Skip to main content

Breville’s new fast track pack is your path to becoming an at-home barista

Take advantage of extra coffee perks

By Emily Caldwell Oct 9, 2024 9:45 AM

espresso press — charlesdeluvio / Unsplash

The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

Breville, a company well-known in the world of high-end home coffee and espresso makers, has launched a new “Fast-Track Barista Pack,” which is worth any coffee lover’s attention. Ideal for coffee lovers who want to elevate their at-home coffee game, this pack includes everything you need to become a top-tier Barista at home. In no time, you’ll be making handcrafted espresso beverages and Instagram-worthy coffee drinks with your Breville espresso or coffee maker.

Breville’s new fast-track pack is your path to becoming an at-home barista overnight. The new kit, of course, comes with the basics: your choice of a Breville espresso or coffee machine. But you’ll also get to take advantage of premium coffee beans, barista boot camp, and cashback rewards as part of the Fast-Track Barista Pack. This unique bundle opportunity is the company’s innovative solution to target coffee enthusiasts who seek to recreate the cafe experience within their own homes. Within the bundle, you’ll get the machine itself, two bags of premium coffee, access to expert tutorials, and special discounts for future purchases.

Recommended Videos

Taking advantage of the deal is pretty easy. Select any Breville coffee or espresso maker and head to check out to automatically take advantage of the extra goodies. If you’re already lucky enough to own a Breville espresso machine, you can still take advantage of registration to begin the process of getting access to the benefits of the Barista pack. According to the company’s fine print, this deal is expected to run through the end of 2025, giving coffee lovers like you plenty of time to take advantage of extra benefits.

Emily is a Features Writer at The Manual, where she specializes in food, beverage, and travel content. She focuses on weaving… Read Full Bio

Topics

Coffee & Tea

Drinking in the Rain: A New York speakeasy perfects a not-to-miss riff on an old fashioned named for Don Lockwood

don lockwood cocktail singin in the rain ep mgm

When I was a kid, I remember my mother always watching musicals. West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, there seemed to be one on every time my mom had control of the remote. One of the ones I remember seeing and liking immediately was Singing in the Rain. Watching Gene Kelly dancing on the flooded sidewalk and swinging around a light pole while, well, singing in the rain. I hadn’t thought of that movie in a long time. Maybe decades. That was until a few weeks ago when I was on a trip to Fort Lauderdale and I heard about a cocktail called the Don Lockwood, a riff on the old fashioned named after Kelly’s character.

Now, as a huge fan of the old fashioned, I am leery of the riffs. I am the same way with pizza, burgers, and macaroni and cheese. They’re already perfect. Stop messing with them. However, when I saw the recipe, I decided to give it a shot. I went to multiple bars and restaurants and asked each one if they had heard of the cocktail and I got a lot of blank stares and shaking heads. So, when I got back to the city, I had a very clear first priority, hit Saint Tuesday in Tribeca and try their Don Lockwood.

Flavors to watch in 2027: Coffee flavor trends

Latte

As the year winds down, the flavored coffee world gets extra busy. From pumpkin spice in the fall to gingerbread and pecan praline around the holidays, flavored coffee always seems to shine toward year-end. As we look ahead to 2027, Christophe Ernotte, VP of North America at La Cimbali, shares his thoughts on where beverage flavor is headed next year. From nutty, green flavors like matcha and pistachio to brighter, more acidic, citrus-forward drinks, here’s what Ernotte believes may become 2027’s hottest coffee flavor trends.

Coffee and espresso flavor trends to gain momentum

The best non-alcoholic fall beers to celebrate Sober October

Deschutes

Dry January might be the most popular month for taking a break from alcohol, but Sober October is a close second. If you’re spending this month sans alcohol and you’re getting tired of simply drinking sparkling water, there are options aplenty, especially if you’re usually a beer drinker.

If you didn’t know it already, the non-alcoholic beer world has improved a lot in the last decade. When I first started writing about alcohol twenty years ago, I wrote an article where I taste-tested NA beers and the results were fairly brutal. While I won’t name the beers, pretty much all were fizzy, yellow, and at best fairly flavorless. In essence, they didn’t really taste like beer. That’s definitely not the same today. It’s a whole new world of non-alcoholic beer.