Austrian equipment designer Kaffee Klar believes that behind every great shot of espresso is a clean portafilter. Noticing that baristas around the world share the same challenge—a loud, messy routine using traditional knock boxes that still requires additional manual wiping—its engineering team came up with a smarter, faster way to handle cleanup. By swapping the disruptive bangs for a quiet, hands-free action, the Kaffee Klar T1 Automatic Portafilter Cleaner keeps workflows efficient, café spaces peaceful, and baristas focused on what matters: pulling delicious shots and talking to customers!

The Kaffee Klar T1 Automatic Portafilter Cleaner houses a high-speed, contoured cleaning head and a photoelectric activation sensor inside a compact body. It is used to purge spent coffee grounds and wipe 58 mm filter baskets clean in seconds. Simply pull your shot, place the used portafilter over the T1’s cleaning head, and the photoelectric sensor will automatically trigger cleaning. Equipped with interchangeable cleaning heads for single and double, curved, or straight-walled baskets, it turns a loud, wrist-jarring, time-consuming chore into one quiet, hands-free action. For a high-volume café, the T1 offers faster preparation times during peak rush, better shot-to-shot consistency without lingering coffee grounds, and a peaceful bar setup that also saves baristas’ wrists from the pounding required for traditional knock boxes.

Housed inside a stainless steel chassis that stays firmly planted on countertops, the Kaffee Klar T1 is built for high volumes in commercial environments. Its rubber cleaning inserts are rated for roughly 8,000 cleaning cycles and available for separate purchase. Up front, a clear digital display keeps track of your total cycle count, handy for gauging daily café volume or tracking maintenance intervals, and may be configured in 29 different languages. Fitting it into your bar’s layout is easy, thanks to three flexible mounting options: use it right out of the box with the included countertop bucket, flush-mount it vertically into your counter, or attach it to a standing unit to directly drop spent grounds below.

Please ensure that the T1 unit is unplugged when replacing or disassembling the cleaning head.

Kaffee Klar T1 Portafilter Cleaner features

• Designed for standard 58 mm single & double portafilter baskets
• Hands-free espresso portafilter cleaning
• Fast 3-second operation
• Photoelectric sensor detects portafilters
• Low-noise operation
• Compact footprint
• Onboard digital display
• Durable stainless steel chassis
• Interchangeable cleaning heads with soft-rubber inserts
• Long-life cleaning heads
• Includes flat, angled & arc-bottom rubber cleaning inserts to match various basket shapes
• Reduces the risk of repetitive impact strain on barista wrists
• 3 flexible mounting setups:
  • Countertop bucket
  • Mounts into your bar for under-counter disposal
  • Pairs with a standing bin (purchased separately)

Kaffee Klar T1 Portafilter Cleaner specifications

• Dimensions: (H) 210 x (W) 150 x (D) 180 mm
• Colour: Matte black
• Brush diameter: 58 mm
• Weight: 2.50 kg
• Control voltage: 24V
• Electrical input: 220V AC 50/60Hz
• Speed: 400 RPM
• Included with the Kaffee Klar T1 Portafilter Cleaner:
  • Tabletop coffee grounds bucket
  • Vertical installation bracket
  • Power supply adapter
  • Two cleaning heads
  • Rubber cleaning inserts (Models 01, 02 and 03)
  • 4 x M2.5*4 screws
  • 4 x M2.5*5 screws
  • M3 screwdriver
  • User manual including safety instructions
  • Disposal bag bracket
  • 10 x disposal bags for coffee grounds
  • Wood-handled brush