Espresso that's JET Engineered, ANYWHERE - The 9Barista

Can the 9Barista really replace an espresso machine and let you make espresso ANYWHERE?

0:00 - Introduction
1:07 - Disclosure
1:45 - How it works
4:36 - Making an espresso
8:13 - Buying considerations
9:17 - Travelling with the 9Barista
10:10 - Is it for you?
10:41 - Conclusion

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Many thanks to my sister and brother in law for their wedding footage!

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As someone who really prefers filter coffee and works in STEM, this was the perfect espresso machine for me — good for the occasional shot, can’t stress over too many parameters, and it’s super cool. I’ve enjoyed the shots from it more than a lot of shots I’ve had out. The only thing I really needed that wasn’t in the box was a WDT tool.

I think you’re definitely right that the people this is for it will speak to ☕️

[paperythinideas]

As someone who trained as a chemical engineer, this coffee maker really fascinates me. I don't think I'd spend that much money right now, when I could put that money towards my first HX machine (one day soon) but I love the physics of the 9barista.

[NeonSonOfXenon]

As a huge physics nerd, the entire design of this device really makes me smile. It's so beautifully engineered!

[etc]

You my friend hit the nail on the head. I have seen videos of this and was wondering what's what. Cue for you to come in and introduce this. Thanks for that. Awesome Video!

[spoitras]

I used the 9Barista for a few months, and I have to say it made the best espresso I've ever made at home. But sadly, I didn't know much about coffee and water at that time, and the heavily mineralized water from my part of Montreal completely destroyed the machine. I used citric acid to clean, but it was eating away too much metal and the flow was getting inconsistent. So make sure you use the right water, because this lesson cost me a lot to learn. I'd like to know if someone has been able to get consistent results with it.

[bradleymorehouse]

Great review! This is the first time I've heard anyone explain the ins and outs of this gadget. I use Moka Pots, an Aeropress, and a Chemex Ottomatic, but sometimes I just want an espresso shot. This could be just the ticket. I've been looking at it for a long time.

Thanks to 9Barrista for providing your loner.

[Augustus_Imperator]

When I first learned about it I thought it was a fascinating machine since I love espresso but I'm really short on space in the kitchen so I thought to try it out, I bought it as an upgrade for my moka pot and I have to say I love it, I use it everyday since.

[Jomaxp]

Personally, while I would never want to fully automatic coffee machine, I do like to autumn mice, a lot of the steps in my espresso routine. For example, I Much prefer an electric grinder overhand grinder, and I would not want to buy a lever machine at least not as a main machine I just like the feeling of having my coffee powder with one click, then doing my WDT which is something I honestly quite enjoy so one of the things I certainly wouldn’t want to itemize and just put it in my machine press on a button and half my espresso that’s just well something I really enjoy so I could not imagine using this machine on a daily basis, but I like this experimental thought behind it. Also just the visual part where the espresso starts flowing out the machine slowly is something I already enjoy when I very rarely make myself a mocha so it’s an experiment. I find it incredibly interesting and I am. Hoping that they are going to be enough people buying it because that was funny. Little experiments are after all making the espresso landscape as rich as it is today.

[johnmpifer]

From someone who frequently uses a Mokapot (and not for milk drinks, either - the wife and I split the ~ 7 oz it makes and drink straight), this is really interesting.

I’m going to keep this in mind.

However - I dont have a home espresso setup (currently I’m filter coffee only with V60, Chemex, French press, a Behmor Brazen autodrip, and, of course, Mokapot), and I’m thinking I’m going to ask the wife to get me a Flair 58 for birthday & Christmas (my birthday is within a week of Christmas).

But maybe for the future - this thing is really neat!

Thanks for the review!

[VincentBanagas]

Great review! I love using my Moka pot and seeing real espresso being made stovetop is fascinating.

[tryme]

Love my 9barista but one thing that’s a major pain is the dialing in of grind size. Takes me a few tries before I zero that in.

[barrywebber]

Great review.
Did you like it enough to buy it?
Thanks for posting.

[karenangelici]

Great review! I have one and love it! It's great at home as well as for travel in my teardrop trailer! It pulls shots as good as my ECM semi-automatic:) I hope they also will develop a milk steamer.

[bobl.]

I would love one. Sadly not got the pennies right now. Maybe later sometime.

[systemofapown]

I doubt that tamping off-level like that and pulling a really long shot tastes very good. Can tell visually from owning the 9B since day 1 that the extraction is too slow and your end shot was well below 36g. You need to grind a little coarser. As for the target extraction time, 6 minutes is the maximum, 3 the minimum.

[anneolsen]

Just a question, do you not need to use the heat-control plate that comes with the 9Barista, or is that just optional?

[MattieLaPorte]

Realizing that there are completely different processes and workflows involved, how would you say the 9barista stacks up against something like the Flair Pro or Flair 58? Would you say it’s a viable alternative for someone looking to dabble in espresso, before going all in on a machine?

[DriftaholiC]

I wish they made a steam pot for milk frothing. The options on the market just can't match the 9 Barista's quality.

[DanielKirillov-ivww]

Dial-in is very complicated here, probably biggest downside. That and the fact that it's hard to weigh the drink out.

[jacksoncrist]

id really like it if you would get rid of the background music. it makes it sound like an informercial and it stresses me out. makes me wanna click off the video after 1 minute because its so unrelaxing