Agree, work flow is surprisingly good. You got a deal too - Breville did a big price increase around that time.

Can you explain to me how I can make a coffee stronger or weaker with this machine?

Happy to help! Let me know if you have more questions.

Dark Matter - Unicorn Blood is my favorite espresso roast. It’s very easy to dial in and a Chicago roaster. You’re going to love the Touch!

I use the two-cup non-pressurized filter basket always (the big one with holes on the bottom). I rarely change my brewing temperature, as you should really focus on grind size and coffee-to-water ratio first. You should watch my video on the Barista Pro review (filmed around the same time) which has a good dialing in walkthrough to get the right settings.

I’ve looked into the Touch Impress quite a bit, and have reviewed the similar Express Impress, so I have a good idea. My thoughts: 1) if you have the budget, get the Touch Impress. The tamping system is really nice when combined with the steam wand. 2) Breville adds good tweaks to brewing, including lower pressure (9 bars vs 10 bars) and volumetric dosing (vs timed dosing). 3) they say the Touch Impress steam wand is better, but it’s almost the same. I did lots of Oat milk on the Touch with no issue. So, If you’re already interested in the auto milk steaming and ok paying over the $1k, getting the Touch Impress will just add another level of creature comfort with tamping. The extra tweaks on espresso/milk steaming are nice, but incremental. It’s really that extra ease of use that makes the Touch Impress feel like a $2k+ Jura E8, or better.

@@craftcoffeespot Thank you. For specific reasons I was looking into these two. Currently 4-5 years with the Roma still and it is time to upgrade. Thanks for the feedback

@@ludilevi3533 happy to help. You’re going to love the upgrade :)

I tend to be grind 8-9, but it really depends. You want to grind finer until your shot takes 30 seconds to flow. That make take several attempts and will change with your beans. In general, grind finer.

Four. It’s a good steam wand, mostly because the Thermojet is more powerful.

Above that temperature causes the milk to burn and taste like eggs...

Let a few shots of water run through without a portafilter to fill up the inner tubing. Be careful of grinding too fine. Also, I’d contact Breville if you got a serious issue - you have a warranty.

No. I tested the Express Impress, and the extra features are really nice. If you can afford that upgrade, get it.

It's the froth setting, which is the cup icon underneath the milk button. I use a "5" froth level for oat milk and "3" for whole milk. Oat milk has less fat than whole milk, so you should increase the froth setting by two levels to get the same result.

It's the cup icon on the bottom right here: craftcoffeespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/breville-barista-touch-initial-screen-options-1024x683.png

Thank you! I really appreciate you responding. I just got this a few days ago and still need to figure it out☺️

No problem! It takes some trial and error, so let me know if you have more questions.@@aishajack2996

@@craftcoffeespothi! I made a mistake and saved the setting you suggested as “Oatmilk”. Now it appears as a drink I made. Do you know whether it is possible to delete this?

I’m on 3. But it depends for you. Please test the limit of the outer burr before changing the inner burr.

@@craftcoffeespot thanks I just did. Using medium beans. I have to go 2 inner and 1 outer to get the flow at 8 seconds. Not sure why i have to go so low. It is definitely the grind setting as I made sure the puck is perfect

@@neoanderz that sounds off. I’ve rarely changed inner burr, across several models. Main change was when I modified the Barista Express. I’d contact Breville and say you may have a faulty grinder.

We did several cuts to get it right and I believe the final setting was 11. However, it depends on your beans!! Tweak your grind setting unit it takes roughly 30 seconds to finish a shot that is a 1:2 ratio of coffee:espresso. This is where you should get a scale as well.