{"title":"Knock Boxes and Extras","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnock boxes and the small extras that keep an espresso bar working cleanly. Coffee grounds block drains, so a knock box pays for itself the first time it saves a plumber call — and in a UAE apartment where the building manages the plumbing, that call is not one you want to make twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhich knock box do you need?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt home.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sage Knock Box 10 (SEA501) holds up to ten spent pucks, which is roughly a day of household use or a busy morning. The knock bar is removable, which sounds like a detail until you have washed one that is not. The Knock Box 20 (SEA502) is the larger version of the same design, sized for twenty pucks — the right choice if you are making coffee for a household rather than one person, or dialling in a new bag and pulling shot after shot without walking to the bin between attempts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBehind a bar.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rhino Thumpa is a floor-standing knock tube for high-volume service, so the barista knocks out at hip height without bending to a counter box. The EDO knock box comes as Chute or Bottomless, the bottomless version dropping straight into a bin below the counter, which is the version to specify if you are building the bar rather than adding to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe quiet alternative\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnocking a portafilter is loud, it throws grounds around, and over years it is not kind to the machine or the portafilter ears. The Sage Puck Sucker (SEA503) does the same job silently: press a 58mm portafilter down, an automatically activated suction cup creates a rapid vacuum, and the puck lifts out whole in one action. No knock, no mess. Worth considering in an open-plan apartment, an office, or anywhere someone is asleep on the other side of the wall at 6am.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote the size — the Puck Sucker is for 58mm portafilters. If you are on a Sage Barista machine you are on 54mm; our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/curiobox-blogs\/54mm-vs-58mm-portafilter-guide\"\u003e54mm vs 58mm guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains which accessories fit which machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee also \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/knock-boxes-dosing\"\u003eknock boxes and dosing cups\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tampers-distribution\"\u003etampers and distribution tools\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cleaning-and-maintenance\"\u003ecleaning and maintenance\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/accessories\"\u003eall barista accessories\u003c\/a\u003e. Prices on the commercial items exclude VAT, and we can issue a VAT invoice for business purchases.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/1448\/4007\/collections\/knock-boxes.svg?v=1781528690","url":"https:\/\/curiobox.ae\/collections\/knock-boxes-and-extras.oembed","provider":"CurioBox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}