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From the grind to the pour, the entire process is automated and, importantly, customisable

dose is not only automatically calculated, but the correct pressure is applied when you pull down the lever. A guaranteed consistent puck every time. One of the most complex components of manual coffee-making is getting the milk right. It’s a challenge to nail the perfect dairy milk texture, but alternative milks like soy, oat, and almond, each requiring different temperatures to achieve the best results, can be a nightmare. Breville has created a system called Auto MilQ [sic]. With three alternative milk settings for oak, almond, and soy, Auto MilQ calibrates the correct temperature and pressure to deliver silky-smooth textured milk consistently. That’s an excellent addition to home brewing, where barista experience is lacking. The Barista Touch Impress is a clever coffee machine. It combines the art and dedication to making the perfect coffee on a manual machine with intelligent automated tech. The perfect solution for the home where the coffee fanatic gets the hands-on experience of making a coffee with the knowledge that the final product will be the perfect brew.

Making a professional brew has never been so easy. Words Bec Summer The Midas Touch

C offee drinkers are a unique bunch. How many times have you walked away from a café, taken a sip of your latte, and recoiled in disgust? It’s why we habitually return to the same spot when we’re on to a good brew. But we’re not just fastidious in how we

pour, the entire process is automated and, importantly, customisable. Everything is controlled via an animated touchscreen panel, so users are walked through the whole process. Beginning with coffee type, the automatic system leads a step-by-step guide allowing for customisation at every step. Want a stronger or hotter cup? Adjustments are as simple as

Rare Beans For coffee desirability, it doesn’t come more exclusive than Black Ivory Coffee. Sourced in Thailand’s Golden Triangle, it takes close to 35kgs of coffee cherries to make a single kilo. So how is it produced? You need elephants. Yes, once the elephants select and eat the best cherries, they pass through the animal’s digestive tract and are promptly pooed out the other end. From here, they are collected and processed, relying on the elephant’s stomach enzymes to give the coffee its unique flavour. Favoured by top-end restaurants where you can expect to pay around $75 a cup!

take our coffee, for as home brewers we can also be fussy in the preparation stakes. Now that the cost of our cup is on the

touching a screen slider to increase strength through the grind and additional heat. These settings can be saved under an icon so the next time you want a coffee, hit your name on the touch screen, and your perfect brew is despatched. The puck system is user-friendly too. One of the challenges in making coffee is estimating the correct pressure to tamp down the grind. Press too soft or too hard, and the quality can be compromised. Here the

rise, taking it in-house makes financial sense. If the idea of a manual coffee machine appeals but the lack of barista skills proves to be a barrier, a machine like the Barista Touch Impress is a good choice. Simplicity was clearly the design brief for the stylish and compact Breville Touch Impress. From the grind to the

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