Overview
- Multiple outlets report the Breville Barista Express is on sale for about $500 on Amazon as of Tuesday, a roughly 28% cut from its roughly $693 list price and the lowest recorded price for the model.
- The same or similar price is available at major retailers such as Target, which lists the machine at $499.99 in its current promotion.
- The Barista Express is a semi-automatic espresso machine that includes an integrated conical burr grinder that doses into a 54mm portafilter, a 15-bar pump with PID-controlled ThermoCoil heating, and a manual steam wand for milk texturing.
- Breville bundles tools and maintenance items in the box—single- and double-wall filter baskets, an integrated tamper, the Razor dose-trim tool, a milk jug, a water filter and cleaning accessories—so buyers can start pulling shots without buying many extras.
- Reviewers praise the machine’s adjustable settings and espresso quality while noting a learning curve for steaming milk, and the model’s long run as a best-seller since 2013 means the sale could sway shoppers away from pod machines toward a more hands-on setup.