BES920XL

used gaggia classic pro is prob the best bang for buck imo. built like a tank, easy to mod later if u get obsessed, and holds resale value. paired with a decent grinder it’ll easily give you real espresso without spending breville dual boiler money. for something simpler, the breville bambino or bam

i had a bambino and love it. i use a breville dual boiler now and miss it occasionally

You know it's funny we must think alike, because I was going to go with almost this exact set up after researching haha. I think the Breville Dual Boiler is the best Breville to go for as far as Breville's go. It allows you to temperature control the water, nice dual boiler for milk and it has push

My first machine was the La Pavoni. I had trouble with the workflow and couldn't get more than one or two good shots out of it for every 10 I pulled. So I picked up a used Breville Dual Boiler.Two totally different machines. I love my BDB, and I'm starting to really master getting good espresso out

I have to concur that the feature set for price point is unmatched. Further, I think Breville deserves a slow-clap for their UX and ergonomic designs. Breville's pricing does make me scratch my head though. The BDB is almost half the price in Australia compared to Canada (although with the wild disc

Oracle touch is a bit more complicated - ie more parts that is more likely to fail. Saying so, it is a fantastic machine if you like something semi-automatic. I have the Oracle. So much easier as I have young kids. The upper end coffee machines Breville uses baratza grinder, ie it is better than you

I reckon a Breville is a good place to start the hobby. Especially the bambino or BDB. You can’t deny that Aussies get good pricing on these.

Id imagine they're pretty close to the same thing, so not worth it (not sure if the Bambino has a PID like the BBE though). I had a Breville Infuser for a long time which is the same brew setup as the BBE (no grinder). Great machine but when it died the upgrade I made was to a Dual Boiler (they are

Same story as you. Received my black rebrew last week and sold my breville dual boiler. 99% flawless, minor knick in the tamper and milk pitcher. Received my update to 2.3.15 the next day but still waiting for the latest firmware. Portafilter is a little tight and I have slight worries about the gro

We have several places with Breville coffee machines Have fully manual dual boiler, probably 12 or so years old. Shame no built in grinder, as much prefer the bench space. We had two Oracles not survive five years, so received credits back and now bought the Jet. Just got a Barista Express. Whilst i