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Breville Oracle Touch

The easiest way to make perfect espresso drinks at home

Photograph by Ted Cavanaugh

THE CHARACTERISTICS THE COMPETITION THE CASE
In its native Australia, Breville is synonymous Although it looks like an industrial-grade The Oracle Touch’s exacting technical
with toasters. But since expanding to the machine, the $2,500 Oracle Touch is meant standards for temperature, timing, pressure,
U.S. in 2002, the company has been quietly to help java fiends make cafe-quality drinks and steam are the highest available to non-
unsettling a wide field of established brands at home. Jura Inc.’s $5,500 Giga W3 offers baristas. Once you load the commercial-style
with durable, high-performance induction 31 espresso drinks, compared with the portafilter, all the tricky functions—grinding,
burners and food processors. Its latest coup Oracle Touch’s five, but Breville’s precise dosing, and tamping—are automated. The
is in the automatic espresso market: The temperature control produces more balanced dedicated steam boiler creates ideal milk
Oracle Touch uses an intuitive touchscreen espresso. The $3,000 Prima Donna S from temperatures for silky lattes. The machine’s
PROP STYLIST: CHLOE DALEY your favorite espresso drink. An integrated to heat water, an integrated burr grinder, touchscreen that lets you customize and save
big selling point, though, is the color
De’Longhi SpA also has a double boiler
to prepare—and re-create on command—
favorite drinks, whether you like to add more
a self-cleaning milk wand, and a memory
conical burr grinder removes guesswork, and
a steam wand, powered by a dedicated boiler,
foamy milk for a dry cappuccino or an extra
function to store preferences, but only the
shot (or two) for a potent Americano to kick-
Breville regulates water pressure to prevent
textures milk to your taste without requiring
start the day. $2,500; brevilleusa.com
bitterness and get an even extraction.
a doctorate in coffee science.