BAMBINO EXPRESSO MACHINE UPGRADE
My advice would be to purchase a bottomless 54mm portafilter as a nice little upgrade somewhere down the line.
It does work fine: the filter baskets fit in nice and snugly and it locks in place tightly, too, but it just feels a bit cheap. It’s not as hefty as the portafilter included with Sage’s pricier 54mm machines such as the Barista Pro, for instance, and this means that it doesn’t retain heat – which helps ensure that your espresso is nice and hot – as well as it could do. None of this is a deal breaker – many cheap espresso machines are similarly messy due to their lack of a solenoid valve – but it’s worth knowing.Īnd if I’m going to be really picky, then the 54mm portafilter does feel rather insubstantial, too.
You’ll also notice the lack of a solenoid valve when making coffee, as you’ll find that the portafilter tends to drip at the end of each shot the coffee puck can often be soggy and wet when you come to knock it into the bin.
BAMBINO EXPRESSO MACHINE PLUS
This is mostly due to the fact that the Bambino doesn’t have a solenoid valve – a feature found on the pricier Bambino Plus – which allows built up steam and water to vent directly into the drip tray. If you don’t want the water in your milk – and you don’t – then you need to aim the wand at the hole in the drip tray, wait for the steam to start spraying through, press the button again to stop the flow and then press it again once the steam wand is safely in your milk jug.Īnnoyingly, as the flow of steam takes some time to subside after you’ve pressed the button, taking the wand out of the jug too soon can result in milk being splashed everywhere. Here, you press the button and the steam wand immediately starts to spit hot water out as steam builds up inside. This is great news for people who hate waiting around, but it does have some downsides. There’s no waiting around for steam, either: press the button, and after a few immediate spits of water, steam comes gushing through. Sage claims that it gets to temperature in 3 seconds and that’s entirely true – by the time you’ve powered the machine on, it’s ready to pour espresso. The first thing to note about the Bambino is that – like Sage’s other ThermoJet-equipped machines – it’s astonishingly fast to get to brewing temperature. You don’t get the automatic milk texturing features from the Plus, though, hence the missing button. You can press the single or double shot buttons to power the machine on, and the two buttons alongside select the steam or hot water functions. There are now only four buttons on the front, one fewer than the Bambino Plus. Sage Bambino review: What’s the coffee machine like to use?
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