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Best Espresso Machines With Built-In Grinder
Five of the seven espresso machines we track grind the beans they brew, so this is the whole set rather than a shortlist. All five use a conical burr grinder; what separates them is how much of the rest of the work the machine does — who tamps, who textures the milk, and whether there is a portafilter to handle at all.
Breville Barista Express
Breville’s all-in-one espresso machine: an integrated conical burr grinder with 16 settings, a 54 mm portafilter, PID temperature control and a steam wand you work yourself.
- Best for
- Someone who wants grinding and brewing in one machine at $699.95 and is willing to tamp each dose and texture the milk by hand
- Key differentiator
- 16 grind settings, published PID temperature control and a 54 mm portafilter, in a machine that grinds, doses and brews for $699.95
One machine that grinds, doses and brews, with the dose tamped by hand. Breville publishes PID temperature control, a 15 bar pump with 9 bar extraction and 16 grind settings, at $699.95. Everything in front of the group head is yours, including the tamp and the milk.
Good fit if
- You want 16 grind settings on a dial built into the machine
- You want published PID temperature control at $699.95
- You want an integrated tamper and expect to press each dose yourself
Consider another option if
- You want the dose measured and tamped for you; this machine ships an integrated tamper you press
- You want milk textured hands-free; the wand here is yours to work
- Price
- $699.95
- Machine type
- Semi-automatic: you dose, tamp and start the shot
- Grinder
- Integrated conical burr grinder
- Grind settings
- 16
Breville Barista Pro
Breville’s ThermoJet espresso machine: 30 grind settings on Baratza burrs, a stated three-second heat-up, and a steam wand you work yourself.
- Best for
- Someone who wants a three-second heat-up and 30 grind settings, and is content to tamp and steam by hand
- Key differentiator
- A ThermoJet system Breville states reaches temperature in three seconds, with 30 grind settings on Baratza European Precision Burrs, for $849.95
Breville states this machine reaches extraction temperature in three seconds, and gives it 30 grind settings on Baratza European Precision Burrs, at $849.95. It publishes a 15 bar pump with 9 bar extraction. No assisted tamping, no portafilter diameter and no PID claim appear on its page.
Good fit if
- You want a heat-up Breville states at three seconds, for $849.95
- You want ThermoJet heating with 30 grind settings for $849.95
- You want a 16.1 x 13.8 in footprint and a machine that grinds and doses for you
Consider another option if
- You want the dose tamped for you; Breville publishes no assisted tamping for this machine
- You want a published portafilter diameter or PID claim; this page states neither
- Price
- $849.95
- Machine type
- Semi-automatic: you dose, tamp and start the shot
- Grinder
- Integrated conical burr grinder with Baratza European Precision Burrs
- Grind settings
- 30
Breville Barista Express Impress
Breville’s assisted espresso machine: 25 grind settings, assisted tamping, PID temperature control and a 54 mm portafilter, with the milk still yours to steam.
- Best for
- Someone who wants the dosing and tamping taken out of their hands at $799.95 while keeping control of the shot and the milk
- Key differentiator
- Assisted tamping and 25 grind settings with published PID temperature control, for $799.95
The machine measures the dose and tamps it, and you run the shot and the milk. Breville calls it an assisted manual machine and publishes 25 grind settings, PID temperature control and a 15 bar pump with 9 bar extraction, at $799.95.
Good fit if
- You want the machine to measure the dose and tamp it for you
- You want 25 grind settings, and every dose tamped the same way
- You want assisted tamping at $799.95 and a steam wand you still work yourself
Consider another option if
- You want milk textured hands-free; this machine leaves the wand to you
- You want a published warm-up time; Breville states none for this thermocoil
- Price
- $799.95
- Machine type
- Assisted semi-automatic: the machine doses and tamps, you run the shot
- Grinder
- Integrated conical burr grinder
- Grind settings
- 25
Breville Barista Touch Impress
Breville’s guided espresso machine: assisted 22 lb tamping with automatic dose correction, Auto MilQ hands-free milk texturing, 13 drink presets and a three-second ThermoJet heat-up.
- Best for
- Someone who wants the dose, the tamp and the milk handled by the machine and is prepared to pay $1,499.95 for it
- Key differentiator
- Auto MilQ hands-free milk texturing and assisted 22 lb tamping with automatic dose correction, with 13 presets, for $1,499.95
The only machine here that textures milk for you. Breville publishes assisted tamping at 22 lb with automatic correction of the next dose, Auto MilQ hands-free microfoam with alternative milk settings, 13 presets plus six drinks of your own, and 30 grind settings, at $1,499.95.
Good fit if
- You want Auto MilQ to texture the milk hands-free, with settings for alternative milks
- You want 13 drink presets and room for six drinks of your own
- You want the dose tamped at a stated 22 lb with the next dose corrected automatically
Consider another option if
- You want to texture every jug of milk yourself
- You want a published pump or extraction pressure figure; this page states neither
- Price
- $1,499.95
- Machine type
- Assisted semi-automatic: the machine doses, tamps and textures the milk
- Grinder
- Integrated conical burr grinder with Baratza European Precision Burrs
- Grind settings
- 30
De’Longhi Magnifica Evo
De’Longhi’s fully automatic espresso machine: six one-touch drinks from a built-in conical burr grinder with 13 settings, and a milk frother you work yourself.
- Best for
- Someone who wants coffee at one touch without learning to dose or tamp, and does not mind steaming the milk themselves
- Key differentiator
- Six one-touch drinks with no portafilter to handle, from a built-in grinder with 13 settings, for $749.95
One press grinds, doses, tamps and brews; the milk is still yours. De’Longhi publishes six one-touch drinks, a built-in conical burr grinder with 13 grind settings, a 15 bar pump, a 60.87 oz tank and an 8.82 oz bean container, at $749.95. No portafilter to handle and no shot to time.
Good fit if
- You want six one-touch drinks with no portafilter to handle
- You want the grinding, dosing and brewing done at one press, for $749.95
- You want a 60.87 oz water tank you can lift out and refill
Consider another option if
- You want access to the dose, the tamp and the shot
- You want a published heating system or extraction pressure; De’Longhi states neither here
- Price
- $749.95
- Machine type
- Super-automatic: one press grinds, doses, tamps and brews
- Grinder
- Built-in conical burr grinder
- Grind settings
- 13
How we selected these options
The rule is that the maker publishes an integrated or built-in grinder, read from the Grinder key fact on each product. Five of the seven machines we track qualify, so this is the whole set rather than a shortlist drawn from a wider one. Two do not: the Gaggia Classic Pro E24 and the De'Longhi Stilosa both store “None — a separate grinder is required”, and the Gaggia's own page says so in as many words. Nothing was excluded for any other reason, and nothing was included for one. None of these machines carries an affiliate offer today, so there is nothing here for a commission to have influenced.
What the grinder tells you, and what it does not
All five use a conical burr grinder. What varies is the number of settings: thirteen on the Magnifica Evo, sixteen on the Barista Express, twenty-five on the Express Impress, thirty on the Barista Pro and the Touch Impress, the last two on burrs Breville names as Baratza European Precision Burrs. More settings means a finer adjustment between one grind and the next. It is not a measure of the cup, and nobody publishes one: treat the number as how much room you have to change your mind, not as a ranking.
Three workflows inside one shortlist
Having a grinder does not make these machines the same thing to live with. The Barista Express and the Barista Pro are semi-automatic: they grind and dose, and you tamp, start and stop the shot. The Express Impress and the Touch Impress are assisted: the machine measures and tamps the dose and hands the shot back to you. The Magnifica Evo is super-automatic: one press grinds, doses, tamps and brews, and there is no portafilter to handle. Those are three different relationships with a machine, and the grinder is common to all of them.
Tamping
The Barista Express ships an integrated tamper you press yourself. The Express Impress publishes assisted tamping; the Touch Impress publishes assisted tamping at 22 lb with automatic correction of the next dose. Breville publishes no tamping system at all for the Barista Pro, and De'Longhi publishes none for the Magnifica Evo, so we do not state one for either — a silence in a specification is not a value.
Heating
The Barista Express and the Express Impress use a thermocoil, and Breville publishes PID temperature control for both. The Barista Pro and the Touch Impress use a ThermoJet system that Breville states reaches extraction temperature in three seconds. De'Longhi publishes no heating system for the Magnifica Evo. Breville does not publish a warm-up time for the thermocoil machines, so the three-second figure has nothing to be compared against; what can be said is that the two systems are different, which is why the comparison pages compare the systems rather than the times.
Milk
Four of the five leave the milk to you: a steam wand on the Brevilles, a frother on the Magnifica Evo. Only the Touch Impress textures it for you, through what Breville calls Auto MilQ, with settings for alternative milks. If steaming milk is the part you want to learn, four of these let you; if it is the part you want to skip, one does.
Pressure, and what the numbers mean
The Barista Express, the Express Impress and the Barista Pro each publish a 15 bar pump and, separately, a 9 bar extraction. Those are two different figures about two different parts of the machine, and the pump figure is not what the coffee sees. The Touch Impress publishes neither, and the Magnifica Evo publishes only the 15 bar pump, so no extraction figure is stated for either. Nothing has been inferred from a pump rating.
Size and price
Footprints run from 15.9 by 13.1 inches on the Barista Express to 16.6 by 14.4 on the Express Impress; De'Longhi publishes the Magnifica Evo's dimensions as an unlabelled set of numbers, so we do not state them. Prices run from $699.95 for the Barista Express to $1,499.95 for the Touch Impress, with the Magnifica Evo at $749.95 between the two cheapest Brevilles. The most automated machine here is not the most expensive one.
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How we choose
Every figure on this page comes from the manufacturer's own documentation. We do not test products ourselves, we publish no ratings, and the options above are not ordered from best to worst — read how we evaluate products, or browse the full espresso machines category.