Now we have the machine (machine is actually the misnomer for this sleek, shiny creature) for several weeks now in daily use. At the beginning you frightened by the many statements in the "book" (as usual today in 23 languages - I rausgerupft the German part and re-clamped together; because wars only one booklet). And also to the not yet familiar sounds (meal, Grrr, Spotz, slurp, hissing, Tröppel etc.) have to get used. Meanwhile, we have become friends: they know what we want and we know what she wants. They also signaled unmistakably with small red icons that disappear when one has fulfilled their wishes. Actually, there are always little things that she complained: eg no water in the tank, overflow full, instant coffee, etc. Speaking of open container of instant coffee: an ingenious device, this separate opening for the use of already ground coffee. Since you can try a different variety (possibly by the guest brought) fast times. But for all the beans you get two containers so you can pour on the one hand regular coffee, on the other espresso. Now for the most important, the coffee: nice and hot and it is nice and strong. On the right attitude, we are still working; you can try out wonderful, what suits one. And then the unpleasant part: after cleaning. Half as bad! The overflow container with pressed Altkaffeeküchlein possible to deduce easy, empty, rinse and replace. Similarly, the brewing unit: Around locking lever, take out the whole unit, rinse and replace. The milk nozzle is also easy to clean: remove, rinse and re-insert. All in all: wonderful coffee, little work, chic look. We are very satisfied. Addendum: before buying (via Amazon - as always without problems), we obtained information on countless machines, both in business and in the Web. Extremely helpful the reviews on the Amazon pages; Finally, they were decisive for the purchase.