De'Longhi's Magnifica Evo espresso machine works better than I thought.  I've had no experience with espresso machines before so I can't compare it to other espresso machines, but I can tell you that compared to my current coffee set-up -- there is no comparison.  The Evo has six different pre-sets, including Americano and long coffee, espresso, hot water for tea.  The grinder has several settings too, from finer to coarser.   It took me a while to get the hang of everything and that was even with reading the manual, which I wish was a little more detailed for us "new to espresso machine" users.  The milk frother is fun to use.  The appliance itself is modern looking and looks beautiful on my counter.  Overall, once you get the hang of using this, you will never want (or need) another coffee station.  I would also like to add that it comes with an exceptional warranty from De'Longhi.