This is our first experience so not much to compare to. Small cups for the tasty espresso would be helpful. Teenager likes the coffee and milk frother! We also purchased caramel and vanilla flavours to enhance the coffee experience! The coffee pods are bigger than I anticipated and I would like to be able to purchase in store rather than online. Would be great to buy sample boxes at a discount too as opposed to having to purchase 10 pods of the same at a time.