Wacaco Picopresso Portable Espresso Machine

Wacaco Picopresso is the most compact and pro-oriented of our portable espresso machines.

This specialty coffee espresso machine features a naked portafilter, so users will see delicious creamy espresso flowing directly from a standard 52mm 18 grams stainless steel filter basket during the brewing process.

With the Picopresso there are no shortcuts. Each home brewer must master the art of manual espresso making by dialing in the correct grind size, tamping, and perfecting pulling technique – their reward; an authentic cafe-quality espresso that will rival any expensive high-end machine

The Picopresso weighs 350g and is only 10.5cm tall, but has a good 7.5cm in diameter, and in true Wacaco fashion, all the additional accessories fit inside the Picopresso quite neatly.

Under the water chamber lid sits your steel tamper and the dosing ring, and sitting inside the water chamber is a distribution tool and that cleaning brush. The water chamber itself will hold a maximum of 90ml of water.

The first you can pump here and it will funnel the espresso you brew into a single stream into your cup, but you can also easily remove this to then expose the bottom of that filter basket for a naked view of the espresso as it extracts out.

Now, you could be watching for areas of improvements here or you could just be watching because it looks so damn tasty. And that second cap is used to place the Picopresso on after brewing so it catches all the drips

7 Steps making coffee with Wacaco Picopresso

Step 1: Weigh the beans

Ideally using scales that weigh to 0.1 grams, weigh 16-18g of coffee beans.

Step 2: Grind coffee

Make sure to grind your coffee beans to a espresso level grind, resulting in an ultra fine powder which is ideal for espresso level extraction.

Step 3: Dismantle

Remove the portafilter cover, unscrew the portafilter and remove the shower head. Also, remove scoop from inside the basket.Unscrew the top water tank lid above the pump handle. Then remove the tamper, funnel and distribution tool.

Step 4: Coffee filling

Put the funnel on top of the basket, and fill the basket with ground coffee. Then use the distribution tool to even out grind and negate channelling. Use the tamper and press down until the top of the tamper touches the top of the funnel. Then remove funnel.

Step 5: Apply Water
Unlock the piston so its all the way out, and add boiling water to the water tank. Pump all the water out for a pre-heat cycle.

Step 6: Further assembly

Place basket inside portafilter, then put shower head on top. Screw the portafilter onto the rest of the unit tightly. Then add boiling water to the water tank. Screw water tank lid back on top.

Step 7: Brewing

With the Wacaco Picopresso above your cup, start pumping the piston with one hand on the vessel and one hand on the pump. Pump 8 times and wait around 10 seconds for a little pre infusion; a very small amount of coffee drip appearing in the mesh. Resume pumping until you have reached around 36g of espresso in the cup below.

What’s in the Box?

• Wacaco Picopresso
• Double filter basket
• Tamper
• Scoop
• Brush
• Distribution tool
• Funnel
• Protective Case
• Multi-Language Instruction Book
• Warranty Card
• One Wacaco Sticker