Barista Touch Impress

I went down this rabbit trail last month. After browsing this sub, I learned that it’s the grinder, not the espresso machine, that makes good espresso. I got the Breville Bambino Plus (on sale right now for $400) + a Eureka Libra 65 AP ($750). In terms of automatic, it depends how you define that. M

I prefer to do my own puck prep, dosing, dialing in, etc so I don’t see the impress version as being an upgrade especially if you’re already able to do those things. I do like the user interface of the regular touch but with some minor differences, the espresso machine side for intents and purposes

I have a Breville Barista Touch Impress. The grinder is not great. If you don't use a dark roast it will jam up and not grind. You'll just hear the clutch slipping and it will mess with the auto measuring amount causing you to overfill the basket. Even at an inner setting of 7 and outer at 30 it wil

I'm envious. I find it nearly impossible to get the same results on my new touch impress, with a bottomless poured a filter or the standard Breville Porta filter, using a variety of grind settings; I rarely get this. I only pull a full shot if I'm grinding at 20 or higher. If I try grinding around 1