Sage the Dual Boiler Espresso Machine, Coffee Machine with Milk Frother, BES920UK - Brushed Stainless Steel, Silver

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The Sage Oracle and Sage Oracle Touch are the same machines as the Dual Boiler in many ways, the same dual boilers, same triple heating system and so on, but there's one major difference which is that the Oracle machines are aimed at bean to cup users, while the Dual Boiler is aimed at the home barista market.

Some of these features with the Dual Boiler are there to improve coffee quality, things like the high level of control over brew temperature and pre-infusion. If you like to split a shot for two cappuccinos oSo with that said, let's get on with the review in a bit more depth. Sage Dual Boiler Review in More Depth So the advice here is to regularly change your water filter based upon your water hardness, and also ensure you follow the descale schedule also depending on your water hardness. If you look after your machine and avoid severe limescale, it's very unlikely you'll encounter this issue.

I can understand why some people would look at the likes of the Sage Oracle and Oracle Touch, determine that these must be the best, and then look a bit closer to the middle in terms of cost, but that doesn't work here because we're talking about different types of coffee machine. It’s reasonably fast, too. For a full ten-cup jug of coffee, you’ll only have to wait a respectable six minutes. Once the 1.25L water tank is empty, the hot water element turns off automatically, while the hot plate remains on for 40 minutes. The hot-plate maintains the coffee at around 80 to 85°C and doesn’t impact the flavour as noticeably as the hot plates on some other filter coffee machines. If you want consistently great coffee without the hassle, the Moccamaster is a sensible and stylish choice. The good news, in a way, is there's not much choice, and one is almost double the price of the other ;-), so if a machine like this is for you, it's going to be quite easy to figure out which is the best for you. Sage Barista Touch Impress Heat exchanger machines allow you to steam milk and pull espresso at the same time, as do dual boiler machines, but they do so via different methods.

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As well as being able to set the preinfusion time via the LCD (by pressing and holding the up and down arrows) within a huge range of zero to 90 seconds, you can also set the preinfusion power, and you can also determine the preinfusion manually by pressing and holding the “manual” button. You can tweak the settings (grind size and ratio) to make something closer to true espresso, but the majority of home bean to cup machines don't quite produce “true” espresso that would cut the mustard for someone who's really into their espresso. Another big difference, and not really a plus or minus either way as it's subjective, is that the Oracle and Oracle Touch double basket is a 21/22g basket, which is what I'd refer to as a triple shot.