With its Barista Touch Impress, Sage deploys the heavy artillery. This semi-automatic coffee maker promises to convert users into apprentice baristas, step by step. Packed with tips and tricks, the Barista Touch Impress also ensures precise extraction and automatic preparation of milk foam.
Pretty, fast, educational, full of options… with the Barista Touch Impress, Sage has scored the right points. This coffee maker easily manages to convert any user into an apprentice barista, allowing them to indulge in the joys of specialty coffee. The milky part is well taken care of thanks to the many customization options. In short, Sage has created an accomplished semi-automatic coffee maker, well finished and customizable as you wish.
Strong points
- Design and manufacturing quality.
- Varied catalog of recipes.
- Customizable drinks, including the milk part.
- Educational coffee maker.
- Rapid preheating.
Weak points
- No indication of the quantity of milk per recipe.
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Alternatively
The Delonghi Specialista Prodigio is a more light of the Maestro since it skips the milk carafe and, de facto, on the preparation of milk drinks. So, everything is not perfect: we noticed some play on the dials on the front or on the Smart Tamping arm and the filter does not always fit in its filter holder. Nevertheless, it retains the intrinsic qualities of the Specialista series, whether in the maintenance or the pleasure we feel in playing the effortless barista.