Reviews Breville BES860XL Barista Express Espresso Machine with Grinder

If you get this Breville BES860XL Barista Express Espresso Machine, unpack it on a weekend morning and budget a couple of hours to play with pulling a good shot to perfect your method and settings for the machine. If you make this kind of time investment, you'll have a great time making great coffee whenever you feel like it. So here's my review of the Barista Express (BES860XL) based on...

As for the quality of the coffee this Breville BES860XL Barista Express machine makes, it is fantastic. I have worked commercial dual head machines. And frankly, after making shots for some of these people with my new machine, they have been confounded. It is that much better. Best milk frothing this guy has ever done. Best complex flavor of the espresso. I have people sitting around COMPLEMENTING the bitter part of the flavor instead of complaining about it.

Reviews Mr. Coffee ECMP50 Espresso/Cappuccino Maker

I bought this Mr. Coffee ECMP50 Espresso/Cappuccino Maker to replace my Krups espresso machine. I drink 3-4 shots of espresso daily, so I would say that I am a heavy "user/abuser" of espresso machines. Not only does this make a great cup of espresso, (with a little froth on top, even), but it has lasted through  3-4 uses per day since I bought it almost a year ago.

This is a great unit for the price and it produces great espresso! Yeah, it's a bit to go through each time you use the machine but the coffee is great and worth it to me for what I paid. Run some Lavazza Rossa, or any fine coffee, through it and you probably won't drink another Starbucks, again.