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Sage Barista Touch Impress: hands-free microfoam
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The Sage Barista Touch Impress is for someone who wants step-by-step help making espresso drinks and likes variety, including cold brew. It combines a guided barista experience with 14 presets, a 30 setting conical grinder and hands-free milk texturing, and this version adds a Cold Brew Function to the menu.
- Milk texturing
- Hands-free
- Milk settings
- Not stated
- Grinder
- 30 settings, conical
- Heating
- ThermoJet, 3 seconds
In its favour
- Hands-free milk texturing makes silky microfoam.
- Fourteen presets include flat white, latte, cappuccino and cold brew.
- The 30-setting hardened steel conical grinder doses on demand.
Good to know
- The listing does not detail the milk temperature or texture settings.
- It costs much more than the Bambino Plus.
Our take
Fourteen presets and guidance
Sage lists flat white, latte, cappuccino, espresso, tea, cold brew and espresso martini among the 14 presets. The machine provides step-by-step guidance for extraction, which suits beginners who want to understand what they are doing while still getting consistent results.
Iced coffee is also listed among its uses.
Cold brew function
The new Cold Brew Function lets you make cold brew coffee at home, and a cold brew component is listed in the box. The listing does not say how long a cold brew takes to prepare.
Grinder and heating
The integrated hardened steel conical burr grinder has 30 settings and delivers the right dose on demand at a single touch. ThermoJet heating reaches extraction temperature in 3 seconds, so you can go from switching on to brewing almost immediately.
Tamping is not described in this listing, despite the Impress name, so check whether the assisted tamping system is part of this model.
Hands-free milk
Milk is textured hands-free into silky microfoam, according to Sage. The listing does not state the range of milk temperature or texture settings, but the presets suggest each drink has its own milk profile.
Size, power and comparisons
The machine is 34 cm deep, 36 cm wide and 41.5 cm high and weighs 13.8 kg. Power is 1700 watts. The water tank size is not clearly stated.
The Sage Oracle Jet automates grinding, dosing and tamping with a 58 mm portafilter and Auto Queue. The Sage Barista Pro offers 30 settings and a 3 second heat-up but no automatic milk. The Barista Touch Impress is the most guided and versatile of the three for drink variety.
At almost 14 kg, it is one of the heavier machines in the Sage range, so choose its spot before setting it up.
Verdict
Buy the Sage Barista Touch Impress if you want guidance, a broad preset menu with cold brew and hands-free milk in one machine. If full automation of the puck matters, the Sage Oracle Jet is the step up, and if you are comfortable steaming milk yourself, the Sage Barista Pro is a leaner alternative.
Compared with alternatives in: Best espresso machines with automatic milk texturing, Best espresso machines with a built-in grinder, Sage espresso machines compared: Bambino Plus to Oracle
Amazon listing title: Sage Barista Touch Impress, Cold Brew Function, Brushed Stainless Steel