Barista Express Impress

Between the two of those, go with the Breville. KitchenAid is not a recommended brand on this sub. That said, all-in-one devices are generally not recommend here. You'd be better off going with a separate brewer/grinder, as it makes sure you don't have a half-functional machine when the built-in gri

Bes870 is pretty bloody good, I wouldn’t touch Kogan (for any appliance). Breville all the way

Sold my Breville (Sage) Barista Express Impress during the holiday season after caring for it for 2 years. Agree the inconsistency and lack of steam power was annoying. Great starter machine, though. I debated long and hard on going with single dose vs. hopper grinder. Finally went with a Mazzer Phi

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.

As soon as I saw the pics, I thought you run home coffee machine museum hahaha. I can ask everything to you and you can give good answers without trying to buy new machine haha. I just upgraded from Breville barista express impress to HX machine. It will be my endgame machine so not too much interes

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

If you are coming from Nespresso one of the impress models may be better. While tamping on your own isn't hard it does take awhile to get used to. Additionally, tamping manually is a bit messier at times at invevitally you spill some grounds. Not a huge deal, but the self tamping machines avoid this

Honestly it’s totally up to individual….. Before I get into coffee things… To me, coffee is coffee type person. Coffees were surviving tool to awake from morning hahaha. My wife made coffees for me. One day… my wife said she wants Breville machines because it’s on sale so we bought it then I was the

Could you please share which Breville machine you are using? I’m using Barista Express Impress and I grind finer. Initially wasted alot of beans but now getting consistent shots with medium roast groa beans. My machine’s internal burr is set to 4 and external grind knob to 3 and been getting consist