Prime Day ended yesterday but the Breville Barista Express coffee machine did not get that information. Amazon still has it at $499, off its typical $692 price and the lowest this espresso machine has ever been sold for, the day after Prime Day officially closed. The number one best-selling semi-automatic espresso machine on Amazon, with an integrated conical burr grinder, PID temperature control, manual steam wand, and a daily $7 latte habit that now has a straightforward solution.
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The $7 latte math, one day after Prime Day
A daily $7 latte from a coffee shop costs $2,555 per year. The Breville Barista Express at $499 pays for itself in approximately 71 lattes, which at one per day is 71 days. After that, every coffee made at home costs roughly $1 to $2 in beans and milk rather than $7 at a counter. Over the first year, the machine pays for itself and saves roughly $1,800 on top of the purchase price. The math was true during Prime Day and it’s still true today, because the machine is still at the same price.
The integrated precision conical burr grinder doses directly into the 54mm portafilter on demand, which means every shot starts with freshly ground coffee rather than pre-ground beans that have been oxidizing since the bag was opened. The PID digital temperature control maintains water at the precise extraction temperature throughout the shot, which is the variable that most entry-level espresso machines get wrong and that produces the sour, bitter, or flat shots that make people give up on home espresso. Low pressure pre-infusion draws flavors evenly across the coffee puck for the balanced, layered extraction that distinguishes a properly pulled shot from a rushed one.
