Breville Bambino Plus vs Bambino
The only meaningful difference is milk. The Bambino Plus adds automatic, hands-free steaming; the standard Bambino has a manual wand and costs less. If you'll learn to steam (or mostly drink espresso), save the money.
Head to headHighest overall score: Breville Bambino Plus (8.5 vs 8.0) — but pick by how you brew.
What the extra money buys — The Bambino Plus costs about $200 more than the standard Bambino. The only meaningful thing that buys is milk: automatic, hands-free texturing to a set temperature and foam, with no technique required. Espresso quality and footprint are the same on both, so if you will learn to steam, or mostly drink espresso, the cheaper Bambino gives up nothing else.
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Which one wins — for you
Automatic milk texturing — no technique required.
Cheaper for the same espresso quality and footprint.
A manual wand gives you full control once you learn it.
Score by dimension
BrewSift sub-scores for espresso. The longer bar wins each row.
Specs side by side
The bottom line
The right pick depends on how you brew — match the machine to your actual use case using the “which one wins” cards above. If you just want the stronger all-rounder, the Breville Bambino Plus edges it on our overall score (8.5 vs 8.0).