Philips LatteGo Line Overview 

i am thinking of buying breville barista espresso or phillips latte go 5400 what would you advise? as i can presume you are not very satisfied with your breville

@@mariak4045 I have used both extensively for years. If you want to go for pure coffee result, I believe the Barista Express is easily superior. However, due to the manual work, you need to learn some barista skills and even then you can have uneven results depending on the day. However, when you become very familiar, the quality is top notch, better than coffee shops I would say. Philips provides unparallel ease of use, you wake up and the only thing you have to do is push a button. My wife loves it because she just could not care less about learning the Breville’s manual operation. A couple of thing though, Philips gets less grams of coffee per puck so the coffe will never be as strong as Breville’s and although Philips is very easy to use, the maintenance is more demanding. Lastly, if you want drinks like cappuccinos and lattes, then the Philips does a great job with those and is basically the only option. Hope it helps.

​@@mariak4045 Latte Go for ease of use. If you are a coffee snob and dont' mind putting in the work, go for the Breville. I went with the Latte Go, no regrets.

What's your specific model number? It's so confusing with the different lines and numbers.

How do you bypass the dosing? Does the machine not grind the beans first? Wouldn’t those grinds then go to waste? I’m receiving my machine tomorrow so I haven’t tried it out yet.

@@shahraad you didn't do any research haha. There's a mode called bypass dosing where you put ground coffee in a little door on top... otherwise yes to what you said. Just cancel the brew once you get done with frothing the milk and you don't even waste your filtered water.

@@NoZenith I did the research just haven’t come across the bypassing. This machine came out affordable and practical compared to others which is why I chose to purchase it. I’ll get to learn all about it when it arrives and I can play around with it.

@@shahraad which specific model did you get?

@@NoZenith the 3200. I checked out another video where it shows the door on top for ground up coffee, so I understand now how it would work. Looking forward to trying it out 👍🏻

What kind of college student has the money for this?

also what do you mean Keurig experience? Keurig is legit trash compared to this

@@NatetheGR8PClmao i was like never compare this to a keurig 😂

No. Except for the menu buttons/screen the machines are identical. Same ceramic grinder with same amount/range of settings, same PID temperature control, same pressure, etc..

@@Driftuner You also get more drinks the higher up you go

My friend this was my thinking. Just got my 3200 and my wife is so happy. Makes great coffee too :)

8:14 he says "the quality of the drinks match"

Separate heating element for milk and coffee

Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it :)

According to Philip’s website, the 5400 is sold exclusively at Williams-Sonoma in the U.S.

No, you generally wouldn't use a Philips espresso machine for anything intended to be sold to a customer, the Philips machines do not internally bloom the coffee and they do not use burst brewing techniques which the jura/gaggia machines do. If you are serving customers you should invest into jura machines because they are universally agreed upon to make the closest espresso to a manually pulled shot.

I’ve been searching for this too. The only info I found is that the 74 can decrease the temp a little more to make iced coffe

The only diff is the color. :)

For some reason it takes many cups for the machine to adjust, but it does, eventually. You can also try using the espresso setting and adjusting the strength and quantity parameters to your liking (even adding more hot water if you need to). (Of course you can also adjust the grind setting and the coffee beans.) After an initial phase-in, the coffee (esp. the espresso) tastes very good, in my opinion.

@@randolphs.4644 Hi Randolph, When you say it takes a lot of cups for the mashine to adjust, how many would say? Give or take a few 🙂

@@MrLars1984 Sorry, I don't remember, but probably a week or two. We've had our machine for a couple of months, and (as I said) the quality of the coffee is consistently good. ( I use the espresso setting, and my wife uses the coffee setting.) Besides waiting, try making the grind setting several notches finer (while it's grinding).

@@MrLars1984 did it ever get better? i just bought one also

Mine started making fantastic drinks after about 10 uses