Breville Oracle Jet vs De'Longhi Rivelia
Get the De'Longhi Rivelia. Unless you want real café-style espresso and latte art: then the Oracle Jet.
Breville Oracle Jet
Real espresso made almost automatic: it grinds, doses, tamps and steams milk for you.
De'Longhi Rivelia
A slim, premium bean-to-cup: two swappable bean hoppers, hot milk drinks and great coffee at a touch.
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The Rivelia makes good coffee and milk drinks at the press of a button, in a slim body, for far less. The Oracle Jet is an espresso machine that automates the hard parts, and its espresso is a step above a bean-to-cup.
- —Espresso quality matters most.
- —You like a hands-on ritual.
- —You want coffee at a touch.
- —Your kitchen is small.
- —You switch between two beans.
What verified owners report
Only reviews from checked buyers count, and every 1–3 star review is read by us. How we do this
Owners love the coffee and how easy the automatic grinding and tamping make it. No complaints so far.
- ✓Excellent coffee, as good as a coffee shop
- ✓Easy to use, even for a beginner
- ✓Milk frothing gives great results
None came up often enough to list.
Owners love how easy it is to use and the swappable bean hoppers. The main complaint is machines that broke within weeks and needed repair.
- ✓Easy, intuitive to use
- ✓Easy to clean
- ✓Good milk drinks
- −Broke within weeks or months and needed repair
Key differences
Pros and cons
- +Grinds, doses and tamps for you
- +Automatic milk texturing
- +Touchscreen guides the grind
- −It can't pull a shot and steam milk at the same time.
- −The grinder can get messy.
- −It takes up a lot of counter space.
- +Slim for a bean-to-cup
- +Swappable bean hoppers
- +One-touch milk drinks
- −It still needs a fair bit of worktop space.
- −It costs a lot more than basic bean-to-cup machines.
For the curious
A deeper look at full specs.
Type
The Oracle Jet still uses a portafilter, filled automatically; the Rivelia is fully bean-to-cup.
Beans
One 12 oz hopper on the Breville; two swappable 8.8 oz hoppers on the De'Longhi.
Technical specifications
| Oracle Jet | Rivelia | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Automatic espresso machine with portafilter: grinds, doses and tamps | Bean-to-cup, 18+ one-touch drinks |
| Grinder | Baratza European precision burrs, 45 settings | — |
| Heating | ThermoJet | — |
| Milk | Auto MilQ hands-free texturing, settings for dairy, soy, almond and oat | LatteCrema Hot system with auto-clean; LatteCrema Cool upgrade for cold milk drinks |
| Presets | 13 drinks, including cold brew and cold espresso; 20+ custom drinks | — |
| Portafilter | 58 mm | — |
| Bean hopper | 12 oz (340 g) | — |
| Water tank | 77 fl oz (2.3 L) | 47.3 oz |
| Power | 1400–1600 W, 120 V | 1450 W, 120 V |
| Size (W × D × H) | 16.6 × 14.2 × 14.9 in | — |
| Weight | 27.8 lb | 21.4 lb |
| Warranty | 2 years | — |
| Bean hoppers | — | Two interchangeable 8.8 oz hoppers |
| Cold drinks | — | Cold coffee, cold espresso, cold Americano |
| Screen | — | 3.5-inch colour touch display, 4 user profiles |
| Pump | — | 19 bar |
| Grind settings | — | 13 |
| Max cup height | — | 5.46 in |
| Size | — | 17 × 9.75 × 14.75 in |
From the maker's spec sheet for the Oracle Jet (Breville Oracle Jet BES985 (US)) and the Rivelia (De'Longhi Rivelia EXAM44055B (US)), checked October 2026. Versions sold in other countries can differ slightly.
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How we reached this verdict
We compared independent expert reviews with the manufacturer's specifications, then checked it's sold at a major retailer where you live. We don't test products ourselves.
Sources: TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Tom's Guide, manufacturer specifications.
Owner reports for the Oracle Jet: 6 verified buyer ratings at Currys, read October 2026.
Owner reports for the Rivelia: 8,094 verified buyer ratings at Currys, read October 2026.