![]() ![]() The Barista Touch is also the younger sibling machine to the Oracle Touch, both of which came to market late last year. Read: It’s a smarter, more intuitive version of a much-loved classic. Breville barista touch update#More reasons I’m on the bandwagon: The Barista Touch is Breville’s update on its iconic (but a wee-bit dated) Barista Express, that has nearly 2,000 reviews on Amazon. Yes, I’m actually smarter! (And for your reference, whipping up a traditional latte takes about a minute.) Not only because I know I can make a damn good cappuccino, but also because I actually understand the process thanks to the touch screen explanations. Grinding, tamping and trimming, too, came with a learning curve, but after four or five attempts, my coffee-making confidence is now at an all-time high. Breville barista touch how to#Learning how to pre-heat the cup (by filling it with steaming water), then ditching the water, for example, tripped me up in the beginning … but became a “must” step in my process. In the words of Rihanna, me no wanna, “work, work, work, work, work, work.” I’m not going to lie - my few first tries were clunky at best. If this sounds overwhelming or too inside baseball for you, fear not, the machine’s color touch screen is super intuitive and comes pre-programmed with step-by-step instructions loaded for each of the five drink options (espresso, latte, americano, flat white and cappuccino). So, if you don’t like your lattes silky and light like me, there are myriad ways to tailor them to your preference (like increasing grind size, brew duration, milk temperature and texture and so on). The machine is all about customizing your brews to you, however. The lattes I’m brewing are DELICIOUS, and just how I like ’em - silky and light - and my husband swears the americano is one of the best he’s ever tasted. The answer to coffee junkies' prayers everywhere, this espresso machine recreates the quality of the barista-brewed coffee you’ve come to know and love (and, if we’re being honest, jones for) in a high-tech way that is fast and in a compact footprint that won’t overtake your kitchen.įirst things first - how does it taste? After tinkering with the Barista Touch for a couple of weeks, I can attest that the goods are legit. ![]() Which brings me to Breville’s new Barista Touch. Clearly, I could drink less, which I did (sometimes), but my husband is also a coffee drinker, so oftentimes we’d go together and, well, you get the point. ![]()
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