Barista Touch Impress

The price difference between the Breville Barista Touch Impress and the Breville Oracle Jet is pretty hard to overlook. The Touch Impress usually sells for around $1,500, while the Oracle Jet tends to land in the $2,800–$3,000 range. That’s roughly a $1,300–$1,500 jump, and for most home users the u

My Experience with the Meraki Espresso Machine I received my Meraki about two weeks ago, just three weeks after buying a Breville Barista Touch Impress. Before that, I had been using a DeLonghi super-automatic for seven years. Moving to a semi-automatic machine seemed like a great way to elevate my

I have a BBE, if you do end up getting a breville machine with built in grinder, I would definitely recommend getting one with the upgraded burrs. (Barista pro, touch impress, etc) I’ve seen lots of people get 7-10 years out of their breville machine, you just need to descale and back-flush on a reg

I ended up getting the Touch when comparing the Touch with the Touch Impress, Express, Express Impress, and Pro. here’s my reasoning: ⁠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

For ease of use and just good, convenient coffee, the barista touch impress offers a lot to like imo. The main thing is that it's extremely important to use good water that won't cause scale build up! The "worst" part of the machine is probably the grinder but if you ever wanted to , you could alway

Absolutely!! Third Wave Water Espresso Machine Profile 2 liter packets in 1 gallon of distilled water test out perfectly with my results of TDS and PH readings work best. Way faster, less messier than making my own water. Been using espresso machines since 1995 and my last DeLonghi lasted 18 years w

Idk about the Touch Impress, but on my Breville Bambino it doesn’t have the 3-way solenoid valve to relieve pressure in the portafilter after a shot, so the puck is kind of wet if the portafilter is removed immediately, so it will often stick to the shower screen. To solve this, I just leave the por

I saw a Touch Impress at Homegoods a few weeks ago for $999. It's hit or miss there or TJ Maxx but sometimes you get lucky. As tempting as it was it was about out of my budget but I grabbed a Bambino Plus for $349 and then picked up the Smart Grinder Pro for about $200. As cool as the Touch is, I'm