Reg Barber Tampers

When we were looking for a tamper supplier our first choice was Reg Barber. We had used them ourselves in professional and home environments and had yet to hear or read nothing but praise for his tampers.

When we received our shipment of our Reg Barber Tampers from Vancouver in Canada we were very excited!!

The first thing that hits you as the lovely weight to the tampers. Not too heavy or bulky, not too light, just well ... perfect. Easy to achieve the right tamp pressure. When you place it in your hand its like slipping on your favourite pair of gloves. It fits beautifully into the palm of your hand.

We decide to go with all Stainless Steel bases. We'd used aluminum and know that it dings very easily and in a busy environment does not last long at all. Especially if you drop it a couple of times. The stainless steel gives the tampers good weight. We see Reg Barber is now doing Brass and Copper bases along with Stainless steel and aluminum. These would be interesting to try. We might order some in our next shipment.Id be particularly interested in the brass base.

The tamper handle and the bases come separately so you are able to completely customise your order. Once you have specified you handle and base requirements we put your tamper together and ship out complete.

The packing is simple but effective. A simple black cardboard box with the RB logo in silver on it. Inside is padded out by light brown tissue paper. This makes all the packaging recyclable and is a nice touch. Also inside, as you open the box, is a simple slip of paper with instructions on how to look after your new investment.

Reg Barber Tampers have 4 different base 'shapes'. You can have flat, US/Australian curve, Euro curve and C-Flat. We had heard of and used all the options except for C-Flat. So we did some research and read the boards on users experiences and everything we read was positive. The benefits of a curved base are reputed to be better compacting and sealing at the baskets edge. So we deiced to order flat and the new C-Flat bases.

For experienced customers either flat or c-flat bases will be fine. If your just beginning your coffee journey we would recommend the c-flat as it will aid in your tamping and hopefully eliminate some channeling from your basket.

We've gone with several colours and finishes of handles. All of them look fantastic.

If you'd like to check out our range of Reg Barber Tampers have a look here.