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A $5 latte habit costs you more in a month than this machine costs used, period.
If you’re dropping $5 to $7 a day at the espresso counter, you already know the math is ugly — that’s $150-plus a month for oat milk lattes that take ninety seconds to make. The reader who needs this review isn’t a coffee snob with a $3,000 La Marzocco fantasy. It’s someone who wants a real double shot, real microfoam, and a machine that doesn’t require a barista certification to run, without blowing a grand on it.
- Grinder-integrated vs. separate grinder: a built-in burr grinder saves counter space and guarantees fresh grounds, but it also means one more thing that can jam or need cleaning.
- Used/open-box pricing vs. brand-new: espresso machines hold resale value well, so a secondhand listing at a steep discount can be the difference between buying now and waiting another year.
Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine With Grinder
The Breville Barista Express BES870XL is the machine that turned Breville from a kitchen-appliance name into the brand espresso nerds actually recommend to beginners. It’s a 15-bar pump machine with a built-in conical burr grinder, which matters more than it sounds — grinding right before you pull a shot keeps the oils from going stale, and that’s the single biggest upgrade over using pre-ground beans in a cheaper machine. This listing on eBay has it at $249, which is well under what you’d pay for a new one at most retailers, and it comes with the
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