the description of the article mentions a capacity of 12 cups. Already have an Italian coffee maker 3 cups I have likened 4 times the capacity of this, but no, speak when my 3 cups espresso cup, it promises 12 cups has not espresso. So beware. A cup not worth the same, I would have preferred the capacity in dl (6dl here). I flipped article reimbursed by amazon, I can not judge otherwise this article.