️ Evaluate extraction
👅 Taste under- and over-extraction
🧼 Maintain your equipment
🎓 Advanced Barista Masterclass
Already making good espresso?
Go deeper into:
📊 Extraction strategy
💧 Flow
🌡️ Temperature
🧪 Pre-infusion
🧺 Basket geometry
🧲 Puck screens
🌀 Advanced puck preparation
👅 Body and mouthfeel
🌍 Blends vs. single origins
A naked portafilter is one of the most useful tools for these experiments because it makes the extraction visible.
🏠 Private Training on Your Own Machine
Want to optimise the exact setup you use every morning?
Amsterdam Coffee Lab also offers private training at your:
🏠 Home
🏢 Office
Using your own:
☕ Espresso machine
⚙️ Grinder
🧺 Baskets
🧰 Barista tools
means we can improve the workflow you actually use.
❤️ Why We Like It at WB.coffee
A naked portafilter is one of the few espresso accessories that is:
✨ beautiful
and
🔬 genuinely educational.
Watching espresso emerge directly from the basket tells you a huge amount about what happened during puck preparation.
If it sprays:
don't blame the portafilter.
It just showed you the problem. 😄
We also really like this LELIT version because it combines:
🌰 A beautiful walnut handle
🔩 Solid stainless-steel construction
🧺 A proper IMS-developed 18–21 g basket
👀 Full extraction visibility
Pair it with:
🌀 WDT
⭕ A dosing funnel
🔘 A precision tamper
🧲 Magnetic puck screen
⚖️ Espresso scale
and you've got an excellent setup for understanding—and improving—your espresso.
But always remember:
A naked portafilter helps you see the extraction.
Your tongue decides whether it was good. 👃☕
📍 LELIT Accessories & Espresso Gear in Weesp
Looking for a LELIT58 bottomless portafilter, walnut LELIT accessories or professional home-barista equipment near Amsterdam?
At WB.coffee and Amsterdam Coffee Lab in Weesp, you'll find:
☕ LELIT espresso accessories
🌰 Wooden portafilters and upgrade kits
🧺 IMS and precision baskets
🧲 Puck screens
🌀 WDT tools
🔘 Tampers
⚖️ Espresso scales
🧼 Cafetto cleaning products
🫘 Freshly roasted WB.coffee
👅 Espresso tasting sets
🎓 Workshops and masterclasses
🥡 Specialty coffee from our coffee bar to-go
We help you understand the complete extraction—not merely buy another accessory.
