Barista Express Impress

Welcome! This seems like a great starting point (I started with a Breville Barista Express Impress), similar to me when I started. If you were a daily Starbucks person like me, you’ll see the new machine pay for itself in no time. Periodically I’ll do a new cost assessment, and it’s still 1/5 the pr

SAN pellegrino are awesome, various light ones, I like sparkling water with fresh fruit juiced in… summery version is sometimes tonic water with fresh lime 🍋‍🟩… or G&T without the T as we call it. 😂 I sometimes get crazy with tea but recently I bought a Breville Barista Impress and I’ve been making oa

Id recommend the Breville Barista Express Impress specifically. The one in our office hammers out a whole bowl of pucks every day and doesn’t get cleaned on time and just keeps going - 2 years and counting. The tamp works really well and keeps the bench tidy of grind. The ui works well. It doesn’t s

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

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

Yeah our Breville Barista Express Impress is amazing and I love it.

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

The Breville Barista Express Impress is widely considered the best espresso machine under $1000 today. If you want an all-in-one setup that eliminates the guesswork of grinding and tamping, this boy is perfect.