Barista Express

It’s the second item - precision adjustment. The BBE has large ‘steps’. Steps are the settings of your grinder that you see on the side of the machine. The issue is you may pull a bitter shot at 7, but a sour shot at 8 and you’re out of luck to dial in further using grind size. That being said I use

You’re right, they are using $6,000 grinder (jk) but they are probably using a commercial grinder and it’s probably around 3k or more. If you don’t want a fussy grinder do not get a df. If you are going for more traditional espresso and want simple efficiency, go with a eureka grind by time, dial it

Yea it’s better to have grinder and machine separate but for simplicity, I think the sage/breville barista express is the best. You have to look at tj maxx or Marshall’s to find it for $500 though.

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

I have a Breville Barista Express Impress, and I'll just share what I know so far. ❤️ For auto-grind, if the dose level after tamping is below the green bar/smiley face, just press the “Dose” button again and tamp. If it’s still below the green bar, repeat the process until the machine registers enou

Definitely an upgrade. The Sage/Breville grinder seems to get a lot of hate here but in my experience it’s not as bad as people make it sound. Sure, there are better grinders out there but the Sage does a perfectly fine job with one big caveat: it is almost certainly necessary to adjust the internal

Id imagine they're pretty close to the same thing, so not worth it (not sure if the Bambino has a PID like the BBE though). I had a Breville Infuser for a long time which is the same brew setup as the BBE (no grinder). Great machine but when it died the upgrade I made was to a Dual Boiler (they are

I've never understood those dumb machines. I bought a Breville Barista Express espresso machine that has a really good conical grinder for $600 in 2015 that has served me quite well and is still going strong. Lived in an Art studio when I bought it and have put a ton of miles on it. Added bonus of i

Agree with this. I started with a Breville Barista Express, but eventually wanted a better grinder, so I got a DF54. Later upgraded the machine to a Gaggia Classic with Gaggimate, and the Breville is now waiting to become a hand-me-down to one of my kids. Separate espresso machine and grinder gives

I have a Breville Barista Express, it’s fantastic. It has a built in grinder you can dial in, a steam wand, hot water (I use a kettle tbh the water isn’t hot enough) also the 1971 roast makes excellent espresso!