This has 3 options for the strength of the coffee when using whole beans. An option for a small expresso, over ice and ground coffee. It is a little loud grinding the beans, so I wait till my 4 year old is awake because any noise of me enjoying 5 seconds of peace by myself wakes him up. I need to experiment with the ground coffee, seemed a little weak compared to when I use a different coffee pot. I might not have used enough coffee for the size cup I picked.  The clean up of this machine is very easy. I clean it after every use. I need to probably order whole beans online, as I can't find any good ones at the store. I do love the options on this machine and will probably only use this one. Or I will steal it for my home office and the rest of the house can use the other coffee machine.