This commercial feature limits the maximum pressure throughout the extraction, preventing bitter flavours in the shot. All of this, coupled with its incredible performance, really makes you feel like you’re getting your money’s worth (and then some! In fact, I'd hazard a guess that only a small percentage of Sage or Breville Dual Boiler owners even realize that their machines have these features. Pre Infusion Function: Gradually increases water pressure to gently expand grinds for an even extraction. Whilst I am comfortable with daily cleaning, back flushing and descaling, I strongly believe in preventative maintenance and would want an annual service (general checkout and seal replacement when deemed good practice etc.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It’s a little more involved than most machines, but the manual makes it easy to follow the procedure and ensures that your machine is set up to deliver the best quality coffee.As the dual boiler is a machine which can last a long time and can be maintained and repaired, lots of them have sold reconditioned. If you don't like getting your hands dirty, just have a look around to see if there's an independent espresso repair engineer in your area.

Become part of the exclusive coffee bean club and we will be sending you the latest hot scoop on crops of coffee, rare and exclusives along with delicious discounts and tasty promotions…. grams dose for full flavour - Achieve a consistent and balanced espresso using the right amount of ground coffee. Bar Italian Pump: Dual 15 bar Italian made pumps allow simultaneous milk texturing and espresso extraction. Micro-foam milk is the perfect finishing touch to any good coffee and the Dual Boiler™ uses a steam wand to texturize milk to your choosing. It's now been 10 years since the release of the Dual Boiler, so there are plenty of folks who've had these machines for long enough to have figured out the potential weak points and so on.The Sage Dual boiler looks more like the other Sage machines, which to some of the more seasoned home barista crowd looks too much like a modern kitchen appliance, and not enough like a traditional espresso machine. You can collect them from us at any time during our working hours of 9am to 5:30pm on weekdays and Saturdays (excluding public holidays in Northern Ireland). A separate steam boiler offers instant and powerful steam on demand, offering the ability to simultaneously steam your milk to third wave specialty coffee.