About CASABREWS
CASABREWS is an American espresso machine brand founded in 2020 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company was built around a simple pitch: skip the drive and the line at a coffee shop and get café-quality espresso at home for meaningfully less than legacy names like Breville or De'Longhi charge. Its lineup runs from entry-level semi-automatics with a milk frother up through models like the Ultra, which adds an LCD with adjustable brew temperature, built around 20-bar pump systems and 54mm-to-58mm commercial-style portafilters rather than the smaller pressurized baskets many budget machines use.
Independent coverage has picked up on the brand's fast rise -- TechRadar's review of the Ultra opens by calling it "TikTok's favorite espresso machine," crediting Casabrews with cultivating real buzz through its mix of affordability and looks, and praising the Ultra's quick heat-up time and steam wand performance in hands-on testing, while flagging inconsistency in the espresso the reviewer's specific unit produced. Casabrews states it is recognized by four World Barista Champions and reports an average product defect rate below the industry figure it cites, claims we note as the company's own rather than third-party verified. On Amazon, the CM5418 has built a large, largely positive review base at nearly 8,000 ratings for a brand only a few years into the category.
Brand website: casabrews.com
What CASABREWS makes
CASABREWS's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
CM5418
20-bar semi-automatic espresso machine with milk frother, 54mm portafilter -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
ULTRA
20-bar semi-automatic with LCD adjustable brew temperature, 58mm portafilter -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
3700ESSENTIAL
entry 20-bar espresso machine with milk frother
5700PRO
espresso machine with built-in grinder and milk frother
5418 Pro
espresso machine with rapid steam switching between brewing and frothing
Tornado Basic
conical burr coffee grinder, 35 adjustable settings
Why we recognized CASABREWS
The Brew Gazette Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. CASABREWS earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, brewed with daily, and judged on what lands in the cup.
CASABREWS products we rated highly
CASABREWS CM5418 20 Bar Espresso Machine
The CM5418 puts a 54mm portafilter on a machine priced barely above the entry tier, a real step up from 51mm that opens a much wider accessory ecosystem and gets owners onto a basket size serious home baristas actually use. A live pressure gauge on the front lets you watch extraction pressure in real time, a genuine feedback tool for a beginner learning what their grind is doing rather than guessing from the shot alone. It carries Amazon's Choice status with nearly 8,000 reviews, reflecting real owner traction at a price point where reliability is usually the gamble. The tradeoff: there's no built-in grinder, so a separate burr grinder is a required companion purchase.
Read the 7 Best Espresso Machines of 2026 guide →
CASABREWS Ultra Espresso Machine with Temperature Control
The Ultra brings an LCD with adjustable brew temperature to a machine priced under two hundred dollars, a control normally reserved for pricier prosumer machines and one that lets an owner tune extraction the way a Q Grader would -- cooler to brighten a dark roast, warmer to coax sweetness from a dense light roast. Its 58mm portafilter is the commercial standard size, so accessories bought for it carry forward to any future upgrade. With around 750 reviews it has the smallest owner base of the machines in our roundup, so its long-term reliability track record is still forming.
Read the 7 Best Espresso Machines of 2026 guide →What earned CASABREWS the recognition
- Two CASABREWS machines feature in Brew Gazette's espresso machine coverage -- the CM5418 and the Ultra -- each earning its place on a distinct, genuine strength: a 54mm portafilter and live pressure gauge on the CM5418, a 58mm portafilter and adjustable brew temperature on the Ultra.
- The CM5418 carries Amazon's Choice status with nearly 8,000 reviews, real evidence of owner traction at its price point rather than a brand-new, untested listing.
- The Ultra brings adjustable brew-temperature control, normally a prosumer-tier feature, to a machine priced under two hundred dollars -- a genuine spec advantage over machines twice its price that skip it.
- Independent coverage from TechRadar credits Casabrews with 'cultivating buzz' for pairing affordability with aesthetics, and its hands-on review of the Ultra singled out quick heat-up time and steam wand performance as strengths.
- Founded in 2020 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Casabrews built its range around 20-bar pump systems and 54-58mm commercial-style portafilters at prices well under legacy names like Breville and De'Longhi -- the accessible tier its two Brew Gazette picks compete in.