Breville Espresso Machines Review: Every Model We Track
15 products: 13 semi-automatic espresso machines and 2 espresso grinders, $159.95 to $2,999.95. Breville builds the most help into its home espresso machines: nine of the 13 machines we track grind the beans themselves, eleven hold brew temperature with a PID, and Breville claims a 3-second heat-up for five of its six ThermoJet models. The trade-offs are a 54 mm portafilter on most of the line and mail-in repairs only. The machines alone run $299.95 to $2,999.95 at breville.com, checked October 26, 2026.
By Kirill Gissa · Published · Prices checked October 26, 2026All 15 Breville products
Who each Breville suits
you already own a grinder or plan to buy one: $499.95, PID, automatic milk frothing and a 2-year warranty.
you want the grinder in the same box with help on the dose and tamp: $799.95 and a 2-year warranty, where the plain Barista Express gets 1.
you want the ThermoJet's fast heat-up with a built-in grinder: $849.95 with buttons and a screen, $999.95 with a touchscreen.
you want an Oracle you can buy now: a built-in grinder with 45 settings, automatic milk and the ThermoJet heater, $1,999.95, in stock at breville.com on October 26, 2026.
you want an E61 machine that a local technician can open: no Breville has an E61 group, only the Oracle Dual Boiler, Dual Boiler, Oracle, and Oracle Touch take 58 mm baskets, and every repair goes to Breville by mail.
you need the machine to be available today at the brand's store: the Dual Boiler, Oracle, Oracle Touch, and Infuser were sold out at breville.com on October 26, 2026.
Alternatives from other brands
If Breville's mail-in service is the sticking point, these machines from other brands have a store button here.
Alternatives to Breville: price, warranty, returns and score
How the Breville lineup is built
Four choices separate the models: how the water is heated, whether there's a grinder, the portafilter size, and how much of the shot and milk the machine handles for you.
Heating. The Breville Oracle Jet, Breville Bambino, Breville Bambino Plus, Breville Barista Pro, Breville Barista Touch, and Breville Barista Touch Impress use ThermoJet; Breville rates the Bambino, Bambino Plus, Barista Pro, Barista Touch, and Barista Touch Impress at 3 seconds to heat up and gives no figure for the Oracle Jet. The Breville Barista Express, Breville Barista Express Impress, and Breville Infuser use a Thermocoil heater. The Breville Oracle Dual Boiler, Breville Dual Boiler, Breville Oracle, and Breville Oracle Touch have two boilers, one for brewing and one for steam, so you can pull a shot and steam milk at once.
Grinder. Nine machines have one built in: the Breville Barista Express, Breville Oracle Jet, Breville Barista Express Impress, Breville Barista Pro, Breville Barista Touch, Breville Barista Touch Impress, Breville Oracle Dual Boiler, Breville Oracle, and Breville Oracle Touch. The Breville Bambino, Breville Bambino Plus, Breville Dual Boiler, and Breville Infuser need a separate grinder; Breville's own Dose Control Pro ($159.95) and Smart Grinder Pro ($199.95) are on our list.
Portafilter. Eight machines take 54 mm baskets and tampers; the Oracle Dual Boiler, Dual Boiler, Oracle, and Oracle Touch take 58 mm, and Breville doesn't state the size for the Oracle Jet. That matters when you buy accessories: our Breville accessories guide and portafilter size chart go by model.
Older models. Breville still lists the Breville Infuser ($599.95, Thermocoil, no grinder), which shows up in searches next to the Duo-Temp; the Duo-Temp isn't in our database, so it's not in the table.
For the models with a built-in grinder next to other brands, see our espresso machines with a grinder; for two boilers, our dual boiler picks.
Real price and where to buy
The price on this page is Breville's own list price at breville.com, the store our buttons go to. Price checked on October 26, 2026, at breville.com. What you pay on top is your state's sales tax; standard shipping is free on orders over $49, by Breville's support page, so no machine here adds a shipping charge.
The real cost of a Breville without a built-in grinder includes one: the Bambino Plus at $499.95 plus the Smart Grinder Pro at $199.95 comes to $699.90, against $799.95 for the Barista Express Impress with the grinder built in. After that, the running costs are water filters, cleaning tablets and descaling powder; Breville doesn't publish refill prices on the pages we read.
Stock moves: on October 26, 2026, four machines were sold out at breville.com and six were available only in some finishes. Big-box stores and Amazon also sell Breville; we didn't check their prices, so compare the total with tax before you buy.
Warranty and returns
Breville's warranty runs by model: ten machines carry two years and the Barista Express, Bambino, and Infuser one year, by the product pages. It covers products bought and used in North America, and the warranty page itself sends you to the product page for the length.
Returns: every machine here can go back within 30 days when bought directly from Breville USA, in new condition with the original packaging. You need a Return Authority number first, and it's valid for 14 days. Parts and accessories bought from Breville can't be returned.
We didn't find financing terms on Breville's product pages, so we don't list any.
Parts and service in the US
Breville repairs by mail: warranty service goes through Breville Support, which sends a prepaid label, and the warranty page says a repair takes up to 10 business days. Breville's site has no service-center locator; its warranty page mentions authorized servicers only for repairs after the warranty ends. If you want someone local to open the machine, that's the main reason to look at the alternatives above.
Breville sells parts on its US site: portafilters, tampers, burr kits, water tanks and filters, steam wand tips and cleaning supplies. The parts page doesn't show model fitment in its text, so check your model number before ordering.
Daily upkeep
Every Breville here asks for two kinds of maintenance: a cleaning cycle with a tablet to clear coffee oils, and descaling to clear mineral scale, each with its own alert. The water filter in the tank slows scale; the manuals give two to three months between filters, depending on the model. Our Breville descaling guide has the steps for each model, and the accessories guide lists the filters and tablets.
Recalls and safety notices
We found no CPSC recall of a Breville espresso or coffee machine as of October 15, 2026. We also didn't find UL or ETL listing records for these models. The only Breville recall in the CPSC database is for a pressure cooker, the BPR600XL, from December 2015, which isn't on this page.
What owners say
Amazon groups reviews by topic, and for the two Breville machines with enough of them, reliability is where owners split. For the Breville Bambino Plus, 186 of 330 reviews that mention reliability are negative, and 83 of 97 that mention durability; for the Breville Barista Express Impress, it's 61 of 102. Espresso quality reads the other way: 182 of 202 positive for the Bambino Plus and 62 of 73 for the Express Impress (Amazon ratings 4.1/5 from 2,422 and 4.2/5 from 1,124, checked October 15, 2026).
On r/espresso, reliability posts are rare in what we read: 4 of 1,016 posts for the Bambino Plus (December 2025 to October 2026) and 8 of 269 for the Express Impress, 6 of them about the grinder. That's one site per model, so treat it as a question to ask before you buy, not a failure rate. Our Barista Express Impress review has the threads.
Questions people ask
Is Breville a good espresso machine brand?
For a first home setup, it's the brand that does the most for you: nine of 13 machines we track have a built-in grinder and eleven have PID. The weak spots are mail-in-only service and a 54 mm portafilter on most models, and Amazon owners split on reliability for the Bambino Plus and Express Impress.
Which Breville espresso machine should I get for home?
If you have a grinder, the Breville Bambino Plus ($499.95); if you don't, the Breville Barista Express Impress ($799.95), which grinds and helps with the dose and tamp. Both carry a 2-year warranty. The Barista Express costs $100 less than the Express Impress and has a 1-year warranty.
How long do Breville espresso machines last?
Breville doesn't publish a lifespan. What it does publish is the warranty: two years on most machines here, one year on the Barista Express, Bambino, and Infuser. Following the cleaning and descaling alerts and replacing the water filter on schedule is the part you control.
Is Breville or De'Longhi better?
It depends on what you weigh. Both list 30-day returns and two-year warranties on most models. De'Longhi lists an authorized service network in the US for every De'Longhi machine on our list, while Breville repairs by mail only. On our list, Breville has nine semi-automatic machines with a built-in grinder to De'Longhi's one, and five of De'Longhi's nine are super-automatics.
What's the difference between the Breville Bambino and the Bambino Plus?
Both use ThermoJet heating, PID and a 54 mm portafilter. The Breville Bambino Plus adds automatic milk frothing and carries a 2-year warranty at $499.95; the Breville Bambino has a manual steam wand and a 1-year warranty at $299.95.