IMPORTANT - I messed up ;-), and figured something out, please read the description below for more info.

Due to popular demand, I've created this guide to descaling, cleaning & backflushing with the Sage or Breville Bambino Plus espresso machine.

A quick note first about a mistake I made while backflushing. Loads of other people have noted in forum threads etc., that they can't get the backflushing to work properly, the cleaning tablet doesn't dissolve, etc.,

When I was doing this, I couldn't see the lights around the buttons due to the studio lighting reflecting off the machine, but I could see on the video that it didn't appear that I was actually in the backflushing cycle here. So I doubled back & did it again, and I've figured something out.

1: I'm an idiot.
2: If the machine isn't blinking the 1 and 2 cup shot buttons intermittently to prompt you to backflush, all you're going to do when you follow the instructions, is to re-program the single shot button to the max length.

Meaning, that if you press the one and two cup shot buttons for five seconds as per the instructions, or however long you want, and then press the single shot button, you're now into re-programming the single shot button, and you'll just basically do one backflush for about 60 seconds.

So - if you want to do a backflush without the machine automatically going into the backflush cycle after 200 shots or whatever it actually is - just do a manual backflush.

To do this, whack your cleaning tablet in, and then pull a shot four or five times, basically until your tablet has more or less fully dissolved and is now sitting as soapy bubbles in the drip tray. Just remove the portafilter and have a look after four shots, if the tablet has gone, start rinsing, if not give it another shot.

Then empty the drip tray, and pull a couple more shots until the water going into the drip tray is now clean, and you're done.

That's just the backflushing, I didn't mess up the rest ;-), so you can watch the video for descaling and cleaning the steam wand tip, etc.

Please ignore the fact that I've put a bowl under the group when backflushing, I was mindlessly following the instructions when I did this ;-), but it seems the instructions are currently out of date - at the time they were created, the machine shipped with a cleaning disk with a hole in, so water would come out of the portafilter. Now, though, the Bambino Plus has a blind backflushing disk, so the water doesn't come through the portafilter, it goes directly into the drip tray, so you don't need a jug or bowl when backflushing. You do need a large container when doing the descaling though.

Also, the thinner needle bit on the steam tip cleaner is intended for cleaning the holes in the basket.

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Links:

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Descaling the Bambino Plus:[ Ссылка ]

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Bambino Plus from John Lewis: [ Ссылка ]

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