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Breville Barista Touch home espresso machine

The Breville Barista Touch home espresso machine scores 71 for espresso quality and 74 for beginner friendly in this catalog. Milk Drinks is 90, and the lowest price on file is $999.00 sample price at Best Buy. Those scores are spec proxies, and any unverified spec is labeled on the page.

Breville Barista Touch compared with other machines in this catalog
ModelEspressoMilkBeginnerPrice on file
Breville Barista Touch719074$999.00 sample
Breville Dual Boiler988455$1,599.95 verified
Rancilio Silvia Pro X988455$2,099.00 sample

Questions people ask

Is the Breville Barista Touch beginner friendly?
Beginner Friendly is 74 out of 100. That score is a spec formula, not a lesson plan.
What is the lowest price on file for the Breville Barista Touch?
Breville Barista Touch is $999.00 sample price at Best Buy. Sample amounts are not live quotes and are not Amazon prices.
Does the Breville Barista Touch include a grinder?
Built-in grinder is yes (unverified).
What is the espresso score for the Breville Barista Touch?
Espresso quality potential is 71. It uses published hardware, not a cupping.
Is the Breville Barista Touch Amazon price live?
Only if a row says it came from the Creators API. Otherwise this site does not publish an Amazon price for it.

Breville's touchscreen machine with a built-in grinder and automatic milk texturing. Stored specs are unverified.

Scores

Computed from published specs. Not a taste test. How this is calculated

Value

23

Uses unverified input

Espresso Quality

71

Uses unverified input

Milk Drinks

90

Uses unverified input

Beginner Friendly

74

Uses unverified input

Build

59

Uses unverified input

Value breakdown
  • Quality per dollarNormalized to 0–100 against other machines. Raw quality/price is 0.0735. The price used is a sample, so this Value score is provisional.+23
Espresso Quality breakdown
  • Machine typesemi-auto+48
  • BoilerThermoJet+8
  • PIDPublished PID or electronic temperature control.+10
  • Portafilter54 mm+5
Milk Drinks breakdown
  • Milk systemAutomatic milk texturing.+90
Beginner Friendly breakdown
  • Machine typesemi-auto+50
  • Automatic milkHands-free milk texturing.+8
  • Built-in grinderOne less separate purchase.+10
  • PIDTemperature is set for you.+6
Build breakdown
  • Construction classthermoblock+54
  • 54 mm portafilterMid-size portafilter.+2
  • PIDElectronic temperature control.+3

Specs

Barista Touch specs were not re-checked against the current Breville US page. Fields are unverified or unknown.

Model codeBES880UnverifiedCommon US model code. Not re-checked on the current Breville page.
Typesemi autoUnverifiedNot re-checked against the current manufacturer page for this dataset. Treat as unverified.
BoilerThermoJetUnverifiedCommonly described as ThermoJet. Unverified here.
Boiler materialUnknownUnknown
PIDYesUnverifiedNot re-checked against the current manufacturer page for this dataset. Treat as unverified.
Built-in grinderYesUnverifiedNot re-checked against the current manufacturer page for this dataset. Treat as unverified.
Pressure gaugeUnknownUnknownNot confirmed for this dataset.
Milk systemauto frotherUnverifiedThe Touch is sold with automatic milk texturing. Unverified here.
Portafilter54 mmUnverifiedNot re-checked against the current manufacturer page for this dataset. Treat as unverified.
Warm-upUnknownUnknown
Water tankUnknownUnknown
FootprintUnknownUnknown
Release yearUnknownUnknown
Preheat controlNoUnverifiedNot re-checked against the current manufacturer page for this dataset. Treat as unverified.

No manufacturer source is stored for the specs on this page.

Price history

Price history$989.01 sample 2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z$979.02 sample 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z$1,008.99 sample 2026-07-31T00:00:00.000Z$1,008.99 sample 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z$1,018.98 sample 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z$999.00 sample 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
Verified snapshot SampleEntire series is illustrative sample data, not observed price history.

Pairs well with

Editorial pairing, not a measured recommendation.

  • Fellow Ode Gen 2

    Editorial pairing: the built-in grinder covers espresso. A filter grinder covers everything else.

    from $345.00 Sample