Breville Launches their most ambitious Coffee Machine yet...

The Dual Boiler espresso machine

After 3.5 years of tweaking, tamping and tasting by dedicated designers, engineers and coffee ‘gurus’, Breville release their most ambitious coffee machine yet - The Dual Boiler espresso machine.

To create café-quality coffee at home, Breville took their cue from commercial machines. “It is a world-first release that compresses the benefits of a large-scale commercial machine into a home-friendly footprint with an affordable price tag for passionate coffee enthusiasts,” says Brett O’Neill, Managing Director for Breville Group NZ. “Rather than adjusting existing models and machines to achieve a new design, the project team started with a blank sheet. This allowed the opportunity to create a machine that was innovative and unique, and one that would make a consistently great cup of coffee,” he said.
 

Experts know that espresso perfection requires precision temperature and pressure control, consistently, every time. So, at the heart of this machine is its Dual Stainless Steel Boiler heating system. The brew boiler, for the espresso shot, extracts to within 1'C, and a separate steam boiler offers instant and powerful steam on demand. So you can extract your shot, at the right temperature, delivering optimal flavour and steam your milk to cafe quality, at the same time. What's more, there is another element in the group head, ensuring the entire system offers a consistent temperature.

The Dual Boiler also features an Over Pressure Valve, which comes standard on almost all commercial cafe machines. This commercial feature limits the maximum pressure throughout the extraction to 9 bar, preventing bitter flavours in the shot. It also offers a true low pressure pre-infusion, which gradually increases the pressure to gently expand the grinds for an even extraction.
 

But there's much, much, more to this machine for the coffee geek: Brew temperature, pre-infusion pressure and duration are all programmable, but at the same time its kept simple with a quick heat up, front fill water tank, and programmable dose. And a shot clock and pressure gauge to help the user improve their barista skills over time.

All you'll need are some freshly ground beans and a bit of practice to rival the best café.

RRP: $1,799.95

Available: 15th August 2011, from Noel Leeming and Harvey Norman stores nationwide

Bonus GWP for Launch: Breville BCG800 Smart Grinder (Value $399.95)