Meet the Oracle Jet, Breville’s latest espresso machine that can grind, tamp, steam and brew hot or cold coffee. Designed to automate your home brewing process, the only thing this machine can’t do for you is move your portafilter to the group head after grinding.
The Breville Oracle Jet costs $1,999 and is already out of stock on Breville’s website, though it’s available at Sur La Table and Williams Sonoma. It’s not exactly the cheapest option on the market. That being said, you can spend $2,000 pretty quickly when shopping for the best coffee makers, and this isn’t the most expensive coffee maker Breville has to offer.
This machine has a lot going for it, including a responsive 5-inch high-definition touchscreen that offers both a light and dark mode, as well as the ability to cycle through 10 preset drinks. Iced coffee lovers will also be pleased to discover a new cold espresso setting, and there’s also a cold brew function that can create a creamy, fruitier cold brew over ice in just 3 minutes. I can’t wait to get my hands on this machine for a full review. In the meantime, here’s what we know about the Breville Oracle Jet.
First Look at the Breville Oracle Jet
I’ve already mentioned the new Cold Brew and Cold Espresso settings, but what else is new in the Breville Oracle Jet? Well, you couldn’t make good coffee without well-ground beans, so Breville has included a precision-engineered, high-carbon steel burr grinder in this coffee maker, with 45 grind settings that can take you from espresso to cold brew. Coffee is dispensed directly into Breville’s 58mm stainless steel portafilter, which holds an optimal 22g dose.
The machine will also automatically tamp to ensure the right amount of pressure is used to optimise extraction, and depending on the beverage chosen, the smart touchscreen will also display suggested grind sizes to ensure no grounds are wasted on a bad brew.
And when it comes to brewing coffee, you'll have the option to queue your milk so that steaming starts as soon as your coffee has finished brewing, which, unless you opt for a dual boiler machine that can do both simultaneously, seems like a clever way to let the machine do all the hard work without too much supervision.
You can choose to steam your milk by hand, but Breville has also pre-programmed a range of steam settings (with options for a wide selection of plant-based milks too) for hands-free steaming right in your pot, leaving you to the fun part: attempting some latte art.
Ninja's recently released espresso machine features a cold milk frothing setting, which could have been a handy addition to this machine to complement its cold espresso setting. Ninja uses a built-in frothing mechanism to achieve this, though, so it's not something you'd get with a conventional milk steamer.
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I'm a stickler for details, and this coffee maker has a lot of nice features. First, you can pour your water through a vent on the front of the machine, which is a much easier way to fill your reservoir than having to dig your coffee maker out from under a cabinet to reach its water reservoir. There's also a water level indicator panel on the front of the machine, so you'll never be caught off guard halfway through brewing.
Another useful feature for moving your machine around your kitchen is a front lever that raises the base of the machine, allowing you to slide it around your counters without having to lift it.
Finally, the machine's light and dark modes let you toggle display settings so your machine doesn't create too much bright light in your kitchen, which is handy for small apartments or early risers.