Breville Bambino Plus vs Capresso Infinity Conical Burr Grinder

Personally, I actually do like this machine for who it's targeted for. What I will do though is just update the portal filter to a Pasado Portafilter ...

Hmm. It's very smooth. There's no bitterness, there's no bitter aftertaste. It's just a really good cup of coffee

But I *am* buying a Breville Infuser, from another vendor. There's really nothing comparable, feature-wise, in this price range (or the next range up; the Infuser is more expensive by about $80 or so, and is more focused on tweaking the temperature and pressure variables). And let's be real - if this wasn't a device designed for the precision extraction of an addictive stimulant from a bean, I wouldn't be nearly this invested in getting it right, and I certainly wouldn't be typing up several hundred words' worth of review at 12:30AM, or incrementally inching my way towards some thousand-dollar monstrosity that looks like a chromed section of a WWII battleship's engine room. Don't do school, kids, stay in drugs

Firstly, I use this machine MAINLY for making espresso grinds, (on the last highest FINE setting), and usually one or two at a time. So my review will be set around the expectations in this task. I used to work in a coffee shop and make 30 espresso's every morning, so while this is my first grinder i've purchased, it is definitely not my first time at the grinder rodeo. You may assume that I might not quite be a complete ignoramus about all things grinder

Here's what the happened with the Breville Bambino. My friend didn't have the right kind of coffee grinder for whole beans, so she bought a few ounces of beans at a Peet's Coffee and asked the barista to grind them to the consistency appropriate for making espresso. She brought it home, and we tried it with the Bambino and---nothing, almost no coffee came out, and what did tasted terrible. Even after making sure NOT to tamp down the coffee in the filter with too much pressure, the Bambino proved INCAPABLE OF 'EXPRESSING' A SINGLE SHOT OF ESPRESSO, GROUND TO ESPRESSO MAKING CONSISTENCY AT A PEET's COFFEE coffee bean seller

a larger hopper so this holds 11 ounces of beans total 14 grind adjustments and a timer that can go up in adjustments of 5 seconds all the way up to 6...

all i mean to say is, the breville bambino is underpowered and that single boiler machines will allow you to grind finer and extract more flavor. so i do think you will notice a difference if you go to a more expensive machine.

5 cups at the 6 oz. standard per day with occasional doubling up. I run a very fine grind by preference through an immersion dripper (currently using a Bonavita purchased here) and my roast taste runs from dark to "from the shriveled bowls of hell" also known as "smokey". I'm happenstance about my unit maintenance, I've probably taken it apart and cleaned it out an average of every 6 months or so

My older cheaper ugly Delonghi never had that problem. I'm hoping they can improve the design of the interior of the basket or the holder to better split the water. As for the price, it is not cheap; but with Starbucks' cappuccinos at $3.65 you'll start saving money within a few months

Hey folks, it's Gail at Seattle Coffee gear and we are kind of just revisiting the Capresso Infinity Burr Grinder. I Just you know, we haven't done a ...

For our tests we used the same good-quality ground coffee that we’ve used to make hundreds of cups of coffee with a French press, but we found that the Bambino Plus surpassed our expectations, and gave us a smoother and tastier cup of coffee. Note that you won’t be able to grind beans with this machine as you can with Breville’s pricier Oracle Touch machine.

My thanks to other reviewers -- whose comments regarding the wide selection of coffee mills enabled me to make the fortunate selection of theCapresso 560 Infinity Conical Burr Grinder, Brushed Silver, 8.5-Ounce . Having used it almost every day for several weeks, I find hardly anything negative to say about this unit (but see below), but the scope of this review does not extend to making espresso or other brews requiring special types of beans or especially fine grounds. Other reviewers have noted the major positives of theCapresso 560