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Breville’s new espresso machine can brew espresso and steam milk on the identical time – and it is eye-wateringly costly

TechnologyBreville's new espresso machine can brew espresso and steam milk on the identical time – and it is eye-wateringly costly
  • The Breville Oracle Twin Boiler brews espresso and steams milk concurrently
  • It's launching first in Australia for AU$4,499 (about $3,000 / £2,200)
  • World launch dates and costs are anticipated to comply with quickly

Breville (often known as Sage within the UK) has launched a brand new espresso machine with a double boiler so it might brew espresso and steam milk on the identical time – and it has one of many highest value tags I've seen for a house espresso maker.

As Equipment Retailer reviews, the Breville Oracle Twin Boiler is launching first in Australia earlier than a wider international launch. It's not but available for purchase, however will value AU$4,499 (about $3,000 / £2,200) when it goes on sale at Harvey Norman, JB Hello-Fi and The Good Guys.

The Oracle Twin Boiler is a brand new massive sibling for the Breville Oracle Contact, which for a very long time held a spot in our roundup of the perfect espresso makers you should purchase on your kitchen.

The brand new machine has a well-known full-color touchscreen, and affords two completely different interfaces: a menu-driven possibility for fast brews with automation at each stage, and a handbook mode (full with stress dials) if you wish to take management your self.

Display of Breville espresso machine showing automatic and manual interfaces

The Breville Oracle Twin Boiler affords a selection of computerized and handbook interfaces

Two boilers, 4 cores

Because the machine's title suggests, its greatest promoting level is its twin boiler, which suggests you possibly can brew espresso and texturize milk concurrently, and don't want to attend for the boiler to return again to stress earlier than you begin utilizing the steam wand.

You’ll be able to steam milk manually, or utilizing Breville's AutoMilq system. This is identical expertise used within the Barista Contact Impress with Chilly Extraction, which I reviewed a couple of weeks in the past, and works significantly effectively with plant-based milks resembling soy and oat.

This isn't Breville's first machine with two boilers (the unique Breville Oracle additionally had a twin-boiler system), however it's the primary to additionally provide full automation and contact controls that make it straightforward for novices to make use of – all powered by a quad-core processor.

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I'm hoping to check the Oracle Twin Boiler when it arrives right here within the UK to see the way it compares with its rivals (together with premium and mid-range espresso makers), and whether or not it deserves a spot in TechRadar's roundup of the perfect espresso machines.

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