We asked coffee experts and barista trainers to tell us the secrets behind the perfect espresso shot, and then tested the machines you can use at home to make them Written By Written by Contributor, ...

There have been a lot of exciting espresso machine releases in the past couple of years, and a lot of them have one new feature in common: cold brew settings. As you'll have read in any of my reviews ...

For anyone new to espresso, the Barista Express Impress has a built-in grinder, automated coffee dosing, and an assisted tamping lever—and it’s the machine of choice for multiple Serious Eats staffers ...

Several years ago, [Cameron] added an ATMega328-based PID temperature controller to his espresso machine. It has performed admirably to this day. But behind that cool bezel and LCD, all of the ...

Portafilter fit is a bit iffy. Grind settings are a bit floaty. Direct-to-consumer machines require a lot of faith on long-term maintenance. Grind assist is mostly theoretical at the moment. In theory ...

Last night I rebuilt my ECM Giotto with a new boiler. I’ve seen PID controlled machines before, but today I stumbled across this modded Rancillo Silvia. [Tim] replaced the internal brain with a PIC ...

Which semi-automatic espresso machine is best? Ernesto Illy, former chairman of Italian coffee manufacturer Illycaffe S.p.A. said, “The quintessential expression of coffee is espresso.” For caffe ...