Barista Express Impress

I just bought one. Breville Barista Express Impress machine. Honestly I think its a waste of money and purely marketing hype. They advertised it on the premise of "microplastic free brewing" but thats a lie. You replace metal parts with metal parts. Still all the plastic in the machine. In terms of

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

It's really not a cost issue. Bambino Plus + DF54 = $650 when you can find them on sale. That's about the cost of an Barista Express Impress. Learning curve for the Bambino+DF54 is higher. That's really the only down side, as long as you're OK with single-dosing. Unless you're using it all in the sa

Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier - the price point is excellent ($569 on sale), and the ease of use from added functionality (weighing scale based dosing, grind size recommendations and auto milk) is well worth it over something like the Breville Barista Express Impress

Sorry I should have made it clear in the post, the tamper is built in to the machine with a lever on the side, this is the model. the front panel of the tamping mechanism is removable for cleaning purposes and when opened after dosing there is a clear mound before tamping, trying to remove will spil

I returned the Breville Barista Express impress and got the ninja luxe pro. I’m able to pull shots and 9/10 times they’re good shots. The Breville is too much work in my opinion.. I went through 2 bags of espresso. Not only that but I shouldn’t have to buy multiple accessories for the Breville just