After previously owning 2 Delonghi machines i'm happy to have bought the Barista Impress on the back of your recommendation. Pours the perfect espresso every time with minimal effort and thats what the average joe like me is after at the end of the day.

bought the Breville Barista Express Impress last week because of this video after looking at different machines for weeks. Absolutely love the machine and would definitely recommend for beginners!

I absolutely love your videos! I’m not even looking to buy an espresso machine as I already own the Barista Touch, but I always watch everything you post. They always leave me smiling at the end with your little bits of wisdom. Love it!

Love my Express Impress! So pleased I bought it and was even more delighted with the price I got from following your antics, Kev. 👍🏻

I've used my Impress twice a day for almost 6 months. I love it. I make a double in the am and then an americano which i dump over ice and it's a perfect iced coffee.

Great and honest comparison. Quite brutal opinion on the DeLonghi…. Guess after this, they will never sell a machine again 😂

Nice video as usual. Thanks. Honestly, comparing the best delonghi machine to even the Bambino is an insult to Breville/Sage. cheers.

3:44 There is an additional grind setting inside the coffee grinder.

Honestly I am surprised by the oppinion on the DeLonghi. I am a long time user of the entry level espresso machines of the brand and they have been an amazing companion for years each. Recently got the La Specialista Prestigio and I must say it does lack in the dosing compared to the Breville, but with a bit of trial and error I was able to easily find my preferred dosage (it would really depend on your own pallet). I use Lavazza beans, medium roast, 9/10 intensity, and on grind setting 4 (as manual suggests for medium roast) the Prestigio makes consistently great shots, rich without any hint of nasty aftertaste (which I find in literally any coffee shop I have been, hence why I spent the money). About the tamping level - I have found it to be extremely precise (I use the guiding line and tamp twice). Haven't tried the single espresso filter yet, but I have been getting rich and aromatic doubles following that routine consistently, that have nothing in common with my previous entry level DeLonghi E.S.E. with pressurised filter with Crema Disc. I am a complete coffee pleb compared to you, but I am very particular with the taste I am looking for and if I was tasting what you describe in this video I would've returned the machine. I guess it depends on the beans as well - Lavazza have been consistent with quality over the years IMO (at least in Europe).

So glad I didn’t buy the De’Longhi at Currys last night. Lucky escape. 😂

You are basically making me spend £600 for a coffee machine mate!😂😂

Sage Dual Boiler > other sage machines > DeLonghi

Do someone understands filter button on Sage? You can choose berween small and big cup, but it has nothing to do with choosing between big or small filter, but between single or dual wall filter. But knowing which is which is very weird. Anyone lost about that?

I bought the de longhi and it’s great

I personally didn’t enjoy the sage machine at all as a avid coffee drinker I found it took way too long to find the right consistency it was either too watery or too intense I tried many different beans ground at different consistencies and still no nothing and this drove me to eventually sell up. I’m always looking to try imitate the coffee from an Italian bar and honestly for me you just can’t beat the traditional cafeteria to produce consistent and great tasting shots of espresso. I have chanced my luck again with a bean to cup machine and got myself a la specialista machine today only because it was an absolute steal price but my thoughts are it cannot be as bad as the sage machine was to use overall.

Hi Kev! Well done video, and I am sure one that will be interesting for many people considering these two options. I really don't know why Delonghi only offers 8 grind settings. Anyway, I wanted to ask, are you currently using your M6, or did you switch over to BM? Which one do you like more for your videos? Cheers! Tom

yeah, i bought the Maestro about a year ago and i must admit it heavily disappoints, especially in the steam wand department it feels very under powered, that's not to mention the complete inconsistent shot extractions, you'll be pulling one shot that has too fast flow and and then on your next shot you decide to go one grind setting finer and then it completely over pressurizes the the brew head and trips the safety valve

it looks like both shots shown on the Sage is way too fast (and pressure indicator is much below the approx 1pm mark which is generally about right). Same with the Delonghi but likely not a lot that can be done there. Grind finer ;)

i regret getting the delonghi. It's flimsy af. Had to take it to repair twice

Delonghi is a joke,feels cheap plastic This two are not in the same league .Sage is top

Would you recommend the Barista Impress for someone coming from only using Nespresso machines?

Hi coffee kev, I need your help I’m stuck between getting the sage barista pro or the new smeg EGF03CRUK when it comes out which one would you recommend?

your wrong about the delonhi the shots are awesome

It appears that the Impress doesn't have anything resembling a WDT built into its tamping mechanism. Are we to conclude, then, that a WDT is just so much horse feathers?

Nice vid

I bought the DeLonghi about a year ago due to the fact it was listed as a dual boiler. Unfortunately it does not operate as I expected with a dual boiler - one in which you can extract and steam at the same time. I thought it was broken when it did not work. I also found that the steaming process will stop if you steam over a determined set of time I guess. If steaming milk for a large cappuccino cup it stopped after awhile, before reaching proper temp. The company said it was so that the boiler doesn't overheat...what???? What I do is have a premeasured 1oz of beans into the hopper. That works pretty well for the grinding. Previously, before moving to the UK from Canada, I had a Breville Barista Express. As the La Specialista does not work as I think a dual boiler should, these would be on the same playing field. The only slight edge to the DeLonghi would be the steaming is a tad faster, but other than that, the Barista Express is far better.

What is your opinion on delonghi la specialista maestro?

on the Express Impress: is there any ese filter basket that can be used for this machine. sometimes, when I am in a hurry, I kinda prefer to use an ese pod on the go.... would really appreciate it if you could advise me where to get one? thank you

Hello there, is it possible to review the lelit mara x?

Thanks :) this was something I kind of looked at but I think I'm pretty happy with the Breville Bambino I received less than a week ago. My only complaint is there always seems to be water getting underneath the drip tray and it looks to be coming from when the solinoid valve release pressure and the drip tray isn't quite far enough back in that recess so it squirts down the back of that little extended trough and about a teaspoon or two ends up UNDER the tray in stead of in it from every shot... I don't see anybody else having this issue so maybe I just have an improperly formed drip tray? Did you have this issue on any of the Bambino Plus you were dealing with? I have tried and there's no way I can get the drip trade to go in any deeper

Some people love whisking their espresso grounds, however is that step really that important? It almost seems more like a ritual.

Kinda bashing on the delonghi for no solid reason. Its a great machine and i can create coffee with it that can compete with coffee shops from everywhere

What I have learned over the years is that the delonghi brand is the Hyundai or Kia of the espresso world and the Breville is the Lexus or the Cadillac of espresso.

As someone who only uses an Aeropress but wants to completely level up my coffee I am very torn by the Delonghi la Specialista because it's 499.99 on Amazon versus the Breville at 699.95 🥲 I don't know enough to know the difference but the price is a pretty big factor, but, I been hearing the Breville has better temperature overall with the 3 way solenoid which is better for extraction. I don't really get it but I also like the Delonghi for the dose knob, as the manual tells you which dose and temperature is good for each roast. I don't really know the differences well enough between Light Roast, Medium, Dark, etc but is the Breville really worth the nearly 200 dollars over the Delonghi? I don't really want to spend 700 bucks for an espresso machine but my mom and I have at least 2-4 cups a day. I have one a day and she has at least 1 or 2 herself but she just uses pods and I use the aero press but I got a house so we are looking for a machine that we won't be settling with since I settle with the Aeropress and she just uses pods now with a Keurig. Apologies for the long winded comment, I am just lost here and not an expert by any means but my mom used to get her own beans and grind coffee but it's been a while and I only been drinking coffee for maybe 6 months or so, maybe less but I know it can be a lot better than the Aeropress and I enjoy having a cup with my breakfast even though I know the caffeine isn't really needed till later in the day I like to have it around 8 but I know 9 am to 11:30 is better. Do you think it's worth spending that extra 200 dollars?