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@@LifestyleLab_ I’ve got them dialed in about right I can get really good shots with both the double and single shot baskets. It hard to tell the difference between the two. The singles get poured for 17 seconds and I end up with 25-30ish mil.
Currently have an oracle touch on my bench that I've got for testing. Here's how I think the jet compares: Good: Quicker heat up 5s vs 5min (debatable how long the group head will take to get hot though...) Jet system more reliable and less maintenance than a true dual boiler/heat exchange system Heated group head mean no compromise to shot quality and temp (cough cough barista pro and touch cough) Insulated steam wand (the oracle wands are metal and a pain to clean) Slick exterior design and smooth screen/UI Brew by volume (Oracle touch by time only sadly) Grind size feedback (although experienced brewers like me don't need that, it can help most people) Wifi (for feature and recipe additions I guess) Bad: In practice, still a single "boiler". Cannot steam while brewing. Why no dual thermojet?! I assume no pre infusion settings or tamper force/time adjustment or air pump adjustment like we have on BES980 Oracle non-touch Hot water spout might not be as hot as Oracles' Very expensive currently (3300 AUD) when the touch impress and non-touch oracle (1900 AUD) do mostly the same things Still using the dreadful clear-coat-on-stainless finish vs raw stainless as on non-touch machines.
What I like about the Comandante is precisely the fact that it always stays true to itself. In two years, there won’t be versions 3, 4, 5, or 6 that make mine seem outdated, as if it were an electronic product or software. It's a coffee grinder that's perfect as it is: with its beautiful branded wooden surface (the red one is stunning), its slightly cumbersome adjustment system, and the sound it makes. Making coffee is a ritual for me. I'm in no rush. I know that Comandante has spent a lot of money and effort designing their burr sets. I've seen their factory in videos, I've seen the faces of their employees. I know where it comes from. The traceability is total. I'm not saying it’s better because of this, I’m just saying that these details make me like it a lot. Maybe it also depends on the culture you come from - I'm Italian, and sometimes I prefer to sacrifice a little extra functionality in favor of a story, a design, a dream.
As a Rocket R58 dual-boiler owner, I have rarely if ever pulled a shot and steamed milk at the same time. The only reason it appealed to me was the ability to be temperature stable immediately as I switched between the two vs purging and waiting like I had to do with my previous Rocket HX machine. If the Thermojet can rapidly switch between temps and save power - I don't see any real home use-case where dual boiler would be better than a thermojet.
Come on... Just tell us how good this thing makes coffee, first. I feel like you are totally going around this core information because it actually doesn't make good coffee. And cut the argument that people who buy this don't necessarily put coffee quality first - they do. Everyone who spends more than 300USD on a coffee machine does so because they want good coffee.
Have an attention span over 30 seconds, it'll serve you well. This is a convenience focused machine, straight from Breville. All of their machines are. The Oracle line attempts to combine this with sacrifice free brew quality. You pay a premium for this combo. You can get the same quality of coffee for significantly less money, this is a fact. I'm not sure what you're arguing here...
i use dollar store aluminum tape for cover and works great with my d150 and hopefully im not drinking too much extracted tape glue 😂 its not too difficult to refill the original capsules either for even better results, like larger load size and better snug fit, then seal them back with aluminum tape
A few days ago I picked up the Sage Barista Express on a big discount. Just like you explained at the start of the video, I had poured many shots of espresso down the drain while trying to dial it in. Hoping to try out these tips during the week. This was a super video! I'll try to make sure to come back to this video after the experiment!
Please do! The vast majority of people underestimate the initial learning curve of espresso, but it's well worth it and I hope this video helped to simplify everything :)
@@LifestyleLab_ Happy to say I managed to make a pretty okay espresso! Thanks again for these tips! The pull time ended up at around 22 second with 18g of ground beans in, and around 40g of espresso out. I was a bit slow to stop the pull. I stopped at 38g and it over-ran to 40g, so I at least know to stop much sooner next time. I was watching your milk foaming video too. It was amazing to learn that I could practice that with just water and washing liquid!
$179.00 Does the traveler mug plug it into your car or truck ? David on QVC said that you could put soup in there too ♨️ I like to try it with clam chowder in the truck on the road trip 🛣️ Dexter Lombardo 🧔 🤠
I just saw these mugs on QVC So I had to read comments about these mugs on RU-vid This channel is kind of like the new consumer report kind of Where I am I have a standard coffee maker and just coffee cups It gets cold here quick Dexter Lombardo 🧔🤠
Wait, does it have android!!?, can I run doom on it? For me it seems like a super automatic machine maybe is focus on casual coffee lovers, but too expensive for that, for that price you can buy a second hand real espresso machine, just my opinion
It is getting those you want "real" espresso machine quality (to use your words), but want super automatic convenience. The Oracle has always been the only machine lineup to really truly provide that.
Hi all, so I'm in Australia. My sister had a breviile unit for 12 years trouble free and I'm currently on my breville basista express fir 10 years now. Is everyone here saying they newer smart units are failing or brevilles overall? As started above we've had zero isses. So im interested as its time to move up to s better higher end model for me.
I have also had zero issues with my machines, and I have purchased quite literally every single one. I think the widespread reports of failures that you see are purely just a result of how many units Breville sells every month, and that the audience they are selling them to our beginners who might not necessarily take the best care
Can these machines steam heavy creams? We tend towards our whites and lattes being made with half/half or heavy cream and many steam options never seem powerful enough to do it quickly.
Hi, should i reset the adjustment dial on the side of the machine to 1 or 16 before opening up the grinder for clean, or it doesn't matter. I accidentally rotated the dials from position 4 to 16 after the top rotary grinder was taken out. I had reset the dial back to 4 after vaccum cleaning the inside and before putting the top grinder back into place. Since the clean, i am having trouble with the grind size, i had to decrease the grind from my default 4 to 2 to get the same extraction before clean. Also as per the video i had only removed the top grinder and not the inside grinder for cleaning.
@@LifestyleLab_ ok thanks, also just to clarify i follwed the video for cleaning the inside and did not actually remove the inner grinder. Only the top grinder was removed. So should i put the dial to coarsest position again, remove the top grinder and put it back to reset everything like before
@@LifestyleLab_ Yes, i did just that. My setting before cleaning was at 4. After cleaning and putting back the hopper, i put the dial back to 4, but now i am not getting the same extraction results. The coffee is underextracting, the ratio was 1.2 before, and now it's 1.2.8. I have to move the dial to more finer settings to get the same extraction. I did not change any other setting and also i am using the same batch of beans.
Flashing cleaning light came on so I did the tablet cleaning 2 weeks ago. A day later the solid descale light came on after 40 minutes of draining out the solution I the tank 1 cup button at a time and a second time to flush the solution out. Hit the power button to end the cycle, waited a few minutes, turned the Express back on and the 🤬 light was still on! Filled the tank just above the 250 line, pressed 2 cup & power button simultaneously to activate descaling again until the tank was empty THEN turned the power off to end the cycle. The 🤬 light is still on!!!! Ready to just stick tape over it.
And yes, you _are_ one of the best and professional coffee channels. I already told you so when you did not dare yet to show your face in the very beginning ;-)
After over a year with the Bambino Plus I do say I regret it and am switching to the Gaggia Classic Evo Pro. The tiny leaking drip tray and leak prone tank were one thing. The tiny mass of the machine requiring you to hold onto it when using the portafilter is another thing. But the final straw was the stupid milk sensor that I have used only a few times broke, meaning the entire machine stopped working and required an RMA to Breville. Think i will be much better off with the Gaggia and can at least upgrade it over time to be even better.
This is what I do on my Oracle and it works a treat. I don’t k so why there are video by people who otherwise know what they are doing Insist on a 30 second shot it’s insane you have halved everything else why not time of the flow rate out of the group is the same. .
I'd say that with a traditional (non-self-stabilizing) tamper, excessive pressure quickly becomes radically detrimental as it becomes more difficult to achieve an even tamp the more pressure you apply. So there is no potential benefit- But a lot of potential detriment from having one side of the puck unextracted and a thinner portion on the far side overextracted. (This is based on personal and extensive experience; My mentor taught me, and I taught those I trained, that something like 25-30 lbs of force on our 58mm filters was ideal, while in practice I found anything from about there to 50 lbs achieved similar results; Anything beyond that behaved unpredictably unless I carefully noted whether the tamper was tilted post-tamping, which is not something you have time for in a busy professional setting. No point risking a bad shot for no potential gain. My stated weights are potentially inaccurate and done by feel, based on perceived ratios of my bodyweight and unrelated experimentation with scales.)
I personally love the new aesthetic and good to hear about all the improvements to the grinder and interface. But for the price I think the thermojet is a complete step backwards in terms of value. The Oracle line up is, to me at least, supposed to be the best compromise between ease of use, and shot consistency. The speed was a nice side effect, but if I had to choose between a machine that could heat up very fast, verses a machine that took 5-7 minutes to heat up, but produced an extremely consistent temperature, I would choose temp every time. Shame they didn't take all the upgrades this unit has and instead made a refresh of the Oracle touch, all the while keeping the dual boiler. But that machine has experienced the worst price creep I've ever seen all the while looking quite dated by today's standards.
