Breville Barista Express
The Breville Barista Express is the perfect choice for home baristas!
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Everything You Need to Brew Barista Quality Coffee in 2023!
We’re loving this espresso machine, cause I didn’t know anything prior. But it give you all the basic tools and enough fundamentals to figure out what you like and want in a coffee machine. I don’t think we’ll be upgrading anytime soon cause it’s perfect for us. But it definitely gets you interested in trying out more coffee beans and want to buy more fun accessories. I just like that the Breville Barista comes with:
- A High-Quality Automatic Grinder that can also hold your extra coffee beans
- Enough precision control on your coffee grind to adjust it for the perfect taste (grind amount, grind size, etc.)
- The Espresso Tools You Need: Portafilter, 4 baskets (single, double, dualwall)
- Cleaning Kit for the water tank and machine
- Lattes and Americano’s: Automatic water amount, Milk Steam Wand and pitcher
- An easy to clean drip tray and a hidden storage to keep the basket you don’t use
And I’m pretty sure everything is standard size so when you want to upgrade your accessories everything will just work. So I want one of those wooden portafilters, a grind funnel and a legit tamping station to hold all that stuff (including a knock-box). It should just all work, but I’ll keep you updated
The Breville Barista Express Is a Great Espresso Machine But Not For The Lazy
I’m loving this machine, but the Breville Barista Express does require some time and effort to learn. It’s definitely worth it if you wanna learn to make lattes and know more about coffee. But if you just want simple, the Nespresso is still the fastest way to get good coffee.
Also, I’ve never been a barista so I didn’t realize how much cleaning this machine requires. After you froth milk and stuff you really wanna clean the steam wand and pitcher cause the foamed milk can get mad sticky quick. And then underneath that the drip tray collects a lot of water. So if your machine is far from sink you wanna empty that earlier than needed so you don’t spill the coffee grinds and yuck water when you’re walking across your kitchen (not speaking from personal experience? lol).
But yea. Lots of cleaning required on espresso machines. And my counter is really dinged up and slightly coffee stained. so if you’re tryna protect your counter, you’ll probably want to invest in a tamping station. Which is something I’m looking for next, but I’m going to practice some more to figure out what other tools I want.
Still highly recommend this machine. But just thought you should know about some caveats of the Breville.
