The Barista Touch blends a built-in grinder, automatic dosing and extraction, and an intuitive touch screen to deliver cafe-quality espresso and milk drinks at home.
Reviewers mostly praise the Breville Barista Touch for its easy, guided operation that makes café-style drinks at home approachable, especially for beginners. Its automatic milk steaming, self-cleaning wand, and touchscreen workflows deliver consistent lattes and cappuccinos with minimal fuss, while the pre-infusion and precise temperature control help produce rich crema and balanced shots. However, durability concerns, grinder degradation over time, and inconsistent temperature or steam flow in some units lead several users to question whether the high replacement cost is justified.
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Abandoning Breville touch, looking for recs for separate grinder+machine combo [$700]
Broke after a few years of use
Provides a consistent, easy workflow
Replacement costs about $1,000
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Grinder degrades over time, becoming hard to dial in
Touchscreen constantly sends cleaning, calibration, and descaling notifications
Hard to lock the portafilter into place
Breville BES880BSS Barista Touch Espresso Machine Review: Worth The Hype?
Touchscreen makes it easy to use with step-by-step instructions
Easy to clean
Automatic milk frother makes silky and smooth foam
Espresso tastes bold and complex with nice aftertaste
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Grinder requires adjustments for different beans
Automatic frother is loved by users
Produces good espresso
Temperature can be inconsistent when pulling shots
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Requires manual portafilter tamping
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Portafilter is hard to turn into the locked position on a brand new machine
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Easy to use
Barista Touch Starbucks Blonde Espresso
Sensitive to tamping pressure, causing inconsistent yields
My thoughts on the Barista Touch + entry into espresso machines
Has instant workflow and is consistent enough
Puck screen helps keep the group head clean
Produces better milk texture than previous super-automatic
Temperature is accurate out of the box
Sage Barista Touch to Lelit Anna or Anita, worth the switch? [600€]
Lacks precise control over dosing and temperature management
Produces inconsistent shots
Most shots come out sour and lukewarm, lacking rich, hot espresso
