Finding a portafilter for a Sage Heston Barista express BES870UK

vandonklewink · Mar 5, 2017

My dear brother has just bought me one of these from ebay, with no accesories. To my dismay I cannot seem to find one to fit this model anywhere. People on forums are discussing taking another portafilter to a metal shop to get it machine altered. You can buy them for the other later models, but not this one. I'm at a loss, this is my first real coffee machine. I'm not sure if I could get away with using another portafilter, or which would even fit if any.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious. I'm new to all this.

Thanks in advance for any help

lake_m · Mar 5, 2017

Maybe your best bet is to call Sage appliances UK and ask them if they can supply a replacement portafilter for your machine. It could be expensive, but worth a shot. Tel. 0808 178 1650

vandonklewink · Mar 5, 2017

Thanks so much for the reply!

I've emailed them, and I will be sure to call them first thing tomorrow. I can afford to spend a bit since the machine was a gift. I'm dying to use it! It seems crazy to me there's nowhere to buy it on the net. Do you know if once I get the portafilter, i'll be able to buy bakets from elsewhere to use in it? Or are all the parts machine specific?

Thanks again

lake_m · Mar 5, 2017

A quick look on the net it looks as though the 54mm design is unique to the Breville / Sage brand. There are bits and pieces on Ebay but all overseas with big shipping costs.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OEM-Breville-54mm-2Cup-SingleWall-Filter-Basket-BES870XL-BES860XL-BES840XL-BES81-/282382290997?hash=item41bf4bd035:g:myAAAOSwSlBYsMPH

But you are going to need the baskets (at least one anyway!). So hopefully Sage can supply that as well. Good luck!

Finding a portafilter for a Sage Heston Barista express BES870UK

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