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Barista station: the portafilter holder in plywood

Two portafilters, tamper, milk jug and blind basket in one place: our barista station is laser-cut from plywood and slots together without a single screw.

The coffee corner is the untidiest square metre of any kitchen. The barista station clears it up: two portafilters hang in cut-outs on the upright back panel, the shelf holds the milk jug and the blind basket in round openings, and diamond-shaped slots take the distribution tool and the cleaning brush. Every part comes from one sheet of plywood — cut and engraved in a single pass.

  • Barista station in dark plywood next to the espresso machine, with two portafilters hooked in and a milk jug
  • Empty barista station in dark plywood: back panel with two round portafilter cut-outs and diamond-shaped slots, the shelf in front with three openings
  • Close-up: a portafilter hangs by its side lugs in the cut-out of the back panel
  • Barista station from above: two portafilters hooked in, below them a dosing cup with lid and a milk jug in the round openings of the shelf
  • Side view of the light version: back panel and shelf slot into an angled strut
  • Close-up of the engraved FORMULOR wordmark on the light plywood back panel, next to a hooked-in portafilter

Nothing is screwed and nothing is glued: back panel, shelf and the angled strut slot into each other with tab-and-slot joints and stand as a self-supporting triangle on the worktop. For cleaning, the station comes apart into flat pieces in seconds and stores away flat afterwards. The wordmark on the light version is not a sticker but an engraving from the same job.

The photos show two executions of the same drawing: dark plywood in everyday kitchen use, light plywood with an engraved wordmark. That is exactly the point — almost everything can be adapted: the openings to your own milk jug, the engraving to your own name or your café's logo. Plywood or acrylic, in more than ten colours. It is made in Pfinztal, and only after the order — there is no warehouse a station could come from.

Customer
Formulor, Pfinztal — in-house design
Project
Barista station: holder for two portafilters, tamper, milk jug, blind basket and brush, slot-together
Material & process
Plywood, laser-cut and engraved; also available in acrylic, more than ten colours

Design and photos: Formulor