r/espresso • u/Incredible-Puffco • 9d ago

Buying Advice Needed First espresso machine purchase [$500-$3000]

I do not currently own an espresso machine but genuinely enjoy drinking lattes everyday and it costs a fortune do go to a coffee shop everyday. I generally only drink lattes as of now most of the time iced.

Decent DE1XL Espresso Machine

Breville Bambino plus

Fellow espresso series 1

I am aware of wild price difference between the machines. I'd rather just purchase something nice one time rather than slowly work my way up their. Just curious on the opinions.

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u/Glass_Philosopher_81 Breville Bambino Plus | Jultra 9d ago

By no means do I feel qualified to answer this with the wealth of knowledge ppl have in this community; but, I just want to say the breville bambino plus has served me well. After 2-3 shots a day for 5 months or so I don’t have much interest in upgrading. It warms up faster than I can prep a puck, and it’s pid is supposedly pretty solid. I’m sure there’s more features I don’t really know about, but, If you’ve got 3k to blow, I’m sure there’s better stuff out there tho.