All you really have to worry about to make a great espresso are the “four keys formula”: the perfect dose, pressure, temperature, and microfoam, all of which can turns ordinary beans into extraordinary espresso.

With Amazon offering the Breville Barista Express for just $549, which is $150 off, I had to jump on it and start making Flay Whites for myself. If you're looking for a big-ticket item on Black Friday, follow my lead and snag this espresso machine.

“The Breville is high quality, easy to use, extremely versatile, roomy, and easy to clean. The controls are well thought-out and easy to figure out,” wrote a reviewer on Amazon, who explained that they use their smart oven daily and consider it a worthy splurge.

Breville's Black Friday sale is offering up to AU$350 off some of their very best espresso machines, but Amazon, The Good Guys or JB Hi-Fi still offer the lowest prices. That is if you don't use our exclusive discount code to take an extra 10% off the sale price of each machine, of course.

If you're in the market for a new coffee maker, you don’t have to wait until November 29 to take advantage of the best black Friday coffee maker deals. That’s because Black Friday, like all the major sales events lately, has become more of a season than a one-day sale and you can often find great Black Friday deals weeks before Thanksgiving.

Espresso aficionados in the know are fans of Gevi. They have a motor in the machine that pulls espresso to the perfect pressure to get that great crema on top of the shots. It brings out all of the notes of the espresso beans without imparting any burned flavors. Pressure releases the body of the beans, and Gevi has it mastered.

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