Barista Express Impress

The little breville barista express is a cool machine but not the best grinder I sold mine used for $250. They go on sale around Black Friday for $500ish so def wait for a sale. Bambino is very close to being this machine minus the grinder and can be found cheap. The df64 gen 2 grinder that you ment

Breville Bambino Plus with either a Breville Smart Grinder Pro or DF54 Grinder. An absolute starter kit that leaves room to grow. If space is a concern, then Breville Barista Express Impress.

The brevilles are reliabel machines that don't really do anything wrong. The grinder is not the best but it is good enough to make good coffee. Not sure about the impress part though, of all things in the workflow tamping is easy, so I would also look at the normal version. All these other brands tr

There’s a lot of factors to weigh up but I’d personally go for something like the Barista Express Impress, depends how much effort you want to go to for each cup but it’s probably a nice little balance between manual and fully automatic. There’s benefits to a separate grinder as someone else said bu

I didn’t have the $$ to buy a machine worth $1000’s. I went to buy a more auto one and the sales woman was great and recommended the Breville BEI as I’d get a better coffee. I have loved trying out all the different coffees my subscription has sent. It’s really opened my eyes. Amending grinds, tempe

It will be hard to help you without knowing more about what you can and can't do physically. If its tamping that you are worried about (the act of pressing down the coffee), you can get models with tamp assist - such as this:https://www.jbhifi.co.nz/products/breville-the-barista-express-impress-stai

Manus S. I am using it and click of knob, I can change brew temperature, pre-infusion time, pressure and even has built in flow control (by pump). It’s not perfect machine but this is my endgame machine. Good enough for me. Yes. I want to control more precisely like wendougee data but the price…. It

Research BES870 safety valve. Breville calls this a safety valve rather than an OPV. Also, the new version is set to 9BAR rather than your broken ones 15BAR. The pressure gauge will now max out at '11 O'Clock'. Totally normal, less chance of channelling.

I upgraded to new HX machine recently from Breville barista express impress. BBE has 54mm so I needed to buy all except $1 WDT tool. I wanted simple accessories. Thought about going fancy one since it will be my game ending setup but I wanted something that works without spending fortune. I thought

This is a sub of hobbyists with much higher standards than you have. You need to take the advice that actually applies to your goals. You don’t need an “excellent shot,” as defined by a hobbyist, you need to match coffee shop quality (which isn’t usually that great). Don’t over think it. I have a br