Breville the Barista Touch BES880

I have had this coffee machine for a year now so I feel it’s time to review it. So far have had no issues what do over. So easy to use and coffee taste amazing ! Definitely value for money at tough times like this day as store bought coffees cost a lot.

I purchased this at the start of lockdown about 2 years ago and thought myself the art of picking and grinding beans. A lot of people don't realise how involved that can be. Once you have the understanding you will love this machine. Its consistently good, easy to clean and the milk is silky smooth every time.
The screen makes maintenance a breeze with step by step instructions anyone can do it. Its been faultless and we use it daily. The only problem is you will start to pick and choose which coffee shops you visit as you can often get a better cup at home.

I brought this machine last year. It is absolutely brilliant. You can choose several presetting coffee options or add your own choice. It has a built-in coffee grinder where you can select the size of the grind. The milk frother has an adjustable temperature setting, ideal for people like me who prefer their coffee piping hot. The water tank comes with a replaceable filter to take all the nasties out of the tap water. It's probably the best machine on the market today. Each cup is as good as the first one.

This coffee machine make perfect barista style coffee every time. My partner and I use it daily.
It's easy clean and not too bulky. We will save so much money from our weekly budget from not buying cafe coffee

Even the most inexperienced coffee maker could make an excellent coffee. Would highly recommend for first time coffee makers. It makes the Same perfect coffee every time. Wouldn’t get any other machine.

NOTE ,it is really important that you read and understand the user manual 1st.
As my first couple of coffees were really bad .
Once you understand how the machine works you can adjust and fine tune it to suite your preferences. Also important to find your preferred Beans .
And now it makes coffees as good as any barista made , and I have had a lot.
Well Done Breville .

The machine makes beautiful milk, and can make a good cup of coffee but it has two major flaws.
It makes a very bad espresso shot, watery and not hot enough (even after trying all different settings and beans)
And.. it's inconsistent. You setup a new profile for a new bean, a few days later the shot is longer and more watery.

I owned one for 4 years, and had some great coffee out of it, but ended up selling it beacuse it was frustrating how much I had to tinker with it, just to keep it making a drinkable coffee, Too much mucking around.

Updated Review:
I purchased a Breville Barista Touch 2 months ago. I noticed some issues with heating and frothing. I contacted the support and after checking the issues over the video chat on two separate sessions, they swapped the machine for me. The replacement works great and doesn't have any of the issues that I experienced before. The coffee comes out nice and hot and the automatically frothed milk is silky and beautiful.
It's great to see that Breville does stand by its products and goes as far as providing a replacement if needed. Also the process of replacing the machine was seamless and easy.
I would recommend this product, you can purchase with ease of mind knowing that Breville has your back.

We have had the machine for 2.5 years without any problems. All of a sudden it asked us to purge the machine, we did. Now it stops after 3 seconds whether it is brewing, frothing or cleaning/descaling. After descaling 6 times it started working again, but only for a couple of days now we’re back to it stopping after 3 seconds. Any suggestions…?

It took some time to get our grind correct for beans but now is perfect. Super easy and quick with our programmed coffee settings. Cafe quality coffee. I was worried about cleaning but it is very simple. Can do one coffee at a time which is not a concern for us. No problems at all- highly recommended at all of our friends! Is worth the money to ensure the perfect brew.

Only takes a few times to dial in the grind and pour time on the machine to get the best home coffee experience. Can also program in other drinks like a babycino for grandchildren so all the people are happy to get a great dink in quick time. Easy clean-up at the end of the day/night uses less coffee than the old Sunbeam machine, so more economical. Fast start time and quick to coffee and milk frothing are automatic so no cooked milk mistakes = less waste.
If you try different beans only takes a small adjustment to get the grind and pour time b...

The screen stopped working on and off about 6 months ago. Now I cant use it at all. Sometimes it works but then all of a sudden stops or just start making coffee while I'm not there. It took me a week to get through to the Breville customer service team. Literally calling every day and sitting on hold. I was told to just go to a service centre as it's not under warranty.

In my opinion, it's not worth spending $1500 on a coffee machine for 3 years. I would go with one without a touch screen and definitely not a Breville.

So for the first two days I was very worried I had made a terrible and expensive mistake. I could not figure out extraction rate, tamping, dosing ... all foreign concepts to me. I was heartened by the online reviews saying trial and error paid off, and by the numerous YouTube vids showing great results are possible. Today I made a very nice Flat White. Not quite to the standard of my local barista, but pretty good and I'm sure it will improve. I got the machine mainly because I love my one flat white a day, and felt guilty venturing out of...

Great easy to use machine. This machine makes a dumb dumb like me be able to produce great tasting coffee. Very very very happy with our purchase and highly recommended anyone with limited barista skills to purchase this machine!l

Very good product, make nice coffee every morning. The immediate warm up is amazing. I love the Auto frothing steamer. Machine is built well and solid. I bought this machine one month ago, I have been pretty happy with it so far.