Breville BES500 how to clean the steam wand
After every use, and when the steam wand blocked alert shows or frothing gets weaker.
Steps
- After texturing, wipe the wand with a damp cloth and lower it so it purges automatically.
- If tip holes are blocked, purge the wand by hand: with the wand lowered, hold STEAM for 5 seconds.
- If it stays blocked, unscrew the tip with the steam tip cleaning tool (stored under the water tank) and clear the holes with the tool.
- Rinse the tip, dry it, screw it back on and purge the wand.
Source: Care & Cleaning: Cleaning the steam wand Source: Care & Cleaning: Cleaning the steam wand, pp. 18–19
Used for
- MILK TEMP and MILK FOAM lights all flashing, STEAM light off: The machine detected a blocked steam wand and stopped texturing. The lights flash until the wand has been cleared.
- No steam
Other BES500 procedures
- How to run the cleaning cycleWhen the 1 CUP and 2 CUP buttons flash alternately (every 200 extractions). It is separate from descaling.
- How to descale the Bambino PlusWhen the 1 CUP and STEAM buttons and the 2 CUP button flash alternately for 15 seconds.
Sources
- the Bambino Plus Instruction Book, BES500 Series (English, Canadian French and Mexican Spanish edition). Breville Pty Ltd. Document BES500 USCM, revision Y25, 2025, 72 pages, en-US. assets.breville.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
Page numbers are the numbers printed in the manual. Where this page and the manual differ, follow the manual.