Pinched fingers
That sharp pinch every time you fight the basket loose by hand.
Every pop brings you to the top.
Pop the basket in one clean move.
Hi, I'm Hadley. I'm in third grade, and I made the Porta Popper because changing baskets on my family's espresso machine was hard on my fingers. Turns out it's hard on a lot of grown-ups too.
Sound familiar?
The little things that make espresso annoying.
If any of these sound like your morning, you're in the right place.
A butter knife on the counter
A spoon, a screwdriver, anything to pry it out. There has to be a better way.
Scratched-up baskets
Metal-on-metal prying tears up the basket and the portafilter.
The fix
One small tool, one clean motion.
A 3D-printed Porta Popper slides under the basket and lifts it free in one rocking motion. Built for smaller hands, sore joints, and anyone who finds basket removal painful.
No more pinching
Your fingers stay clear. The tool does the lifting.
Skip the butter knife
One purpose-built tool. Toss the spoon and the screwdriver.
No scratches
A clean rocking motion lifts the basket. No metal-on-metal prying.
The journey
Classroom to Nationals.
Where I've been, and what's coming up next.
School invention convention
Late 2025School taught me the invention process: brainstorming a list of problems, picking one to solve, then sketching, designing, prototyping, and refining. Eight prototypes later, the result was the Porta Popper.
Regionals
Early 2026Edison Inventors Fair, Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers)
States
Spring 2026Florida Inventors Fair, University of South Florida (Tampa Bay)
Nationals
Up nextJune 3 to 5, 2026Dearborn, Michigan
Qualified for RTX Invention Convention U.S. Nationals, powered by The Henry Ford. I'll be there to present the Porta Popper to judges in person.
Provisional patent in progress.
Help with my market research.
I want to hear from real espresso drinkers before I decide what to build. Name and email gets you to a quick survey, and you'll be on the list when we start selling them. Nothing spammy.