Reviews Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine

This Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine  is the best shot ever. Better than two more expensive, more 'bells and whistles' machines that I went through in a few months. Our previous coffee maker was a Super Automatic Jura Capresso Impressa E8. We purchased the Jura Capresso to reduce the amount of work it took to make a good coffee (grinding, tamping...etc).

 

I personally think that this Breville BES870XL Barista Express machine is gorgeous and looks great on my kitchen countertop. I love the stainless steel. I love the way it is laid out. I love the way the tamper is held. I love the way it looks when you turn it on and the lighting that it has. An integrated burr grinder and 15 BAR pump make the Breville Barista Express BES870XL a solid choice for perfecting your latte art. Everything is easy to access.

• 15 Bar Italian Pump and 1600W Thermo coil heating system
• Purge Function: Automatically adjusts water temperature after steam for optimal espresso extraction temperature
• Stainless steel conical burr grinder with 1/2 lb. sealed bean hopper
• 67 fl.oz (2L) removable water tank with handle
• Newer model of the Breville BES860XL Barista Express

Breville BES870XL makes making an excellent espresso so easy. The espresso/coffee also really does taste soooo much better when you are grinding beans immediately before you use them versus having them ground for days or weeks ahead of time. Get a great cup of espresso from bean to brew in less than a minute with the Barista Breville BES870XL Express.

The Breville makes great tasting coffee (we used Trader Joe's Cafe Pajaro Beans) and the milk frother does an excellent job frothing. The reason we switch from our super automatic coffee maker is because the Jura coffee maker started having problems a year in (we had it for 5 years). Even though we cleaned and descaled the machine when required it would intermittently work. For the price, the Jura Capresso should have lasted for 10 years, in my opinion.

I use almond milk, which doesn't froth very well in general. I can almost get my almond milk to the cow milk consistency. Nice! Would have liked a injector style wand for the milk, but we are learning to make it frothy through technique. The Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine looks great and has a small footprint on our already overcrowded counter. A very nice product.