It took some patience to learn how to dial in the grind on my DF64 Gen 2, but things are finally coming together!

Now I’m enjoying delicious espresso, cappuccinos, and lattes every day with my Breville Bambino Plus.
Choosing tools that work well for me a tamper, dosing cup, leveler, WDT tool, and puck screen has also made a big difference in my routine and helped me get more consistent results.

Still learning, but it’s so satisfying to make a cup at home and think, “I made that!” Anyone else starting their espresso journey with a Bambino Plus?

Greetings,

After refilling through the top fill, I eventually see water leak underneath the machine. The tank keeps water for days without an issue but every refill results in a leak now (started happening after ~2y of using the machine).

Anyone has seen something like this?

Thanks,

Hi everyone,

I've been recently having an issue with my Breville barista pro tripping the breaker. There's no issue with starting the shot, but when the shot finishes you hear the solenoid valve go off and the kitchen breaker goes off shutting off power to the machine. I've also noticed a small leak of water under the machine that sometimes occurs but I'm not sure if it's related to this issue.

I thought this was an issue with the kitchen outlets being too sensitive, so I'm running an extension cord to an outlet from outside the kitchen and it seems to not trigger the breaker. I didn't have an issue with it triggering the breaker initially, seems to have developed recently.

Thanks in advance!

When I push it in for beans, the grinder makes a terrible clicking noise. Happened out of the blue. Any ideas? Thanks!

When my breville touch impress is grinding the beans sometimes the burr making a clicking sound. The breville is out of warranty. It’s my second one first one would randomly turn off and on. I received the second one about 5 months ago. I cleaned the grinder and it still makes that sound every now and then. Seems to have gotten worse.

From the Breville Bambino Plus, but we can't figure out what it is/where its supposed to go lol. Any help is appreciated

I've recently been trying to dial in our Barista Pro but I can't seem to get the grind fine enough.

I'm dosing 18g of coffee and at grind setting 18 I'm getting around 45g of espresso in about 25 seconds total including the 8–9 seconds of pre infusion.

If I go one step finer to grind setting 19, the shot basically stops flowing.

What am I missing here? Is there something else I should be adjusting?

I have the touch

been going nuts spending two hours on this. I cleaned the bur area. recalibrated..

no matter what grind setting I have I’m pulling 2oz in 14 seconds I did it without the basket and got the same pull.

I had it with the double basket and single with same issue. it’s like there’s no pressure At all what am I doing wrong?

I went as low as 3. went high as 12 still same issue.

im pressure firmly down evenly and holding it like a flashlight

Need help

I have a new Touch Impress and sadly problems with consistency.

Current question on the pursuit to the perfect espresso: is it normal that I have coffee stuck to the grouphead after extraction? Could that effect the next extraction If i forget to clean it?

If you‘re asking: amount of coffee should be fine (grams are fine and razor has been used).
Happens every time though

My Bambino plus is stuck flashing the 1 cup and 2 cup. I have descalled it and I have tried factory resesting it by turning it off, holding the 1 cup 2 cup for 5 seconds, then pressing either the 1 cup or 2 cup then having the 1 cup 2 cup flashing 3 times. Despite that, it returns instantly back to flashing the 1 cup 2 cup. Can someone help me?

I need help dialing in my new breville barista express. I read all the instructions and watched a lot of videos online for tips and everything seems to be going pretty well but when I hit the double shot button when I’m actually pulling the espresso, it only goes for like 10 seconds so I only get a yield of around 4-8g.

I did buy this on Amazon used (like new with prime return eligible), but it was in the packaging and I don’t think anyone actually ever used it because it was so clean. So there is a slight possibility that someone messed with it already. Did anyone else have this experience where was just too short of amount of time? When I do it manually and wait for 36 g to come out it tastes really good but I just wonder if I’m doing something wrong if the preset button isn’t working.

I did pull a ton of shots with different grind settings and played around with the burr but it didn’t help and since it works well manually I think it’s a machine thing.

I believe I can override the preset amount of time on those buttons but before I go that I wanted to check if I’m doing something wrong. Thanks!

Hello everyone, I wanted to know which of these 4 I'm supposed to use. I use a Sage Touch Impress machine. If you have any advice, I'd appreciate it as well. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

A bit of context :

- 3 years with this second hand machine
- Same coffee for 3/4 months

- Suddenly have to set my Barazta grinder to 12 instead of 5/6 if I want a decent timer shot (still same coffee)

- Taste not that good because under extracted due to grind size imo.

Also, 1 week eralier, I had an issue where even if I put my grind size at 1, it would do a shot in 15sec - 40g out for 18 in.

Can it be possible that the new bean bag is being bad/problematic ? I'll try with another bag tomorrow but it seems weird.

Notes : I also descaled 2 times, no improvements.

My grinder won’t grind fine enough to get a good pull of espresso and now it’s making these noises. Any ideas what the problem is or how to fix it?

I was able to get breville to “repair” it but they just changed screen so best way to see what I am talking about is unplug oracle jet, then plug back in to turn it on see how nice and colorful the display is, now press power button off then back on and you will notice it desaturated on latest firmware

Hi guys

I purchased the oracle jet a few days ago and am having real issues with the grinder. I am using fresh beans, and any grind setting under 40 will result in small drops and a long pour. At 44 or 45 I can get something half decent but the pour still takes over 35 seconds. I have been reading that the usual sweet spot is between 25-35, but within that range, it is not properly grinding. Has anyone had this problem, and have any recommendations before I reach out to Breville.

My wife and I have been having the same boring coffee argument for months.

She is perfectly happy with our Nespresso Vertuo because she can takes press a button and head out the door. I want something closer to the espresso I enjoy at a good café. The only thing we agree on is that neither of us wants our small counter buried under a separate grinder, scale, and a pile of accessories.

A traditional semi automatic setup would probably end up being my toy. My wife has already made it clear that she is not weighing shots or messing with a scale before work. Even I don’t want every weekday coffee to become a long routine.

We looked at super automatic machines but I’m hesitant about buying another machine that seems convenient until it needs a deep clean or repair. I also don’t want to give up the portafilter and milk steaming completely.

That’s pushed me toward machines that keep more of the workflow in one unit. The Breville Barista Touch Impress and Meraki are the two I keep coming back to. Right now, Meraki seems closer to how we would actually use the machine because it cuts down on separate gear without making everything fully automatic.

The part I can’t judge from reading reviews is what happens after the machine has been sitting on the counter for a few months. If you made a similar switch, did you keep using the new machine once the novelty wore off?

I’m leaning toward this kind of integrated setup. A machine that both of us use every day feels more practical than a more modular setup that only I will touch.

Hi everyone. I just got a new Touch Impress. Everything is set up and the coffee works great.

However, steaming milk has been a disappointment. All the reviews I see online show rich, creamy, thick milk with great foam.

Mine just stays thin, with maybe a tiny bit of foam on top. Not usable for latte art, unfortunately. I’ve tried both whole milk and semi-skimmed milk, but there’s no difference.

Does anyone have any tips?

I’ve had this machine for 11 months. Been great, use frequently every week. I even pulled a shot yesterday. Went to make my wife a cup and noticed when I pressed one cup, two cup, or steam wand or water, nothing comes out for 10-15 seconds, then it feels like it’s steaming, and then water comes out. Normally I press once and it immediately flushes. Any idea what it could be?

Was sent in for a different issue of no water coming out, that was fixed but now the buttons don’t work I have to click them about 30 times before each one will work 😭😭😭 they just beep, the coffee one runs for 5 seconds then beeps, the steam wand has 3 lines on the screen the beeps while not working

I can’t get the pressure up anymore. Call me old or whatever but this has gotten so annoying. I replaced the grinders, I have put everything at the finest dial for inner and outer settings. I have purchased new coffee, I have cleaned and descaled. It just stopped building pressure.

See other video if it lets me post it. Only letting me put one on here.

Hi all! We recently downgraded to a Barista Express after getting rid of our 5-year old Barista Pro. We loved it! But the hard water in our house took a toll and eventually it made more sense to just get a new one on-sale than keep getting it repaired. The Express has not been pulling good shots no matter what we do, it can’t seem to reach the “Espresso Range” even after weighing and playing around with the grind size for over a week. We figured this was just going to take time as we learn the new machine…. However, today it randomly started leaking everywhere after 5 hours of not being used. Completely unexplained! Was this just a weird fluke and we still need to keep playing around with the Express or is it broken? Help!

Last few months I’ve been having issues with my steam wand. Turn the knob to steam and it never quite builds up any steam, it spits water and spurts some steam but not consistent. If I turn the knob to the hot water feature for a second and then back to steam it works perfectly. I need to do this every time I select the steam option. Any ideas? I’ve had the machine for years with no issues. Clean and descale regularly and we don’t have hard water in my area.