Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine Review of 2020

1. In Built Burr Grinder: The In-Built Grinder is mounted on the top of the Coffee Maker. Just drop the beans in the Grinder and seal the lid. There are also various kind of options available, about the up to which you want to coarse your Coffee Beans.

This semi automatic espresso machine comes with 16 settings to set your grinding, which makes sure that you get a fine quality grind right from a grainy grind to a coarse one. Along with that, for dosage, this machine gives you options of manual, single, or double dosage.

The best thing about this burr grinder is that you can be a home-barista using this machine. All the variable options about coffee making with this machine work with utmost consisitency. It grinds all your coffee beans to the same level of grind every single time without failing.

Along with that, with consistent amount of water and other brewing features, this machine will pour you the same coffee every morning. This may not seem like it, but is a very appreciable feature as you can't expect such level of consistency from something which is not a commercial coffee machine.​

Also, the qwhole operation is done under about 60 seconds fella!​

2. Variable Options: With the Breville BES870XL Espresso Machine you are offered with various kinds of options about choosing the amount of drink that you wish to have. The amount of the preset shot is 30 Milliliters but you can easily adjust and change it.

So now, you can customize your espresso the way you want regardless of other things.​

3. Versatile Water Tank: The Water Tank of this Coffee Maker is quite large in size. So you don't have to fill it again and again. Also, You can easily remove it. Moreover, the filter attached to this water tank removes the impurities from the Water.

​The water tank has a capacity of 2 liter or in the other terms 67 fluid ounce. Such capacity may not seem enough to the amateurs. But believe me, this is an enough amount of quantity for morning coffee for all your housemates and also for any number of uninvited guests!

Although there is one problem about this espresso maker, you can simply forget about it once you consider some other benefits that you'll get. So the size of this unit is not ideal to be honest. It is a little wider than other options available on the market. But since thee grinder saves a lot of good space, you will be fine and eventually, you are going to save some nice kitchen-top space.

4. Durable Steam Wand: Microfoam is one of the most important part of any Coffee. The Steam Wand of the Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine is made up of Stainless Steel. Thus, the component becomes a lot durable. It also allows you to heat as well as texture your milk.

This milk frother steam wand is absolutely of a professional barista quality. You can easily make cafe grade coffees with this player here! To be precise, the milk frother steam wand is able to move in 360 degrees. Also, it gets heated up in only 30 seconds, which will allow you to steam your milk like a pro, as I already mentioned.

5. Low-Pressure Brewing: The Low-Pressure Brewing options gets you the finest kind of Coffee. This also ensures that the coffee is brewed to its depth in the beverage and also puts a warming top over it.

6. Pressure Gauge: The Pressure Gauge of the Machine helps you to determine the appropriate pressure, the amount of cream in your drink and the kind of drink you wish to have.

For those who do not know, pressure is essential to create silky smooth blend of milk. More the pressure, silkier the milk and hence, more amazing the coffee!​

7. Dual Set Filter: The Dual Wall Filters get you the consistent kind of Coffee and the Single Wall Filters allows you to experiment with your Breville BES870XL Barista Express Espresso Machine. So if you want to pour out a single shot of espresso with this one, you've got it. And if you want a double shot, not a problem at all!

The machine allows you to put your own kind of tamp in the filter. This can be a challenging but fun thing for those who do not have previous experience working with filters.

The single-walled filter that allows you to put your very own manual tamp inside and if you want to use a double-walled one, you just need to simply detach the single-walled one that is uniquely attached using a magnetic mechanism with the espressoo machine, making it more fun for brewing enthusiasts to play with.

8. Easy to Clean: The Easy to Clean feature assures easy cleaning as well as maintenance of the Breville BES870XL Espresso Machine.

This espresso machine comes with a dry pucking facility. Well, the name may sound bizarre but the features is not! This is a feature to ensure that your coffee machine gets and stays clean. The water tank and filtration can be easily removed from the machine without wastinng much time, which is a unique thing as not all the espresso machines on the market come with an ability to be ​easily disassembled.

This easily removal of features makes it easy to reach out and clean the Breville bes870bsxl thoroughy. There is a Clean Me button on t​he machine, which indicates if the machine needs to be cleaned. 

There is an ​Empty Me indicator on the machine as well. This ensures that the machine's drip tray can be easily emptied out. Both the grinder and the brewer are located on the same tray. Thus you can clean all the fudge all at once without having to reach each of them one after another.

​Also, the machine provides you with some tools that already come when you make the purchase. Moreover, these tools make it easy for you to clean up the mess without having to hassle with your own tools and also, get stored at the bottom of the machine. So that you don't have to search for them every time you need to clean up the machine.