Breville Espresso Machines
Which Breville Espresso Machine Is Right for You?
If counter space is tight and you just want a proper latte without learning to steam milk by hand, the Breville Bambino Plus is the easiest place to start. Its automatic steam wand handles milk texture, and Breville's ThermoJet system reaches shot temperature in about three seconds.
Shoppers who want to grind fresh and pull real portafilter shots without learning to tamp by hand move up to the Breville Barista Express Impress. Its built-in grinder doses straight into the portafilter, and the Impress Puck System tamps at a consistent 22 pounds and corrects the next dose automatically.
The Breville Barista Pro sits between those two machines. It keeps the manual steam wand and hands-on tamping of the entry-level Barista Express, but adds a 30-setting grinder and an LCD screen that times each shot, for buyers who want finer control once they've learned the basics.
For shoppers who would rather save their settings than dial them in each morning, the Breville Barista Touch swaps the dials for a touchscreen that stores several named drinks and textures milk automatically. It suits households where everyone orders something different.
The Breville Barista Touch Impress adds the Impress Puck System to that same touchscreen, so grinding, dosing, tamping and milk texturing are all handled for you. It also pulls a cold brew in under three minutes, useful if iced coffee is a daily order in your house.
At the top of the automated lineup, the Breville Oracle Jet grinds, doses, tamps and textures milk on its own, then brews through a full 58mm portafilter. Its Barista Guidance system flags shots that ran too fast or too slow, for the least manual work of any Breville coffee machine we sell.
The Breville Dual Boiler goes the other way. There's no built-in grinder or automation, just twin boilers, a PID-controlled group head and a manual steam wand, so you can pull a shot and steam milk at once and set every variable yourself.
Across the range, the right Breville espresso machine comes down to how much of the process you want to handle yourself. Our showroom team can walk you through a live comparison before you buy.
