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Buy a Limited Edition Hand-Carved Briar Cavendish Series Espresso Tamper
Several of us here at Prima enjoy an occasional smoke from a beautiful briar tobacco pipe. Quite a few more at Prima love the complex flavor of espresso and take great pleasure in all the gear that goes into making it. This was the dual love which gave birth to the Cavendish Series espresso tampers.
We were impressed by the unique character and beauty of each individual pipe. The wood grain, dye, and carved shape and size set each pipe apart as a work of art. So we took our cues from the tobacco pipe industry and began hand-carving each individual tamper handle out of the same Mediterranean briar used in tobacco pipes.
Just like the pipes, each tamper is completely unique with complex wood grain patterns, varying dyes, and hand-carved shapes and sizes. This means that if you purchase a Cavendish Series tamper, you have the only one of its kind. Unlike other mass produced wood-handle tampers, there is no other tamper like yours. This also means that if you see a tamper you like, it may not be there tomorrow.
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