This purchase was a gift for my mother. His return is: satisfied to get a little black so quickly !! Some tips to use (because we can not repeat enough): Fill the coffee bean hopper reasonably, not too little (this would broth) or too much (coffee powder saturated with water may overinflate ) and careful not to force the bar to secure the tank. We can not straighten right in the middle but apparently this is normal. The more the cappuccino: do not hesitate to plunge the well shaft milk frother in the milk, and wait a little foam it really like when you beat egg whites!