Breville Barista Touch Impress BES881 vs Breville Dual Boiler BES920XL

A grinder, assisted tamping and hands-free milk behind one touchscreen

Scores higher on ease of use & learning curve, maintenance & cleaning, workflow & ergonomics.

Two boilers and a 58 mm portafilter, brewing and steaming at the same time

Scores higher on shot quality & extraction, steam power & milk texturing.

• +Hands-free milk texturing with settings for dairy, almond, oat and soy.
• +The Impress lever tamps at a set pressure and corrects the next dose.
• +Heats to extraction temperature in 3 seconds, Breville's ThermoJet figure.
• +Thirty grind settings on hardened steel Baratza burrs.
• +A 340 gram hopper, larger than the 227 grams on the Barista Touch.

• −$1,499.95, about $500 more than the Barista Touch listed on this site.
• −Breville publishes no pump pressure, pre-infusion detail, warranty or weight for it.
• −No pressure gauge is listed; the touchscreen is the feedback.
• −54 mm portafilter, not the 58 mm the Oracle Jet uses.

• +Two boilers, so you can pull a shot and steam milk at the same time.
• +PID control on the espresso boiler for stable brew temperature.
• +A 58 mm portafilter taking a 22 gram dose, the café standard size.
• +A pressure gauge and a shot clock, the two readouts that teach you the most.
• +A 2.5 litre tank that fills from the top.

• −No grinder; a good espresso grinder is a second purchase.
• −Breville showed it out of stock on its own site on 2026-09-24.
• −Breville publishes no warranty, weight or wattage on the page or in the manual text.
• −Steaming is manual; there is no automatic milk option.