I've had my Barista Pro for about 4 years. No issues, generally makes good espresso, once you get used to setting the grind and getting the tamping pressure right. I do like the older machine that has the pressure gauge a little better for dialing it in, but this one does have the feature where it warms up super fast. This one will also stop steaming automatically after some time, so if you like to do a really big and steaming hot latte, you may have to steam in two goes.
(side note: I burned out my old Breville by not consistently cleaning out the steam wand's holes. This built up internal pressure in the machine and eventually caused some issues that were too expensive to fix.)
(side note: I burned out my old Breville by not consistently cleaning out the steam wand's holes. This built up internal pressure in the machine and eventually caused some issues that were too expensive to fix.)
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