Very great and well made video! Literally went over every detail AND, I do like the fact that you let the entire video play through the grinding times. Also appreciate the time spent going through all of the coffee types. The measurements was an added bonus. A Like button is well deserved 👏🏻 Thanks for all the info!
I've had this machine for 6 months now and I love it, so glad I decided to spend the extra on the Touch Impress model. I usually use fresh beans but I was bought some non fresh beans and I found I couldn't knock them out the portafilter for some reason. I ended up having to use a blunt instrument to scrape them out, this was with the single and double walled insert. Not a big deal as I much prefer the organic fresh beans I have found from a local roaster that make the best coffee I have ever tasted. The weathers hot at the moment so I'm going to try doing a Caramel Frap tomorrow 🤤
we make ice coffee with the espresso, so good. yes sometimes the old grounds come out easy and sometimes it takes a few knocks. do you use a knock box?
@@HaiTech I don't have a knock box, in the uk we have food caddies that waste food goes in to be composted so I just knock it into that. It just strange that fresh beans come out with 1 knock every time but the older beans point blank refuse, I ended up knocking so hard the insert would fly out into the food caddy and I would have to fish it out. It could just be that brand of beans, like I said I usually stick to 1 brand of fresh.
@@beamer1001One of the main purposes of a knock box is to protect your portafilter. Banging it on hard surfaces like a waste bin will damage it over time. Highly recommend a knockbox so you can bang as hard as you like and not have to worry about damaging or being too loud thanks to the rubber.
Great demo and very informative. Do you need to leave the machine in standby mode to retain personal settings? Would like to switch off completely when not in use
I have one of these and have definitely gone full coffee nerd with it and modded at this point but i love how i can have it set at the right settings for eceryone else in the house that doesnt want to be crazy lol I highly suggest getting a bottomless portafilter and a single dose attatchment as the machine isnt as consistent from just the hopper at least it wasnt for me but im a perfectionist
@@HaiTech The "big bang" is the one my wife has, (she's asleep, shes the one who does all this) Its amazing, I don't know if there is a benefit to it over a normal portafilter, but she claims it makes all the difference ;)
@@HaiTech Ok so the basket was the "big bang" the portafilter was just a random bottomless from amazon, she says they have alot of options for 54mm bottomless portafilters, she just got a random one,
Thank you for this video. It’s hard to tell from the video but I’m Wondering if a travel mug would fit where the cup goes and if so what would be the maximum height that would fit? Thanks
change the water filter once every 3 months. do a group head cleaning when prompted on the screen, which is about every 3 months. i dump out the water in the drip tray every few days and clean it
Mine is going back tomorrow. I've had many Breville Espresso machines and this is not my cuppa AND the last few days it's been losing pressure and at this point it's useless. I DID buy the warranty at Breville but got the machine at William Sonoma and just got in under the 30day limit for returns so don't have to mess with Breville. I had the Barista Touch before this machine and that was a nice machine. I ordered the Oracle, the regular one. My brother has that machine and it's been great and the foam is fabulous. Each to their own, but for me, THIS machine is not great. I don't recommend or not recommend . I WILL say Breville needs to keep better trach of their product control. My last machine, the Barista Touch came to me DOA. The second one was fine but I DID have to send to down to LA (still under warranty thankfully) because the computer went ballistic.
no, this one can only do one at a time. you can have the milk ready and in place so that immediately after the espresso is finished the milk will be steamed. but it can not do both at the same time. the one that can do both is the Oracle
while i don't have a decibel reader the grinder is loud. if you still have other people in the house sleeping then you'd want to keep the doors closed. they can still hear it but it won't be as "annoying". or you can think of the grind as an alarm clock. if I hear my wife making a cup of coffee, i'm going to want one too.
Get a separate grinder that's quiet. On the more affordable side is the Kitchenaid espresso grinder Model KCG8433ER ($) and it's grinding at 67db. That's pretty quiet. Also couple others such as the Niche zero ($$) is also low db as is Versalab M4($$$$) and Hedone Honne grinder($$$).
while i can't really compare the 2 since I have not used the DeLonghi. I'm guessing you're referring to the Eletta Explore? I will say that the Breville is a semi-auto machine and the Eletta Explore is a fully automatic. If you don't want to mess with any manual settings, get a fully automatic. When I first started looking for an espresso machine i was going to go with a fully automatic. not exactly sure why I didn't, but maybe in the near future someone will send me one and i'll make a video on it.
Did you run each drink 1 after the other or did you rest the machine between each drink. I have heard the machine cant handle pulling multiple drinks in 1 go
i have made drinks for 4-5 people back to back with no issues at all. in this video i made all of those drinks back to back with short breaks between as i had to clean the portafilter, and prepare the next drink.
Thank you so much, you have put my mind at ease . If u check out the review of this machine by 7 min reviews , their machine broke and this is the reason stated
@@Lara4584 i've had this machine since it first came out back last June/July 2023. We make multiple drinks daily. i have not come across this issue at all.
What kind of beans are you using. Fresh or no? Use the filter that says Dual Wall for non fresh beans. If it’s going too fast then decrease your grind number by 1. Example if your grind is at 15, now try 14.
@ronaldkuok4425 fresh beans make sure your using the right basket and fresh doesn't mean out of the bag it means roasted in the last 30 days which would have a roast date
I saw creamy coffee on your personal settings , could you please explain if its possible to brew a lungo or caffe crema with this machine ? lungo is noramlly 1:3 ratio and about 110ml ...
you will not be able to add hot water during the espresso extraction which is what a Lungo. You would be able to add hot water immediately after the espresso is excracted, which would be an Americano. does it taste any different? Caffe crema is a long espresso shot. Because this is a semi automatic the extraction time varies on the grind size. i find that if it's too coarse it extracts fast and in shorter time. i think caffe crema may be a bit harder to do with this machine, at least on a consistent basis.
it's still sitting in my kitchen. we use it everyday. I use the instant hot water feature to mix it with cold water to make baby formula. we have been making ice coffee with the espresso shots. it's great to mix it up every now and then lol. haven't had any issues with it so far. I hope it lasts a long time as it's definitely not a cheap machine.
still using it daily. we absolutely love it. i'm not a barista, just someone who wants quick good espresso. also i bought the machine with my own money. not sponsored video, but if Breville is reading this, email me! lol No problems so far. I've had it 8+ months.
in my opinion if yours still works. use it. when it breaks then i would consider buying another machine. i have never used the barista pro but i hear it's a great machine as well.
Great video Hai. I am starting to look for my first real espresso machine and honestly cannot decide between this one you reviewed and the La Pavoni Europiccolo or even the semi auto LaPavoni. Please advise. I don't mind buying a separate grinder.
i don't have any experience using the La Pavoni so i can not comment on it. The breville was my first espresso machine. i just want good espresso, latte, capuccino, and i drink hot tea in the winter as well. i personally did not want to mess with every single setting, take 15 minutes to make beautiful aesthetic espresso that no one cares for since it will be just my wife and i drinking. if i'm in a rush in the morning and i want coffee i want something quick and easy. in my search i was deciding between the semi auto Breville, and a fully auto from multiple other brands (philips being one). i decided to go with Breville, coin toss. I still use my breville daily and love it. Had i gotten the fully auto, i'm sure i would have loved it too.
don't you think that the espresso is too concentrated and too "ristretto", I am Italian and when you go to the bar you are more coffee in your cup. I bought it a few weeks ago, but i am not fully happy
are you using fresh beans or packaged ones from the store? try warming up the group head first. the taste is so subjective that I can't give you a definite answer. what tastes great to me may not be for you, or vice versa. If you are someone who likes to have control over every aspect of the espresso making process than this machine is not for you. you would want to go with a fully manual machine.
if Jura sends me one i'll definitely do a video for it! lol. Jura makes a lot of fully auto machines whereas breville makes semi auto and manual machines. also the costs is way up there too
Nice demonstration. Marshmallows with hot chocolate, or indeed, any milk drink , give me a queasy stomach. Americans have their taste buds adjusted to the weirdest things, don’t they?
Great video! Very informative. Thanks, Kam
Very great and well made video! Literally went over every detail AND, I do like the fact that you let the entire video play through the grinding times. Also appreciate the time spent going through all of the coffee types. The measurements was an added bonus. A Like button is well deserved 👏🏻
Thanks for all the info!
it did take a long time to make the video and i drank a lot of coffee during the video but it was worth it. glad to know that it was helpful.
Very thorough review. Thanks for that. I'm getting one now!
Hope you enjoy it!
Awesome demonstration. Thks
I just unpacked this little beauty. I really enjoyed your video. Simple and clear. Thank you.
Wonderful!
Great job on the review
Thank you!
Well done.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
I've had this machine for 6 months now and I love it, so glad I decided to spend the extra on the Touch Impress model. I usually use fresh beans but I was bought some non fresh beans and I found I couldn't knock them out the portafilter for some reason. I ended up having to use a blunt instrument to scrape them out, this was with the single and double walled insert. Not a big deal as I much prefer the organic fresh beans I have found from a local roaster that make the best coffee I have ever tasted. The weathers hot at the moment so I'm going to try doing a Caramel Frap tomorrow 🤤
we make ice coffee with the espresso, so good. yes sometimes the old grounds come out easy and sometimes it takes a few knocks. do you use a knock box?
@@HaiTech I don't have a knock box, in the uk we have food caddies that waste food goes in to be composted so I just knock it into that. It just strange that fresh beans come out with 1 knock every time but the older beans point blank refuse, I ended up knocking so hard the insert would fly out into the food caddy and I would have to fish it out. It could just be that brand of beans, like I said I usually stick to 1 brand of fresh.
@@beamer1001One of the main purposes of a knock box is to protect your portafilter. Banging it on hard surfaces like a waste bin will damage it over time. Highly recommend a knockbox so you can bang as hard as you like and not have to worry about damaging or being too loud thanks to the rubber.
@@LoganScottY thanks for the advice, I'll look at getting one.
good review ☕
Great demo and very informative. Do you need to leave the machine in standby mode to retain personal settings? Would like to switch off completely when not in use
you can add your custom settings and save them as a drink name. example: Dave's Latte. you don't have to leave it on standby mode
I have one of these and have definitely gone full coffee nerd with it and modded at this point but i love how i can have it set at the right settings for eceryone else in the house that doesnt want to be crazy lol
I highly suggest getting a bottomless portafilter and a single dose attatchment as the machine isnt as consistent from just the hopper at least it wasnt for me but im a perfectionist
do you have a link you would recommend? i have thought about a bottomless portafilter. does it make it better or is it purely aesthetics?
@@HaiTech The "big bang" is the one my wife has, (she's asleep, shes the one who does all this)
Its amazing, I don't know if there is a benefit to it over a normal portafilter, but she claims it makes all the difference ;)
@@HaiTech Ok so the basket was the "big bang" the portafilter was just a random bottomless from amazon, she says they have alot of options for 54mm bottomless portafilters, she just got a random one,
@@HaiTech I think the basket is the importantpart
thank you for that info!
Thank you for this video. It’s hard to tell from the video but I’m
Wondering if a travel mug would fit where the cup goes and if so what would be the maximum height that would fit? Thanks
from the drip tray (where the cup would be) to the bottom of the portafilter is about 5 inches.
What maintenance is required with this machine? Is it a lot of work to keep it clean and working well?
change the water filter once every 3 months. do a group head cleaning when prompted on the screen, which is about every 3 months. i dump out the water in the drip tray every few days and clean it
Mine is going back tomorrow. I've had many Breville Espresso machines and this is not my cuppa AND the last few days it's been losing pressure and at this point it's useless. I DID buy the warranty at Breville but got the machine at William Sonoma and just got in under the 30day limit for returns so don't have to mess with Breville. I had the Barista Touch before this machine and that was a nice machine. I ordered the Oracle, the regular one. My brother has that machine and it's been great and the foam is fabulous. Each to their own, but for me, THIS machine is not great. I don't recommend or not recommend .
I WILL say Breville needs to keep better trach of their product control. My last machine, the Barista Touch came to me DOA. The second one was fine but I DID have to send to down to LA (still under warranty thankfully) because the computer went ballistic.
sorry to hear that. the oracle is a nice machine too
Drink a shot every time he pronounces espresso as ex-presso! 😉
at least a hundred times
I saw a video on this machine that you can steam the milk at the same time the esspresso is brewing, it's that true?
no, this one can only do one at a time. you can have the milk ready and in place so that immediately after the espresso is finished the milk will be steamed. but it can not do both at the same time. the one that can do both is the Oracle
What are the noise levels when grinding? Could you tell me in decibels? Do you think it is annoying at 7:00 in the morning? Thank you for the content!
while i don't have a decibel reader the grinder is loud. if you still have other people in the house sleeping then you'd want to keep the doors closed. they can still hear it but it won't be as "annoying". or you can think of the grind as an alarm clock. if I hear my wife making a cup of coffee, i'm going to want one too.
Every automatic machine or grinder will make some noise.
Get a separate grinder that's quiet. On the more affordable side is the Kitchenaid espresso grinder Model KCG8433ER ($) and it's grinding at 67db. That's pretty quiet.
Also couple others such as the Niche zero ($$) is also low db as is Versalab M4($$$$) and Hedone Honne grinder($$$).
@@rxonmymind8362 After lots of reviews finally got an Eureka Mignon Libra with a Profitec Go!
Do you think the Barista's are better than the DeLonghi Primadonna Soul? I'm trying to decide between the 2. Thanks
while i can't really compare the 2 since I have not used the DeLonghi. I'm guessing you're referring to the Eletta Explore? I will say that the Breville is a semi-auto machine and the Eletta Explore is a fully automatic. If you don't want to mess with any manual settings, get a fully automatic. When I first started looking for an espresso machine i was going to go with a fully automatic. not exactly sure why I didn't, but maybe in the near future someone will send me one and i'll make a video on it.
Did you run each drink 1 after the other or did you rest the machine between each drink. I have heard the machine cant handle pulling multiple drinks in 1 go
i have made drinks for 4-5 people back to back with no issues at all. in this video i made all of those drinks back to back with short breaks between as i had to clean the portafilter, and prepare the next drink.
Thank you so much, you have put my mind at ease . If u check out the review of this machine by 7 min reviews , their machine broke and this is the reason stated
@@Lara4584 i've had this machine since it first came out back last June/July 2023. We make multiple drinks daily. i have not come across this issue at all.
Mines brewing too fast I picked double shot it is only 13 second. Do you know what is the problem
What kind of beans are you using. Fresh or no? Use the filter that says Dual Wall for non fresh beans. If it’s going too fast then decrease your grind number by 1. Example if your grind is at 15, now try 14.
I try 6 still doesn't work
The extraction time
@ronaldkuok4425 fresh beans make sure your using the right basket and fresh doesn't mean out of the bag it means roasted in the last 30 days which would have a roast date
I saw creamy coffee on your personal settings , could you please explain if its possible to brew a lungo or caffe crema with this machine ? lungo is noramlly 1:3 ratio and about 110ml ...
you will not be able to add hot water during the espresso extraction which is what a Lungo. You would be able to add hot water immediately after the espresso is excracted, which would be an Americano. does it taste any different? Caffe crema is a long espresso shot. Because this is a semi automatic the extraction time varies on the grind size. i find that if it's too coarse it extracts fast and in shorter time. i think caffe crema may be a bit harder to do with this machine, at least on a consistent basis.
Hi, are you still loving this machine? Any issues?
it's still sitting in my kitchen. we use it everyday. I use the instant hot water feature to mix it with cold water to make baby formula. we have been making ice coffee with the espresso shots. it's great to mix it up every now and then lol. haven't had any issues with it so far. I hope it lasts a long time as it's definitely not a cheap machine.
How is the machine working out for you? Any problems with it?
still using it daily. we absolutely love it. i'm not a barista, just someone who wants quick good espresso. also i bought the machine with my own money. not sponsored video, but if Breville is reading this, email me! lol No problems so far. I've had it 8+ months.
is that worth the upgrade from barista pro? steam wand 4 holes for both but wondering if the power is stronger in touch impress
in my opinion if yours still works. use it. when it breaks then i would consider buying another machine. i have never used the barista pro but i hear it's a great machine as well.
Great video Hai. I am starting to look for my first real espresso machine and honestly cannot decide between this one you reviewed and the La Pavoni Europiccolo or even the semi auto LaPavoni. Please advise. I don't mind buying a separate grinder.
i don't have any experience using the La Pavoni so i can not comment on it. The breville was my first espresso machine. i just want good espresso, latte, capuccino, and i drink hot tea in the winter as well. i personally did not want to mess with every single setting, take 15 minutes to make beautiful aesthetic espresso that no one cares for since it will be just my wife and i drinking. if i'm in a rush in the morning and i want coffee i want something quick and easy. in my search i was deciding between the semi auto Breville, and a fully auto from multiple other brands (philips being one). i decided to go with Breville, coin toss. I still use my breville daily and love it. Had i gotten the fully auto, i'm sure i would have loved it too.
@@HaiTech understood and thank you for replying.
Just got mine today drinks don’t seem hot enough if you poor water in cup it’s only 60c
what drink are you making? Americano?
@@HaiTech I’ve done latte and cappuccino they both about 65c when done the when I’ve measured the espresso that’s only 55c when it comes out
you can adjust the milk steam temperature and make it hotter if you'd like
@@samledger9599you can adjust the espresso temp in the settings menu
don't you think that the espresso is too concentrated and too "ristretto", I am Italian and when you go to the bar you are more coffee in your cup. I bought it a few weeks ago, but i am not fully happy
are you using fresh beans or packaged ones from the store? try warming up the group head first. the taste is so subjective that I can't give you a definite answer. what tastes great to me may not be for you, or vice versa. If you are someone who likes to have control over every aspect of the espresso making process than this machine is not for you. you would want to go with a fully manual machine.
Three time tamping?! Im out…
Juva vs Breeville?
if Jura sends me one i'll definitely do a video for it! lol. Jura makes a lot of fully auto machines whereas breville makes semi auto and manual machines. also the costs is way up there too
Please enjoy your eXpresso.
sho will
That first poor is too slow
Nice demonstration.
Marshmallows with hot chocolate, or indeed, any milk drink , give me a queasy stomach. Americans have their taste buds adjusted to the weirdest things, don’t they?
It's espresso, not expresso.
lol, just caught that. thanks!
actually, it depends on where you live. In France, and probably other French-speaking countries "expresso" is common pronunciation.
How do the Italians write it?
@@adamk341
@@adamk341it's still wrong, lol
pet peeve :)
“Espresso” not “expresso.” 🤦🏻♂️
you get the point