The main downside of the Bambino Plus is that you can only have one customized preset for a single and double shot. The settings for the automatic milk frother aren’t as robust as what you’d find on more expensive systems like Breville’s Barista Pro, and not as good as using a stand-alone frother, but you get a decent range of three options for both temperature and foam levels and it’s delivered in under a minute with minimal extra work required. Being able to manually specify times for either is critical to ensuring that you’re getting consistent results once you’ve dialed in your process, which includes figuring out the perfect grind size for your coffee beans, the exact ratio of ground coffee to brewed beverage you want and the precise number of seconds the Bambino Plus should be extracting (typically around 25 to 30 seconds). Most importantly, the Bambino Plus’s settings for pre-infusions (the amount of time the machine runs a little water through the “puck” of coffee in your portafilter) and shot volume (how much ends up in your cup) can be customized for both single and double shots. This includes a reasonably sized 54-millimeter portafilter for single and double shots a built-in Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) temperature controller to regulate water temperature for precise, consistent brewing a proprietary “ThermoJet” system that makes the Bambino Plus ready to brew seconds after you hit the power button and an automatic milk frother. Of all the espresso machines we researched, the Bambino Plus contains the essentials every amateur barista needs and won’t monopolize your kitchen counter. With its relatively low price in the category, you’ll have plenty of extra cash to spend on an amazing coffee grinder that, alongside the Bambino Plus, will give you even better results than all-in-one systems that cost twice as much (or more).
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