About Breville
Breville was founded in 1932 in Sydney, Australia, when Bill O'Brien and Harry Norville combined their surnames into the company name. The business started out making radios, switched to manufacturing mine detectors during the Second World War, and moved into kitchen appliances through the 1960s. Today Breville Group Ltd is a publicly traded manufacturer headquartered in Alexandria, New South Wales, with a coffee lineup that spans grind-and-brew machines, prosumer espresso machines, standalone burr grinders, and milk frothers -- the same engineering team behind the products we've tested across five separate categories on Brew Gazette.
That engineering has been recognized well outside Amazon review counts: Breville is the only company to have won Australia's national design award four times, holds more than 100 active patents, and its espresso machines have repeatedly taken the Specialty Coffee Association's Best New Product award in the consumer electrical category, most recently with the Barista Pro. The details that keep showing up when we test their gear -- PID-controlled boiler temperature on the Barista Express, induction heating on the Milk Cafe frother, a true conical burr on the Smart Grinder Pro -- track with a company built around control and repeatability rather than gimmicks.
Brand website: breville.com
What Breville makes
Breville's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Barista Express BES870XL
semi-automatic espresso machine with an integrated conical burr grinder and PID temperature control -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
Bambino BES450BSS
compact espresso machine with a 3-second ThermoJet heat-up -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
Grind Control BDC650BSS
grind-and-brew drip coffee maker with independent grind and strength control -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
Smart Grinder Pro BCG820BSS
60-setting conical burr grinder for drip and espresso -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
Milk Cafe BMF600XL
induction milk frother with hot and cold foam settings -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
Oracle Touch & Barista Touch
super-automatic bean-to-cup espresso machines with built-in grinders and touchscreen controls
Why we recognized Breville
The Brew Gazette Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Breville earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, brewed with daily, and judged on what lands in the cup.
Breville products we rated highly
Breville Barista Express BES870XL Espresso Machine
The integrated conical burr grinder takes you from whole bean to a dosed portafilter in under a minute, so you're always pulling shots with freshly ground coffee instead of pre-ground or stale beans. A single thermocoil boiler paired with PID temperature control holds brew water in a tight, repeatable window shot after shot, and sixteen grind settings plus an adjustable dose let it handle everything from light Scandinavian roasts to dark Italian ones. In our testing it carried the deepest owner community of any prosumer machine we reviewed, with over 27,000 Amazon reviews at a 4.5-star average and an enormous library of dial-in guides.
Read the 7 Best Espresso Machines of 2026 guide →
Breville Bambino BES450BSS Espresso Machine
The ThermoJet heating system reaches extraction temperature in about three seconds, so there's no five-minute warm-up standing between you and your first shot on a busy morning. Its automatic steam wand delivers cafe-grade microfoam with far less skill than a manual wand requires, and the 54mm portafilter taps into Breville's wider accessory ecosystem of precision baskets and bottomless portafilters. In our testing it stood out as the compact option for small counters, at a 4.0-star average across roughly 3,000 ratings.
Read the 7 Best Espresso Machines of 2026 guide →
Breville BDC650BSS Grind Control Coffee Maker
It's the only grind-and-brew machine in our testing that lets you dial the grind amount and the brew strength independently, so a partial pot gets exactly what it needs instead of a fixed scoop. A genuine conical burr grinder crushes beans to an even particle size, the single biggest lever on cup quality, and a double-wall stainless thermal carafe keeps the finished pot hot for hours without a scorching hot plate. We noted it demands consistent cleaning of the grind chute to stay at its best, an honest tradeoff for the control it offers.
Read the 9 Best Coffee Makers with Grinders of 2026 guide →
Breville Milk Cafe BMF600XL Electric Milk Frother
It uses induction heating rather than a hot plate, warming milk gently and evenly without the scorched taste that plagues cheaper electric frothers. A variable temperature dial and two included froth disks, one for latte milk and one for thicker cappuccino foam, let you tune both heat and texture, and the 25-ounce jug froths enough for three drinks at once. In our testing everything but the power base went in the dishwasher, and it held up as the sturdiest build of any frother in the category.
Read the 9 Best Milk Frothers of 2026 guide →
Breville Smart Grinder Pro BCG820BSS
Dual portafilter cradles let you grind hands-free straight into a 50-54mm or 58mm basket, and a dose-by-shots timer gives a new barista a repeatable dose before they own a scale. Sixty stepped settings span espresso-fine to French-press coarse, and in our testing it carried the deepest review history of any grinder we looked at, with nearly 7,000 ratings and a well-documented fix for its one known quirk, an occasional stall on dense, oily beans.
Read the 9 Best Espresso Grinders of 2026 guide →What earned Breville the recognition
- Two Breville machines earned top marks in separate categories of Brew Gazette's coffee equipment testing -- the Barista Express BES870XL among espresso machines and the Grind Control BDC650BSS among coffee makers with built-in grinders -- each judged on its own cup quality and control, not just brand recognition.
- Independently verified design credibility: Breville is the only company to have won Australia's national design award four times and holds more than 100 active patents, and its espresso machines have repeatedly won the Specialty Coffee Association's Best New Product award.
- The Barista Express's PID-controlled single thermocoil boiler held brew temperature steady shot after shot in our testing, the detail a Q Grader tastes as the difference between a balanced, sweet extraction and a sour or scorched one.
- Breville products turned up as a genuine top pick across five separate Brew Gazette roundups -- espresso machines, coffee makers with grinders, coffee grinders, espresso grinders, and milk frothers -- a breadth few single brands match in our testing.
- Built its coffee lineup on the same design-and-engineering identity across nearly a century, from a 1932 radio manufacturer in Sydney to a global appliance maker headquartered in Alexandria, New South Wales, still tuning details like induction heating and conical burrs rather than chasing feature lists.