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.

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

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

Of the numerous multi (5+) million dollar homes I see on the West Coast, if there is a Machine in the Kitchen,They're rocking a Breville Barista Express Impress. Which with the addition of another grinder is enough for a Vast majority of people. You're only getting a 7k setup if it's your absolute h

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

Not being useful comment but I also came from Breville barista express and now to linea micro la coz of my bench size. They are almost the same size which is impressive considering how much more I get from LM

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

I was in a similar boat and researched all these models, too. I ended up getting a Touch for a few reasons: Auto milk frothing: This has been really helpful because as a person who has never brewed my own coffee other than k-cups, I could just focus on learning how to dial in the expresso first and