Espresso makers professional#
Prosumer (that is, professional + consumer) is a portmanteau that could accurately describe a whole lot of elite-level home kitchen gear- Vitamix blenders come to mind-but it’s used quite often to refer to high-end espresso makers. We even tried the function with oat milk to see how it would handle something nondairy and it gave more volume and texture than we got on any other home machine. And while a feature like this could be gimmicky, the texture of the milk was rich and smooth. You don’t need to angle the jug or even hold it, it’s totally hands-free. You can set how foamy you want your milk, place the milk jug under the steam wand, push a button and just let it go.
The great triumph of this machine though, is its automatic milk steaming. We should note that, even though only pressurized baskets come with the machine, we tried a non-pressurized (single-walled) filter basket from the Breville Infuser, which fit the Bambino, and the results were still quite good. Pressurized baskets also work with pre-ground coffee. Pressurized baskets almost guarantee the proper pressure and good extraction from a single or double shot even if you don’t tamp perfectly, grind your coffee beans too finely or too coarsely, or don’t have precisely the right amount of grounds. It only comes with pressurized filter baskets (also known as double-walled filter baskets). For one thing, it heats up almost instantly, from off to ready to brew in less than five seconds. The newest entry to Breville’s diminutive Bambino line has made huge improvements over both the not-tricked-out regular Bambino and Breville’s more expensive (and hulking) Infuser. After checking it with an Acaia scale, we’re impressed with the automatic adjustments the grinder makes, but anyone without a gram scale will have to take it on faith (or take our word for it) that they’re getting the right amount of ground coffee. As it is, the dial just sets a longer or shorter time without any information on what that time is. It would also be nice to have some sort of specific setting on the grinder, whether that is time or weight. The drip tray is also quite far from the group head, which allowed us to fit regular-size coffee mugs underneath it, but made for a little bit of splash back when brewing shots of espresso. This is, however, true of every machine we’ve tested in this price range. The brew system and the steam wand run off the same heat source, so we had to wait 15–20 seconds between brewing and steaming milk. What we didn’t like about the Breville Barista Express Impressīesides the name, which is a real tongue twister, we don’t have many complaints about the Barista Express Impress.
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