How to Make Café Quality Coffee at Home
No barista required. In this quick step-by-step guide, we show you exactly how to make a café-quality cappuccino at home using your Breville machine — or any domestic espresso machine.
No voiceover. Just the steps, the music, and your next great coffee.How to make a cappuccino at home:
1. Pour your fresh Bun Coffee beans into the hopper
2. Set your grind amount to dose 16g of coffee
3. Grind into the portafilter
4. Use scales to check the amount of coffee in the portafilter
5. Tamp the coffee firm and level
6. Lock the portafilter into the machine
7. Start your extraction
8. Aim for the coffee to extract in 25–30 seconds
9. Fill your milk jug just below the spout
10. Purge the steam wand briefly
11. Lower the tip just below the surface of the milk
12. Create a gentle whirlpool with the milk
13. Submerge the steam wand to texture the milk
14. Heat the milk to 55–60°C
15. Swirl the milk briefly to smooth
16. Fill your cup three-quarters full
17. Add chocolate powder on top
18. Fill the rest of your cup with foam from the milk jug
19. Enjoy your café-quality cappuccino!
Video Timestamps:
0:04 Pour your fresh Bun Coffee beans into the hopper
0:07 Set your grind amount to dose 16g of coffee
0:09 Grind into the portafilter
0:16 Use scales to check the amount of coffee in the portafilter
0:18 Tamp the coffee firm and level
0:23 Lock the portafilter into the machine
0:25 Start your extraction
0:28 Aim for the coffee to extract in 25–30 seconds
0:35 Fill your milk jug just below the spout
0:38 Purge the steam wand briefly
0:42 Lower the tip just below the surface of the milk
0:46 Create a gentle whirlpool with the milk
0:51 Submerge the steam wand to texture the milk
0:55 Heat the milk to 55–60°C
0:58 Swirl the milk briefly to smooth
1:00 Fill your cup three-quarters full
1:07 Add chocolate powder on top
1:10 Fill the rest of your cup with foam from the milk jug
1:14 Enjoy your café-quality cappuccino!