We have already a coffee maker with grinder from BEEM. The still works just fine. My husband also drinks like espresso but I now also love to latte macchiato, etc.! Since we bought this machine. There is a similar machine, but much more expensive. Other machines I have not found. There seems to be only those of Beem and the other manufacturer. So firstly makes a sensational espresso, cappuccino and secondly a sensational third a sensational bar. The whole is there also in small or large (small espresso, great espresso, cappuccino, etc. less)! It turns on the machine and in a few seconds the light turns solid blue buttons. Then just press on single espresso, double espresso, small cappuccino, great cappuccino, latte or less large bar and off you go. For cappuccino and latte, the milk is sucked out of the milk tank and chased into the cup. There is also an adjustment knob, with the art can adjust more milk or more foam. After milk, espresso runs through. Astray. Tastes gigantic if one takes the right course coffee or espresso. Extremely hot, so hot that you almost burns. But coffee is to be yes scalded with 95 ° C - so perfect! One can each button press as often if you want to have more coffee or milk and arbitrarily stop by pressing the same button. There is no maintenance or messages, how to clean the machine, or check out tabs (the tabs expensive !!!). The cleaning is easy. One of the buttons hold down for 3 seconds and it knocks the steam through all the channels and everything is clean. From design and the elegant chrome, it leaves nothing to be desired, so we see great and really nice and classy. But wait, I can make a great latte cup underneath, because of the high distance. I want a small cup of espresso, I pull out an extra high drip tray from the container under the milk tank. I take back a big cup, I push the drip tray back under the device of the milk tank. The milk tank is removable and can in the refrigerator. There are 2 filters for espresso going for a normal or double espresso. With the normal filter I also from time to time normal pads or 15 bar pads of Illy (our favorite espresso at the moment)! The normal pads keep the pressure off. I think the machine has 20 bars, but am not sure. No matter, it all comes through, no matter how firmly you presses. I would highly recommend this machine highly enough. My husband is thrilled. Keep it Beem. You know you do not like that!