Brera

At my shop I trialed a lot of beans that would punch through 12oz of milk and 2oz of syrup. Medium Dark roast, just to the point where there's a little oil developing on the surface of the beans, 20g in 40g out, from an origin in Peru that has deep dark chocolate walnut molasses notes. Many beans ge

Yeah agreed. I believe the Barista Express is a bit weak on the steam wand, I've been walking my aeration time back a bit and have been getting better flow. I also use a Gaggia Brera at work with a modified wand and that thing actually streams with twice the strength.

We went with Gaggia Breras - we actually needed a 2nd spinn, and at that point, weren’t happy enough to get the 2nd one, and we got the first Brera. Then when our Spinn died and they were having trouble fulfilling other people’s service requests, we got another one. It’s a basic super auto. It does