Sage (Breville) Barista Touch Impress. Is The Barista Guidance Any Good?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Video 3 in the Sage/Breville Barista Touch Impress series. In this video I'm explaining the Barista Guidance.
Video 1, Overview: • Sage (Breville) Barist...
Video 2, What The Puck: • Sage (Breville) Barist...
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Product Links:
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Blog Reviews:
Sage Barista Touch Impress Review (UK): coffeeblog.co.uk/sage-barista...
Breville Barista Touch Impress Review (USA): coffeekev.com/breville-barist...
Other Links Of Interest:
Freshly roasted high-quality coffee beans from The Coffeeworks (my website): cworks.co.uk (use discount code yt25 for 25% off your first order).
Coffee blog: coffeeblog.co.uk
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/coffeeblogkev
Current Gear:
Quick note. I'm including all of this info because when I was starting out, I found it really difficult to figure out what gear to use, so I'm hoping if there's anyone looking to set up for RUclips, this might help. If you need more help just email me, kev at coffeeblog.co.uk - if I don't know the answer I'll ask the professionals.
I'm listing the current setup first that the pros are using, and then my original more budget setup.
The pro stuff (new studio setup, with brickovenmedia.co.uk)
Blackmagic Pocket 4K amzn.to/3EnYAKJ
Samyang 35 mm T1.5 VDSLR II Manual Focus Video Lens amzn.to/3RB4Q4I
VILTROX EF-M2 II Focal Reducer Booster Adapter Auto-Focus 0.71x compatible with Canon EF mount Lens to M43 Cameras amzn.to/3e37Qcp
Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/Tablet/Smartphone Teleprompter Beam Splitter Glass amzn.to/3C7hRgt
Promptsmart Pro bit.ly/3CAhXPl (tablet prompter app, includes voice tracking, very good! If you have it more than a couple of metres away from you, just use a lav mic with an extension so it can year you).
Aputure LS COB 300D II LED Continuous Fresnel Light 300D Mark II amzn.to/3SVy4ft
Aputure Accent B7C 7W RGBWW LED Smart Bulbs amzn.to/3RD0ABu
aputure light dome ii amzn.to/3M5XjcY
Sennheiser MKH 60
Sanken Cos 11 Lavalier
If you're interested in any of this gear but you don't want to buy new, check out www.mpb.com/en-uk
My budget setup (prior to working with Brickoven):
Canon M6 Mark ii amzn.to/3zoczes (quick note, knowing what I now know I wish I'd have gone for the pocket 4k, which you can get used from MPB for a few hundred more.
Blue Ember Mic (used mainly for voiceovers): amzn.to/3pT6WR1
RØDE VideoMic Pro: amzn.to/3DV7xHg (note, it's good for the £, but with what I now know thanks to the guys at Brickoven, I'd recommend the RØDE NTG4 amzn.to/3M8nIXy or RØDE NT5.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface: amzn.to/3e3qwFn
Amaran 100D LED Video Light, 130W 5500K (Key light): amzn.to/3oQYrqY
Aputure Light Dome SE Softbox: amzn.to/3ESdHcJ
Neewer Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit (Fill light): amzn.to/35jUtwp
Neewer Portable 56 inch/142 cm Aluminium Camera Tripods (I have a few of these, very good value) amzn.to/3pPlCke
Cayer BV30L tripod with fluid head amzn.to/3fJdEbr (mega tripod for the money!)
Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Initial Setup & Priming Guidance
1:43 Coffee Tutorial Demo
4:40 Daily Use Guidance
6:04 Demo of Daily Use Guidance
7:56 Teaser of full uncut all drinks vid
9:02 Conclusion
10:06 Kev's Pointless Fact
10:15 Outro
10:29 Tatty Bye
Please note, affiliate links included above.
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I picked this machine up a couple weeks ago and absolutely love it! It really is super simple to use and makes coffee just as good as a local coffee shop. My wife who never liked making espresso drinks with our old machine is making one every morning with this one, it walks her through it. Its not cheap but in the long run will pay for itself many times over.
Its a great machine, Glad your wife is enjoying the coffee too :-0
Love you kev never give up❤
Great videos Kev - you really know your stuff and can explain it in layman’s terms (which is perfect for me). Could you please do a video on latte art and another on which accessories should be considered for home baristas that are new to this kind of thing. Thanks!
Hi Rob, I will do a latte art video, although I might get my son in to do that, He's far better at it than I am!
Here is a video on what equipment you need:
ruclips.net/video/aM_n1lV96js/видео.html
Cheers
Kev
I really did love this machine, it’s so easy to use and makes a fantastic cup without all the faff in the mornings. I have shamefully already upgraded it after 3 weeks to the Dual Boiler + Niche as I dig deeper into this coffee rabbit hole though!
You definitely have caught the coffee bug now!
Thanks again Kev. I can't afford this machine, but cannot stop watching them. Nice cups you are using and a huge fan of your CWorks coffee Chocolate Briwnie Blend and the Chocolate Fondant blend.
Glad you are enjoying my coffee mate :-)
WOAH. I've been buying from Coffeeworks since I first got the touch impress a few weeks ago and I had NO IDEA you are the Kev I see on the card that came with my delivery and the one on the emails I receive asking me about my experience!! Small world! 🤣 If you had anything to do with that Decaf milk chocolate and caramel lemme just say it's impossible to tell it's decaf. I LOVE IT! I am gobsmacked I've been watching your youtube long before I even started buying coffee beans and getting a machine, and your company is the first place I went to get my very first bag of coffee beans! First and only now. Can't see any reason to go anywhere else tbh! Keep up the great work man!
Haha one and the same 😀, yeah the decaf is amazing isn't it? The first time I tasted it I had to check there hasn't been a mistake and that it was actually decaf 🤣 . Thanks for the very kind words! 😀
Thanks for the review. I like the way you have made this easy to understand and with good detail.
I tend to like using different beans on different days or a different bean at different times of day and not simply filling the hopper and waiting until it's empty. Is it easy enough to only add the desired beans for a few espressos? How easy is the grinder to clean and change beans?
Nice one 👍
Ta 😀
Hi Kev, just found your channel and already hooked! I think this machine may have come along at just the right time. I need to keep my wife happy (pod drinker, oat milk fan, just wants convenience) and myself (can't wait to get pods out of our life, want better coffee, sometimes in a rush, but also sometimes want to get my geek on and learn about the barista art). My question is, can I use this Touch Impress machine in any sort of manual mode to allow me to 'play' a bit when I have the time? Also, how can I switch between decaf and normal beans - my wife goes through phases of drinking only decaf). Thanks!
Hi Daniel, yep, you can use the Touch Impress in manual mode,
you can switch to decaf, just don't fill the hopper, when you want to use decaf just put some through the hopper to run the decaf through and off you go .
Sadly sent mine back after a couple of days. Turned it on first time and the starting logo just hung. Turned it off and tried again. This time it started but coffee made was just warm, even on highest temp setting. Switched off and tried again. Wouldn't go past starting logo again so decided that was that. Cleaned it, packed it up and sent it back. Its a lovely machine but got off to a bad start with it. I'll buy it again in time when any issues reported have been hopefully sorted. Great video though Kev. Thanks for your time in making it
Thanks Tony,
Sorry you had trouble with your machine.
I am currently using a Nespresso machine, but I've had it with all the pod craziness and I want to start getting into the whole espresso craze, so I'm really considering this machine (and I don't have time for another full-time hobby!). Thank you for the great videos! About the "MilQ" thing - my guess is that their intent was for it to stand for Milk IQ (smart milk?).
Hi, I noticed that Sage/Breville included different present drinks for different regions. For example, Europe gets a Cafe Crema and a Long Black, where the US only gets an Americano, and no Cafe Crema. So the only two non-milk drink presents in the US are Americano and Espresso. It would be nice to get your recommended presets for making other drinks for all the beginners that watch you! Thanks!
Want one of these badly. Awaits future sales when they reduce in cost
Thanks, an ice video. I have had the machine for about a month now. It makes great coffees. However the volume of coffee brewed does not seem to correspond to the volume icons on the touch screen. With the double cup,I get 40 ml and with the cup + I get 60 ml. This is with a brew time of 25-30 seconds. Any thoughts?
is it cost difference worth the upgrade from Barista Touch vs. Barista Touch Impress? Thanks!
Can you compare this to the Express Impress? I am new to espresso making but a bit picky as to drinking a good tasting espresso. What are the advantages of each over the other? Thx!
Hi, what would you pick between this and the Siemens EQ.9 plus connect Bean to Cup Coffee?
Loving my new Touch Impress. Can you help with grind size though. I started with recommended 15 with fresh beans but hardly any liquid came out. To get a decent extraction I have to set it on about 22 with a single basket and fresh beans. I did a bag of supermarket beans with double wall and I ended up with around 13 grind size on that. But that all seems the wrong way round as convention is higher grind on older beans. Am I doing g something wrong?
Can I ask about espresso drink size ? Be default the machine (which I've just bought) is set as a double shot(which the book says is about 60ml), but when I'm creating drinks I'm only getting 30ml out of it ? I can increase the setting, but will then just have a long list of 'saved' versions.
Hi kev i have a sage duo temp pro and a sage dose control pro grinder ive had it on inner burr grind size 5 since the beginning of owning the grinder and ive always been able to near choke the machine around outer grind setting 9-13 with many types of beans however ive had this grinder for just over 2 years now and i find it still grinds most types of beans around outer grind setting 7-13 however ive noticed with 2 or 3 different darker roast beans that i either need to be around setting 1 or 2 or it just wont grind fine enough just recently i got a ims precision basket that also needs a slight finer grind than the stock basket so im wondering if its ok to go from inner burr setting 5 to 4 thanks
Hi Daniel,
Have a look at this post:
ruclips.net/video/sa8siw_bw6g/видео.htmlsi=FjbeFoaFNEnm6vrQ
Cheers
Kev
Hi Kev, a question for you to answer in your next video on this machine. Could you show us how to lift out the water tank? I asked this because my kitchen cupboards are quite low and I would like to know if you can just lift the tank a few inches, and then pull it out sideways to fill it up. If only Sage would do the water filling from the front as they do on bigger machines.
Great idea for a short Graham, watch this space :-)
I have this machine (and we love it) and have it positioned under a shelf. You need 21 inches measured from the worktop minimum, probably 22 unless your hands are very small. The shelf above our machine has clearance of 7 and a half inches above the top of the bean hopper. What you need to know is the handle hinges up from the tank plus there are locating slots on the back of the machine which you have to lift upwards in order to free the tank. Once you get the hang of it it’s easy to put the tank back ’blind’ just by gently bringing the tank approximately in position high up then lower down slowly, and it self locates itself into place. Hope that makes sense.
How is the cleaning and maintenance for this machine?
Does it time your shot aswell?
Can you do a manual steam of the milk...for those occasions when you feel like doing it
You betcha. I often Manuel Froth, lol.
Anyone else having issues with the coffee temperature with the touch impress
I had to switch the brewing temperature to "Hotter 2" to get 92C. Coffee used to leave a bitter aftertaste with lower temperatures, however while this is gone now, so is the "body" of the coffee (which I had with lower temps) - I feel its more flat now.
Can you choose to run it longer or shorter if you choose. And choose to use 20 grams instead of 19 for instance.
You can pull the shots manually, or just stop the shot manually, and you can re-program the shot buttons. The dosing is done by volume with the dosing sensor, but if you want to you can dose manually instead. Ta, Kev.
Like the cups you’re using … where are they from?
They're from Loveramics, I have loads of their cups, the grey one is the brewers sweet tasting cup. bit.ly/3IduURi use discount code COFFEEBLOG for 20% off if you spend over £30, and you will spend over £30 as they're chuffing pricey ;-), really nice quality though.
Regarding beans. How old a roast is too old for the single wall? If I have fresh roasted beans delivered can I still use these beans in the single wall if they are around 30 days old?
Imho, freshly roasted beans will be fine with single wall baskets way beyond 4 weeks from roast date. I'd say if it has a date on the bag, use the standard single walled baskets. If no date in the bag, probably best with dual walled. When we started cworks we didn't sell all the coffee from each batch, and I ended up with an excess of coffee we couldn't sell as it was a bit too old, we gave a lot away, but I used a lot of the older coffee myself, I was regularly using coffee from 6-8 weeks from roast date, it wasn't quite as vibrant as 1 week - 2 weeks from roast, but it was very drinkable and no problem using standard baskets.
@@Coffee_Kev thank you for the reply, really appreciated
What water temperature setting do you use? Ive never been able to brew anything ground finer than size 13, even with light roast beans less than 3 weeks from roast date. I do wonder if my machine isn't working at spec
same 13 fresh beans
@@execatty I got a new portafilter, do WDT, and use filters, I now be l brew usually at size 10-11 but sometimes lower
@@ARZSZN I've only had for a week.. considering returning and upgrading. what are your thoughts
initially bought the oracle touch and swapped for this one instead, the oracle just feels so dated copared to touch impress, and its huuuuuuuge and heavy
I'm having an issue with my touch impress. I can go a few cups with it being consistent and not having to add "A bit more" or "Trim" and then sometimes every single cup is asking me to "trim" or give "A bit more" .... This is unbelievably frustrating since I thought I paid £1200 for this machine so that it would "remember" the grind.
Hmm, yeah that doesn't sound right. I may be wrong, but sounds like a dodgy dose sensor, you'll need to get onto support unfortunately 😟
Could it have anything to do with the beans ageing? I’ve no idea … just a thought?
@@Burrie81 Definitely not. I start using my beans 3 days after roast date (I use a dark roast) and I go through a bag in no more than a week.
@LoganScottY I'm having the same issue. Have you sorted this out?
@@klrktsr I have not. Havent had the chance to contact support yet either because their live chat is just totally broken. I try and use it on opening times and the hyperlink is just broken
8:27 that seems to be a washed out Nutella glas 😂 at least mine looks the same which I use for coffee 😂
It is a Nutella glass!
i see you're a man of culture as well 😂😂
haha, I use mine all the time!
I feel like every review of this machine sidesteps the steaming aspect of the machine as the demos I have seen in person show the steamed milk quality to be so so at best. The “coffee drink” examples you show towards the end don’t look that great in terms of steamed milk and they all look the same.
I’ve seen videos on RUclips that rate the milk quality/texture highly especially for a machine that requires zero skill. I brought one and find the milk quality/texture and consistency to be really good for the full cream milk we have in New Zealand and I created a custom profile for coconut milk which is great. Dairy milk varies a lot country to country even with in countries.
Not enough marshmallows
Someone likes marshmallows. )
hahaha, I wondered who'd be the first to comment on that - it's even more ridiculous in the full video, hehe ;-) - stay tuned (video making all of the drinks with the Barista touch, un-cut).
Why can't someone make a machine where you just enter what beans you are using and then it automatically dials in the coffee for you. You shouldn't have to go through this laborious task every day
This is about as close to that ideal that you'll get right now. I'm sure at some time in the future someone (probably Sage) will develop a system utilising AI, where you literally stick beans in, and it dials in for you, but I reckon that'll be a few years off.
In the meantime, the other option is to encourage someone else in the house to become a barista, then get them to do it for you. There's a very good reason I started teaching my son home barista skills as a youngster, and then encouraged him continually to get into coffee as a career. Hehehe 😏
There is a coffee maker like the one you desorbed. It's the SPINN coffee machine.
Worth pointing out you don’t have to do this every day, unless you change the type of beans you’re using. Once you are getting the timing right for a nice shot, the machine remembers how much to grind and it’s VERY easy and makes enjoying good coffee at home achievable for everyone (semi automatic) I’ve not had my machine for many months and have found occasional tweaks to the grind setting by just one step needed infrequently. I keep my beans stored in airtight containers that exclude spare air to try to keep the nature of the beans consistent too. Always run an empty expresso shot to rinse water through the porta filter to heat it up (oh I removed the black inert from the bottom, under the basket on recommendation from a barista) Theory is that a pre-heated porta filter makes your shots consistent, and this water goes into your coffee cup underneath to warm that as well. As you can tell I’m chuffed with myself paying that bit extra for this machine as I think it actually is worth it when you have a household with differing drink preferences.
God, Kev, please shoot the perps of that ghastly background music. I baled out halfway through 'coz I couldn't stand it.