Breville Barista Pro vs Breville Oracle Jet BES985

Home baristas who want a fast, all-in-one espresso machine with an integrated grinder and minimal wait time

Scores higher on workflow & ergonomics, value for money.

Cafe-standard espresso and hands-free milk without learning to grind, dose and tamp by hand

Scores higher on shot quality & extraction, build quality & durability, ease of use & learning curve.

• +A 3-second warm-up from the ThermoJet system, against roughly 120 seconds on the Mattino
• +A 30-setting hardened steel conical grinder, PID, and an LCD shot clock
• +Low pressure pre-infusion then 9 bar extraction, with single and dual-wall baskets and a bottomless option available
• +A 2 litre tank and a two-year warranty

• −$849.95 against a $699.99 median
• −A manual steam wand, where the Barista Touch at $987.99 automates it
• −Not plumbable, so the tank is filled by hand

• +Auto grind, dose and tamp into a 58 mm portafilter holding 22 g, the size cafe machines use.
• +Auto MilQ steams microfoam hands-free with 8 texture levels, settings for alternative milks and a temperature range of 104 to 167 F.
• +Barista Guidance detects an over or under extracted shot and helps you correct the grind.
• +Cold Brew in under 3 minutes and Cold Espresso in just over a minute, which almost no home machine offers.
• +Six finishes, from Brushed Stainless Steel to Black Truffle and Damson Blue.

• −Breville's product page does not publish pump pressure, power rating or water tank size; the tank and warranty figures here come from an authorised dealer.
• −At $1,999.95 list it costs more than twice the Barista Touch, which also grinds and steams automatically.
• −Heating is a ThermoJet group head rather than a boiler, and no steam capacity figure is published, so back-to-back milk drinks cannot be compared on paper.
• −It is built to make decisions for you, so someone who wants to learn espresso by feel will get less out of it than out of a semi-automatic machine.