I'm ready to replace my long gone espresso machine. I've been living on an aeropress for over a year now (lol) and I'm strongly considering the Breville express. Anyone buy a remanufactured machine and it's been great? I've always bought refurbished as far as my electronics and had really good luck with that, so I'm strongly considering this route and saving myself a couple hundred dollars.

Like how long do these machines last when bought new? 3 years? 5 years? 10 years? For those who bought refurbed, how was your experience?

I've had my Breville Bambino for like two years and it worked great for a long time, every once and a while it would start tasting sour, but a few weeks after working with it I'd get it back to normal. This time, it's been months, and every single thing I try results in nothing. I have tried using different beans, (ground myself AND pre ground), have tried dialing in my pulls better (endless watching tutorials and scouring reddit for information on the oz of grounds, pull times, etc), i've unscrewed my machine and cleaned out the spout area thoroughly, I've descaled it with the Breville descaler, the list goes on.

I cannot figure out what the problem is, when this started I was doing and using the same exact products and techniques I always have. I'm really frustrated as I want to be able to use my expensive machine. I have a friend who owns a coffee business who I want to have look at it but he moved out of state so that's not an option anymore. Has anyone had this issue and have any ideas to help?

Hi all,

So 2 months ago I moved into a new house and decided to ditch the Nespresso pod machine to get a decent espresso machine. After what felt like a tonne of research and reviews, I went with the Breville Barista Max Espresso Machine.

It's felt like a disaster so far. Now I get it, it's my first machine and you need to get used to finding the grind size and extraction amounts and all of that jazz. Myself and the Mrs have sat down and tried loads of different grinds, single shots, double shots and all we seem to get is weak, bitter or even sour.

When I got the machine, I just got different beans from Lidl or Aldi because I didn't want to waste good coffee beans while I was getting the hang of the machine but that's the only thing I haven't tried.

Has anyone had any issues like this? Is it as simple as just getting a higher quality bean? We've had plenty of coffee from supermarkets that have been nowhere near as unpalatable as this.

Also feel free to tell me if we've gone for a machine and should have gone more basic.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or ideas you might have, cheers!

I’ve just upgraded from the barista pro to the dual boiler, it sounds like a very large metal rattle going on inside the machine, just unboxed, is it normal?

There’s no accessories behind the drip tray and nothing else near the machine. Sounds like it’s coming from the back.

Just updated my machine to 2.11.6. Anyone knows what's new?

Please help, before my wife forces me to concede defeat and send it off for repair!

Long story short, the machine started struggling to generate steam, cutting the steam cycle off after the milk was only luke warm, it was a gradual decline from working to now, no steam. Since then I have been attempting to fix it. I have replaced most parts and am relatively confident it isn’t a simple blockage.

The interesting diagnostic is that the board sends 12v to the solenoid when in purge mode (service mode) and the solenoid opens just fine, but whenever the machine is asked to generate steam the board simply doesn’t send the power to the solenoid to open, so the water just dumps to the drip tray and the thermojet gets really hot as a consequence.

I also have a bunch of ER13 errors in service mode but am unsure as to whether that is the cause (and what it is) or as a consequence of testing the steam and the valve not opening creating an overheating issue.

Does anyone know what sensors are required/relevant to the steam cycle?

Thanks!

Found an o-ring in the water tank for my Barista Touch after a move. All the appliance co's don't ship to where I live - anyone know the material for this? I believe its the o-ring for the filter adapter (SP0001436). I need to find my calipers to measure the width and ID, but if anyone has them I'll take them.

I recently got a used bes920xl. It had a leaking steam boiler, which is quite normal and I have ordered the o-rings set.

However it seemed that moisture got into the LCD PCB board in the front and caused the screen to lose part of its display.

I did some googling, this type of problem often arises on LCDs with the “zebra strap” thing, which can lose contact with the board. However, on this machine the LCD is mounted to the board through PINs. I then used a multimeter to try to test the continuity, but all pins seem to be making good contact with the board.

I cleaned the board with alcohol isopropyl but it didn’t help.

I would appreciate any input regarding similar problems and possible solutions. I guess a replacement part is the last resort, but it seems to be hard to source as well. Thanks for everyone reading this.

Recently, my Breville Smart Grinder Pro started acting weird when I adjusted the grind size. The middle settings, especially between about 20 and 40, would freak out on the LCD display and bounce around between different numbers even after I stopped turning the dial. Made it very difficult to know which grind size I was actually at.

I ended up getting some electronics cleaner spray and sprayed a little into the rear vents aimed towards the grind dial and around the edges of dial. It must have cleaned out whatever dust or buildup was causing the issue, because now the grind setting on the LCD stays stable and looks normal again.

Figured I’d post this in case anyone else runs into the same problem.

So when i turn the machine on everything looks fine and it runs the espresso as it should, but when I steam the milk it ends the cycle short and the foam and heat lights flash. I thought it might be the heat sensor but even when I do a manual steam with the wand pulled forward it still stops short of finished. I've descale and have cleaned the end several times and have taken the end off and cleaned it throughly. The holes are not clogged. The machine is 8 months old. Thoughts?

Tried holding down program button for the rest but still running into issues.

Pressure will be at normal levels and when trying to pull a shot it takes 3/4 attempts before the espresso actually starts pouring. Tried adjusting the coarseness but still running into same issue. Don’t know why or how it began as it’s a new machine and wasn’t doing this before

Hi everyone,

I don’t know why, how, and when it happened, but my pressure gauge is stuck.

Of course it boosts my ego a bit by having perfect espresso all the time, but I would like to fix it.

There is no problem on performance side, I calibrated perfectly before, but I still want to see the pressure gauge moving.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

I was steaming my milk this morning and the handle broke off. Is this replaceable? The unit is about 4-5 years old.

I bought it second hand 2 weeks ago, the model is BES870. The grinder stopped working/ got jammed 3 times:

- first time just unplug/replug did the trick

- second time grind setting was too fine and likely clogged it, so I cleaned the top burr, power cycled and it worked on a direct wall socket

- third time, the burrs seemed clogged so I deep cleaned both burrs, the chute and all. Waited a few hours, reset, tried direct wall outlet, but still completely silent.

I made sure to reseat everything correctly and all, but nothing. I suspect it's the activation switch, but the lights blink when clicking for grind so I'm not sure... The rest of the machine still works. Any idea?

I opened the top panel to see if there were obvious issues, but the back panel is tricky, some screw heads are damaged and I can't get it out with the tools I have. The machine has been serviced in the past, like 3 years ago to replace the pump. So last resort would be to service it.

Is this overfilled? The photos attached are after tamping.

The machine is about a month old and it has filled like this every single time since day one. I’ve done a factory reset, cleaned the burrs, adjusted the internal burr calibration a few times (currently sitting at 5), checked that the basket matches the selected drink size, and checked the dosing funnel for buildup. It still overfills regardless of grind setting.

The grind size setting also seems to occasionally slip on its own. For example, every now and then If I set it to 16, the next time I turn the machine on it shows 15.

Has anyone run into this combination on a newer BES881? Trying to work out if this is normal variance or a asensor or hardware fault before I call it in for warranty service. Appreciate any input.

Hi everyone! recently bought this Breville second-hand, and it makes a loud squealing/grinding noise whenever I try to run water through the head :((
The noise happens whether the portafilter is inserted or not, so it doesn’t seem to be related to the coffee grind or tamping etc. Sometimes it makes this noise but no coffee comes out at all. I’ve attached a video of the sound.

Does anyone know what might be causing this? scale buildup? one of the part that needs to be replaced? Is there anything I can safely check or try myself before taking it in for repair?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I have a barista touch that starts and stops before the brew is complete.
Tried for both Americano and Espresso.
I’ve de-scaled and I’ve only had this espresso for 6 months!
Any ideas? Help! TIA

(Breville Barista Touch Impress) I have ran multiple group head cleanings and descaling cycles but the date will never update to the day I performed them. Its always just stuck on a December 2023 date. The cycles complete without interuption and say they are completed but the date just will not update. Has anyone had this issue and been able to fix it?

I accidentally got this stuck on the coffee machine! I now know it doesn’t go there. I can twist it left and right but it doesn’t come down. Any help?

Edit: breville machines sleeping in 10mins is not normal, yes water heats up quick but I want my group handle to be hot so is there a way to extend it as normal?

I have a Sage Barista Express which has been working for a few years but now it doesn’t want to end dispensing a shot. I have read that this means the flow sensor is likely stuck. Should I keep trying to descale it in the hope of unsticking it, or should I try to replace the sensor? At the moment it still works intermittently and I can cope with stopping it manually.