The small Krups fully automatic is the successor of our 8 year old Krups Siziliana. After 3 weeks of use I can say that I am very happy with the small machine. We use them but only for regular coffee. Espresso I have not tried, because my type of coffee it is not well suited. It is nice that the Machine to the last settings, eg water quantity noted. The only minor drawback for me is that the cup size is limited to 160 ml. Ie large Kaffeepötte be only half full or have dual Coffee (2 times coffee grind) are filled.