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I watched several videos on this subject, none of them answered my questions. This is the best comparison video of these machines. Very informative and helpful. Answered all the important questions. Thank you very much for the video.

Thank you for this video! Totally solved my issue between these machines! Great video!

Excellent video comparison! Thank you, your video has been so helpful to me in helping to confirm my choice of espresso machine to purchase

I just bought the barista pro and am using your guides for dialing in, my lattes are getting better and better! Thanks a lot for giving me the confidence to start!

Awesome review. I have the Barista Pro and looked at the Touch. I am extremely happy with my purchase. I use it everyday and works great

Excellent comparison video! Thank you.

I am looking to purchase my second Breville (I love these machines), I am so happy that I watched your video before I made my choice......very helpful thanks!

You make literally every video I’m looking for thank you

These are fantastic videos!! You really provided some very interesting points on the build quality / platforms that I never would have known. Thank you. Can you comment on the water that should be used for the best care, minimal maintenance and to optimize extraction with both the Breville Barista Pro or Touch? Love the other videos where you suggest additional items that one might consider buying to complement the purchase and enhance one's experience - makes a lot of sense. Congrats on the new studio!

Very informative and on-point, subbed !

I bought the Barista Pro just over a month ago. It was a toss up for me on which one since I'm an espresso noob. After seeing this, I'm really glad that I chose the Pro instead of the Touch. I prefer the slightly more hands-on approach that the Pro needs. Having to program a bunch of settings would have ended up irritating me in the long run. It seems like unnecessary fluff to me. I probably would have been just as happy with an Express too but I wanted the benefits of the faster heating thermojet in the Pro.

Great video, this really aided our purchase thank you so much.

Love the articulate comparison and the quality visual presentation; very professional and informative for coffee lovers. I am surprised that you don't have more subscribers considering the fact...Keep up the high quality production and content!

Very clear and useful. Thanks.

Super useful review, as always! 😊👍

I had a Touch and only regretted not getting the pro after I realized it’s older than the pro haha but I loved my Touch til I upgraded to profitec

Because of your videos I bought Barista Pro. This is the best choice in my opinion. I mean the possibilities and the price. Thanks for the comparison.

informative. it was a toss up between the touch and pro. your video helped. thanks

There is one noticeable function that the Touch doesn't have, which is if your room temperature is cold in winter, having ur heater on for 24-7 is expense to u, then thermo jet will lose its brew temperature quite a lot and only way to compensate for that is to turn the steam on and cancel it, then brew, especially for medium-light roast beans, and you can't do it on the Touch, because it purges.

This is such a useful video! Thank you!

Thanks for the in-depth review on both espresso machine 😊

Your channel rocks. I’m not even a coffee drinker but have been doing some research for a Christmas present for my wife, and discovered your channel. I appreciate your honest and the high quality content.

Since the consensus of the grinders on these machines, would choosing this over something without the grinder not be preferred?

I feel like a lot of people don't like the touch but i ordered it and still waiting for it to come but i love the automation with it if I'm rushing to work etc and can hurry and make coffee but also be to manually steam milk and still get the barista experience. Also the ability to adjust settings specific to drinks and in general like temp etc seems good to me. I was debating on the full manual versus somewhat automatic but i don't mind both features for more

I have the Barista Pro and I looooove it!

Many thanks for all your detailed videos on the Barista Pro. I'm just about to buy the Pro and that's partly due to your videos giving me confidence however I'm also seeing some other reviews that mention about the espresso not being hot enough or underwhelming steaming capabilities. Is the Pro getting a bad rap because users' may not be addressing the preheating of the group & portafilter by running a couple of flushes prior to dosing and the steaming on your video looked very impressive so..?? Sometimes the longevity of the machine is also questioned with some people claiming to return their machine soon after purchase do to issues so not sure how common that is? I'm also not sure whether the criticisms are pointed directly at the Pro or the Express and I would expect that the Pro may last longer than the Express (as you previously mentioned) due to more up to date design improvements etc? Do you think I should be concerned or not? Cheers.

Great review.

Awaiting your review on the new express impress 👌

Great video. I bought BB touch few month back and have to say my only gripe is that I wish there is a way to switch the steam wand to completely manual steam wand so you can get the practice when you have time and convince of automatic steam when not.

Great video as usual. I would like to add the fact that The barista pro allows more control for espresso. You can have more pre infusion time or even no pre infusion at all meanwhile the barista touch uses a fixed 5 seconds pre infusion in which you cannot control or change.

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Thank you for a great video. Love and peace. Tim

Dude, the Barista Touch doesn't have a panarello. When you use the automatic steaming function it pumps air in through the steam wand from earlier on in the pipeline, but it's a traditional steam wand just like the Pro. When you use it in manual mode, you'll get the exact same results. The only possible nagging issue is that the Pro has the ability to articulate the wand in more directions.

I have the oracle touch which is like the touch but more automatic.

Thank you for making this video. I’ve had the Barista Express around 4 years now. I love it. It paid for itself in a month, I was at SB buying 4 americanos a day. I expanded my business into Nevada, found a 6 week old touch at an amazing price from a friend. The express stays at my home in Hawaii and my Nevada home has the touch. Love them both.

This was a great review!

The Barista Touch's steam arm is not a panarello steam arm .. when it is in manual mode it works exactly a 4-hole steam arm. The biggest potential drawback would be that you would have to tilt your pitcher instead of angling the steam arm to you liking.

Great review! This is the only thing holding me back. I'm really ready to make a purchase. These are the 2 I'm comparing, and in my price range. I love the touch, but I want the micro foam that you show on the pro. I did see you can manually Steam milk on touch, but will I get the same quality as the pro can get? Please help, Thank you.

Hi, which machine is better. 1- Delonghi La Specialista Arte Espresso. 2 - BREVILLE VCF153 Barista Max. 3 DELONGHI Dedica EC685M + Sage The Dose Control Pro Coffee Grinder Stainless. Thanks for any responses

Got the touch so my wife can have it easy. Loving it so far for $800 bucks

I prefer the control i get from the pro, as you do from the express.. paying more for a touch screen menu and auto frother is not a compromise i want to be robbed of. I like being involved every step of the way.. Half the fun of enjoying your favorite drink is directly tied to the therapeutic process of choosing your dials, creating that perfect vortex while frothing, etc.. Barista Pro all the way!

Hey, great videos man. I love them very clear and unbiased. Do you also have videos on how to use and dail in? I'm in the market to get one and I'm so torn. I'm kinda leaning towards the pro as I would live to be able to learn to make great espresso, but I honestly don't have all the time in the world either but am willing to practice little by little. My wife on the other hand doesn't have the patience. She wants to just go with the nespresso pods and call it a day. That's why I'm thinking if I got the touch, I feel it'll be easier for her to use. Is my analysis correct? Is the touch easier for non experienced users?

Hey, great video! Is there any chance we might get a comparison between the barista pro and the new express impress?

Hey, interesting video there. It would be interesting to see if the Breville with a 54mm portafilter makes a better espresso or the Gaggia with a 58mm.

I wish I saw this before I bought the Touch version a year ago.

Got the Pro and it wouldn’t complete the initial flush. Called Breville and the response was to send in the broken machine for a new one. Seems to be a common problem and not something you’d expect from an $800 machine. The steam/water knob has some play in it and takes quite a bit of force to switch between modes. Seems like it’s only a matter of time before it breaks off. Installing the portafilter is a two handed operation. One on the portafilter and the other to hold the machine in place. Otherwise the machine just slides around the countertop. Wish Breville had used a suction cup on the Pro like they did on the Oracle.

I wish they'd make Barista Pro with a 58mm portafilter. After all, it's called "Pro". I'm thinking about upgrading from Barista Express to Lelit Mara X, because Mara X has many features of the BBE but additionally it can brew and steam at the same time & 58mm portafilter. What do you think? :)

So a 2 year old BBE, is it worth upgrading to the Pro?

Hello everyone. I found out that Touch model doesn’t have adjustable pre infusion feature, there is only pre-settled which can’t be changed. Would that be any problem in use of Touch? Thanks for any thoughts and helps. And btw Happy New 2023 for all coffee lovers!

Thanks!

So that these will both produce the same espresso, the barista express will also produce the same espresso (as they are also pretty much the same in all aspects?). I have a barista express and so upgrading to either of these does not seem worthwhile. It’s a shame to see that they changed the grinder dial to appear to be a “non-step” grinder on the pro, but it still remains the same 18 step grinder. That’s my main issue with my BBE. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for the comparison. I keep hearing the Pro only makes lukewarm espresso and milk. I'm worried about that. I want to buy the Oracle Touch, but not convinced it's better than the Pro, ao I am not sure I can sacrifice counter space if it's not much of an upgrade. Can you please gelp me decide between the two? What matters the most to me is excellent espresso with hot temp and silky latte art milk. Thank you!

Nice video

I had the Touch, but then upgraded to the Rancilio Silvia ProX

I currently have the bambino plus, my first machine. Will the touch be a big upgrade or to complicated for a beginner

I have the barista pro in black.. first time I used it, the black chipped.... its annoying cause I have a silver area now showing.... I feel in a few years it will probably look like crap. My stainless barista express after 6 years still look great..... if I were to buy again I would buy stainless...

Hi there. Where did you get that beautyfull steel blue color Barista Pro? I´m going to buy this model, but they have only stainless steel or black. Thanks. Paul

I’m curious if you recommend any other the grinderless brevilles. I have the barista express, but looking to upgrade and use a niche zero.

Older Pro version leaked like crazy apparently. Has it been resolved?

Can you review the touch impress

So barista touch can produce real latte art ? Or it’s just foam milk with automatic system

I bought the barista express and am now regretting now going for the barista pro instead

The automatic steam option on the touch is worth the premium

Opinion: breville barista pro or gaggia pro?

I still think that getting the Breville Infuser and a good grinder is the best option for the vast majority of folks.

I just like the pro, the touch with the stepped grinder just didn’t do it for me. I feel like I make the coffee on the pro especially when it comes to milk. Wish they did a wider portafilter on the pro… sadly couldn’t stretch dual boiler. Great video as ever…

Are these machines really new? They have been out for years!

I have the Oracle touch, and it is quite different than the one that is shown in this video

Leaning towards the touch... I dont wanna manually make my steam milk lol.

Look wise hands down the pro.

how many kinds of coffee can you make on Breville Barista Pro Espresso Machine? the full-screen one gives you many options to choose but I got the impression that the Breville Barista Pro Espresso only makes latte and cappuccino.

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There is one more aspect. Barista Touch is less known, and like the rest from Sage/Breville, not documented. Compare manuals from Aussies (turn on, turn off, contact support), and from some Bezzera (complete drawings with all partnumbers). For similar reasons, parts are less available. Overall, repairs become a very creative project with a lot of reverse engineering, unless a workshop is reachable (not where I live). I managed to decipher this machine inside out, I have it fully tamed, but my biggest desire following the ordeal is to sell it for good, and never look back. For Pro/Express, on the other hand, many people already made a lot of materials, and spares are easy to find.

Touch machine doesn’t get expensive hot enough even at the highest setting.

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Preferential and preferable aren't synonyms. You say "preferential" several times in the video and never once use it correctly.

OK I'm glad for those who are enjoying their pro's, I'm on my 3rd in a year because they are so inconsistent in their performance that they are undependable for a consistent shot of espresso from one shot to the next. I have wide swings in my time (s) to 36gm of output from never happened to 55 sec to right on. I followed your dial in process to the letter, and then began to record my experience so to repudiate your comment on just locking in your portafilter and you get the perfect shot, I'm happy to send you a year of data from across 3 replacement machines that disputes the pro's ability to live up to that claim. Breville replaced them because even their service department couldn't get them to work, and finally suggested that perhaps I was expecting too much out of a (Their words not mine) mid-range machine. And I'm not the only one, I know of 4 others who have become so frustrated with their pro machines that they simply threw them away. I wouldn't recommend the pro to any serious espresso drinker, my experience is they look nice but their performance is so wildly inconsistent that you typically throw away many shots of very expensive beans in an attempt to get a good shot. Wish I still had my express, it was old but a great espresso machine.

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Returned a Barista Pro which developed the issue after a couple of weeks (lost all pressure). I got the Dual Boiler/Smart Grinder Pro as a replacement. The Dual Boiler is just streets ahead in every respect, in my opinion.

Reviewers should have a legal duty to mention reliability, reparability and warranty .. Instead of just saying 'build quality' too loosely , I think what he means is build design or aesthetics . THe build quality of these machines is not even touched in any review .. What about material type, warranty, longevity, repairs and parts market - that's the real build quality questions .. I have worked on these machines , there's definitely planned obsolescence on show

"Best espresso for your money is not good enough!!" I want good espresso, authentic espresso!! Junk