Cleaning due · Sage / Breville Bambino Plus
Sage / Breville Bambino Plus: 1 CUP and 2 CUP buttons flashing alternately
200 extractions have been made since the last cleaning cycle: the group head needs cleaning. This is a flushing cycle, separate from descaling.
- Which light
- Cup, drink or strength buttons
- Colour
- Colour not named by the maker
- Steady or flashing
- Lights taking turns
What Sage / Breville says to do
- Put the cleaning disc in the filter basket, a cleaning tablet on top, and lock the portafilter in.
- Empty the drip tray, put a 2 L container under the portafilter and steam wand, and fill the tank to MAX.
- Hold 1 CUP and 2 CUP for 5 seconds, then press either to start; the lights flash in turn while it runs and the machine returns to ready mode at the end.
From the Bambino Plus — Instruction Book: Functions, Care & Cleaning, Descaling and Troubleshooting. This is the Bambino Plus’s pattern; another Sage / Breville machine may use the same light for something else — check the manual for your model.
Other Sage / Breville Bambino Plus lights
Cleaning due on other machines
The same need shows up as a different light on each machine — which is why a light cannot be read without the machine.
Sources
Every line on this page comes from Sage / Breville’s own documents, read on the date shown. Nothing is taken from third-party manual sites.
- Breville: the Bambino Plus — Instruction Book: Functions, Care & Cleaning, Descaling and Troubleshooting — Bambino Plus BES500, US and Canada instruction book (sold as Sage SES500 in the UK and Europe). assets.breville.com Checked 2026-09-29.