I must honestly confess that I do not claim that the coffee tastes better afterward, but at least leads to regular cleaning, the machine in daily use works just fine for 5 years. However, you should really not too many of those things acquire (s. Tip with the packs of 25), as these fall sometime and you can not be sure if they are still clean. Anyway, I so happened and every time, although the full cleaning took place, however, the display did not disappear "Cleaning the machine", which disappeared only after the use of new tablets. The price is indeed proud, but it was for the machine so also no bargain and who buys a Mercedes, the parts finally not bring even the Japanese traders.