$499 tag -> 540 something with taxes.
First espresso machine. I did see some YouTube videos and I saw I might need some extra accessories for ease of coffee making/ perfectioning.
Comment recommendations and links for thing I may need.
Thoughts? No clog in the porta filter. No difference if I pull a single shot or double with the proper portafilter basket.
I’m using pink Havana beans NZ. In the last three months I’ve noticed my extractions have only been 15 seconds and I literally changed nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I've searched this sub high & low and I feel like I can't find a direct answer to my question. I just purchased a triple basket so that I can make triple shots. My understanding is that I need 20-22g of beans for 40-44g of liquid out. Should I be manually pulling the shots or should I hit the double shot button and stop when I reach the desired amount of liquid in 25-30 seconds?
I tried to pull manually and I don't know if I had the pre-infusion time wrong but every time I pulled the shot, the liquid came out a little too quick even with going finer in grind size. Any advice would be appreciated! Also for reference, I have the Breville Express Impress machine!
the touch runs you through a tutorial at the beginning, telling you to set the grinder to 30 and just look at how long it takes for the first drop to come out of the portafilter.
(if it's below 8-12s, it asks you to grind finer)
I played around a fair bit, set the inner burr to 4 (from 6) and my last bag of beans had me at 20-21 grind setting to get within those 8-10s and to a nice 1:2.5 - 1:3 ratio within 25s (default time) with the single filter basket..
the coffee was good, Espresso not so much..
I just switched beans and got like 1:6 in 25s..
eventually, I was at 5 on the grinder to get 8s before the first drop, but then it took 40+ s to get 1:2 ratio 🤣
when I went up to 10 on the grinder (always cleaning and flushing the grouphead, and "purging" some powder with the grinder after adjusting) I got a nice 1:2 ratio, but the first drops after 4 or 5 seconds . (it is NOT too watery, though..)
so,
TLDR:
Does anyone care about these 8-12s to first drop or do you simply use a balance and dial in for 30-35s total time?
(I honestly don't understand this extraction time yet.. the Touch doesn't pre-infuse or anything.. it just begins pumping.)
Ever since I got my machine, my coffee hasn't tasted the best. Almost bitter? Mildly Sour? I use quality, fresh beans and I've tried plenty of different ones so I know it's not the beans. I believe grind size is on 16?
Not sure if it's the basket I'm using? I always do a double shot iced espresso.
Am I missing something?
Hi, searching for help with my Breville Oracle Touch. I’ve had it for three years, I use it sporadically and it usually works pretty well, makes a decent cup of coffee. I’ve recently gotten it out again and it was working fine and a week later it suddenly started making very bitter coffee. I tried different beans, twice, no luck. I got it serviced, and they didn’t find anything wrong with it. Where I’ve moved the water is definitely hard, but I wouldn’t think it was harder than where I was before.
Anyway, looking for advice please! I usually run a full double shot at 28-33 seconds. Coffee also seems to be channeling more than before.
Thank you!
My Sage Barista Touch is from 2017. It has run flawless all years.
So recently i wanted to change the grouphead gasket for the first time. (yeah i know, should probably do it more often)
So i followed a youtube instruction vid on it.
But unfortunately i made a mistake. I forgot to mount the shower screen again, and i pulled a shot without it. Quickly realizing the mistake afterwards, i did all the cleaning i could do, and mounted the screen again. But something i wrong.
The coffee actually runs through on the same time as usual, but the pucks is totally me4sses up, and theres a lot of coffee much around the portafilter mount on the machine afterwards. It's a total mess.
So i have just tried a deep clean cycle, and tried a different portafilter, but with the same result.
When i changed the gasket i did the following:
1: place the gasket with my fingers the best i could.
2: Inserted portafilter without basket, to line up the gasket
3: Inserted portafilter with basket to push the gasket the rest of the way in.
Give me your thoughts and fixes please, before i push "Buy" on a new machine :)
I have the Breville espresso machine touch. So when I make a double shot espresso that's about how much it comes out. it seems like its way too much. The first picture is in a cappuccino setting double shot, the second picture is in an espresso setting, a single shot. Before it didn't used to make that much espresso. it still tastes fine but not as good as before. The puck always comes out wet and not only that, but sometimes it gets stuck. What am I doing wrong? can someone help me.
What should I do to get a good shot?
TIA.
As seen in the picture, a piece of plastic grip tie has made its way into the grinder, bringing it to a complete stand still.
I have tried opening up the grinder to the coarsest setting pulling at it by hand but it won’t budge. I can’t release the basket either.
Next stop is to find some pliers and try again. But I am not hopeful.
Any other ideas?
Can I use olive oil as a lubricant? Will I ever be able to clean that out?
As I haven’t had my morning coffee I’m struggle to come up with a good solution
Entirely satisfied by the grinder in the Oracle Jet but looking for a separate grinder to have both caffeinated and decaf beans available for milk based espresso drinks only. We don’t like sour/fruity espresso so tend to go for medium-dark roast for a drink that’s rounded, smooth, biscuity and chocolatey in flavour.
Looking for a grinder that’s comparable and if we should put the better (likely caffeinated) beans in the new grinder or keep the new grinder for decaf if it’s debatable whether better than the built in grinder.
For least friction while using, I’m eyeing up the Eureka Mignon Libra (grind by weight) grinder so it’s accessible for everyone in the household.
Hi all, I’ve had my barista pro for about 2 years now. I typically use light-medium roasts and usually have the internal/upper burr set to 3 and external setting at around 3-6, with minimal but some deviation outside of that range, to achieve 36g in 25-30 seconds.
However, I’ve recently noticed that my shots have been extracting really quickly, as in around 15 seconds all of a sudden, and what’s more is I am down to an external setting of 1. I did notice the machine on a couple of occasions during grinding seemed to jam up inside, like a skipping clutch? I thought it may have jammed on a solid light roast bean for example, but removing the upper burr I never found anything of the sort.
I’ve just changed the upper burr down from 3 to 2, and tried dialling in again and found myself all the way back down at 1 externally, which makes no sense. I took the hopper and upper burr off again and by chance used my thumb and forefinger to make sure the nut on top of the lower conical burr was tight, and the nut instantly unscrewed - This is how I found out it is actually reverse threaded!
My question is: How tight should this nut be, as tight as it will go over the spring washer? I can do that myself carefully with tools. Or, is this cause of concern and it needs to be professionally repaired? I wouldn’t imagine this is the case, but happy to be corrected.
Thanks ☕️
I just bought this Breville Barista Pro espresso machine and I need some help dialing in some of my shots. I’m using a El Salvadorian bean from Atlas Coffee Club. The grind size on my machine is set to 13 and pulls in about 35 seconds (as seen in the video). Previously I had the grind size set to 12 and the shot pulled in 45 Seconds. I don’t know what is more important, the time of the shot or the consistency of it. I want to do as much as I can to reach the perfect “Liquid Gold” shot. I can answer any questions that’ll help to make it better.
Thanks!
After an issue with our Oracle Touch. Breville replaced it with an Oracle Dual Boiler. Overall I like the machine, and there are some nice improvements from the previous generation of machines.
One problem I have though is that the tamps seems to be inconsistent or, consistently half good half bad. I was brewing a bunch of coffee to bring with to the cabin so I took advantage of the opportunity to see if there was a pattern. Essentially every other tamp was poor or not complete.
So the tamps were in order: good, bad, good, bad, bad, good, bad, good, bad, good, bad, good
I’m not sure if there is a fix. I’ve pulled the tamper and adjusted it a bit for less grounds, didn’t change anything. I’m not sure if there is a way to trigger a calibration, maybe I should just try a factory reset or something.
Anyone else running this and find a fix?
Thanks!
This has been happening for about a week and I stopped using it because I thought it was because I needed to descale it. The day it happened I pulled a perfect shot and the second one for my husband turned out like this. I descaled yesterday and it’s happening again. Second pull in the morning because I thought maybe I tamped too much?? This time I barely tamped at all.
I am a broke teacher on summer break. This is gets me through the year please help! 😭😭😭
My bambino plus single shot won't work, it'll steam up and some droplet of water but nothing else, the double shot works. It's not a cleaning issue, lights aren't flashing. I've made sure the water tank is connected properly. I've also checked if it was a manual shot error but it isn't (I reprogrammed it just in case), keeps doing this it's been about 2.5 weeks.
Any help would be appreciated!
So I pull the trigger with a Barista Express.
I've dialing my coffee and managed to get the 1:2 ration in about 25~35 seconds.
The pour over I think looks cool, but the pressure won't go any higher, if I grind finer I will get the time to 50 secs or so but the pressure will remain the same.
Is that ok?
I have a Barista Express. The grinder motor spins normally with no beans. It will grind only 1–2 beans, but with approximately 10 beans it slows, hums, and stalls. I removed a jam, thoroughly cleaned the grinder, and verified both burrs are correctly installed. The problem persists with multiple coffee beans.
Is it messed up internally? It’s only been a month 😭
First video is no beans and second video is approximately with 10 beans.
More info on settings: upper burr is 5 and outer burr is 8. Hope that makes sense!