Although I am not too experienced with espresso, my FAVORITE thing is a latte with warm frothed milk. Essentially I bought this machine for the frother attachment. The frother looks very impressive and clicks on pretty easily. The only frother I have ever used to compare this to is the nespresso frother. I think they are pretty comparable- they both take some time to warm up and make nice milk with a little bit of froth. I with it had made more froth but to be fair I like to used skim milk only. All in all
I was very happy with this machine just wish it created more froth for my latte.