I was excited for this coffee maker since it was a combo espresso maker and did a lot of research.  This was supposed to be a really good machine but we encountered several issues.  The Bold button would constantly flash when making coffee so we had to manually push it to stop every time.  The portafilter was extremely hard twisting it onto the machine that my husband had to do it for me.  And the last issue  we had was water pouring out the  back of the machine as if it was clogged somewhere.  So for these reasons we are returning.