How To Pull The Perfect Espresso Shot Using A Breville Barista Express Machine

The Breville Barista Express is the most popular home espresso machine, and for good reason! It's easy to use and you could pull great shots and froth the milk to perfection for that beautiful latte art. Enjoy!

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[RM-xsci]

Using these exact settings on mine with fresh beans, I was able to get the best pull I ever got in my year of owning the machine. Thank you!

[SiblingRivalry]

For you new folks! The key here is consistency and changing ONE thing at a time. I would start with weight (18-19g is what this machine likes but keep it the same always), and tamping force. Make sure those two things stay the same!!! Then all you have to do is lock in your grind setting. Every machine is different so don’t go by or expect the same settings from your friends machine. You may need to adjust the inside bur but remember, one step at a time. Only do this if you are maxed out on either end of the external grind adjustment wheel. You may be very far off in which case you could adjust more than one click.

[glorialeal]

If you weigh out your beans and use the auto grind feature (not the manual), make sure your grind amount dial is set to more (all the way up) to get the full 18 grams. It doesn’t appear to be set to more here.

[RMC]

Hi! I didn’t see the pressure gauge shown when you pulled the good shot, what was it at?

[MarieRoe]

This was by far the best video I’ve found explaining this. Thank you! Buying my breville barista express today!

[FxUznilo]

Just realized all my issues come from confusing which way to turn the dial for finer VS course grain espresso 😭 thank you!

[RichardMiele]

There's also an internal grind size. What do you set that at?

[kyleallen]

Just got my wife this for Christmas yesterday and we’re having such a tough time getting to that sweet spot!!

[MiriamTrifoi]

what size is your inside burr grinder on?

[ravenscot]

What number ur grinder is set from the inside ?

[jerrodcook]

I like your process. I cannot get that. I go as fine as 3 with a standardized Starbucks Espresso bean, no crèma. It seems as if bean age has something to do with my lack of crèma. Help, suggestions.

[tyedutch]

All my issues came from not weighing out my beans/grind. Thank you so much!!!

[Buddahfooko]

My machine is a little whacky and I think it's cause we "programmed" the double shot for a larger pour. How do I get it to run for 28-35 seconds? Even my 25 second pours are over 3 oz

[Wozzi]

Can’t you get the 18g by changing the grind amount? Still learning how to use this machine

[Justart_jpeg]

Thank you! Should the coffee coming out be double the amount of beans that we put in? 18 g of beans = 36 g of coffee? or is that wrong?

[shayraboeva]

Hi. Please help. I recently got my barista express and for some reason coffee takes forever to drip and that arrow doesn’t go all the way to the espresso level, only half way and i don’t know how to fix that. Please anyone let me know what to do. I am a coffee snob and it’s killing me 😂 the grind size I use is level 4. I don’t weight my beans tho, just eyeball it but can it be because of that or is it something else?

[SeaWaSue]

Do you start the timer when you push the 2 shot button or when you see the first drip?

[lnyberg]

how do you make a double shot espresso with 18g of coffee? the brew ratio would be way off if your yield is that high. Am I wrong?

[Jollyroger]

I tried all the steps and a double is coming out in less than 20”, also because it is the default duration the machine is set on. Any advice, please?

[Joebabylon]

I love mine, had it for a while. Any idea how o can make my cappuccino hotter? I steam the milk until the jug is too hot to touch but it just ends up being just warm enough to drink immediately.