Breville BES500BSS Bambino Plus Espresso Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel
June 2, 2019 - Comment
Café quality coffee in a compact footprint. Product Features Automatic microfoam milk texturing: the automatic steam wand allows you to adjust the milk temperature and texture to suit your taste. Delivering Barista quality microfoam that enhances the flavor of the coffee and is essential for creating latte art Faster heat up time: innovative thermojet heating
Must Have but Beware! Oh My Goodness (that needed to be spelled out)! My headline said “Must have but Beware ” the issue is once you get this espresso machine and learn how to do it just right you will never be able to drink just coffee again. Plain coffee is just too nasty compared to the wonderful beverage that comes from this espresso machine. Also to go stand in line to get a cappuccino or latte will no longer be something you will be willing to do. So just know if you get this machine you will never be the…
Amazing, but with a few flaws The Bambino indeed has a super-fast startup time for both making espresso and steaming milk. A machine that starts up quickly is much less harmful for the environment than one that you need to leave powered up over night, which most of the higher-end machines do.While the Bambino does start up in 3 seconds, the instructions specify that run a single-cup cycle without the filter before actually starting to make your first shot. This is not going to slow you down if you start up your…
Great, if you know what you are doing Update April 23rd 2019: Bambino going strong after 3 months, with a few negatives that don’t really deserve a star taken off:- First the good: manual milk frothing produces absolutely gorgeous microfoam. The wand is great and easy to work withnow the bad:- portafilter is not that good, basket retention is poor. The basket gets sucked onto the group head so tight that the portafilter comes off without it.- machine chokes with moderate tamping…