I love my De'Longhi Magnifico Evo Espresso Machine. It does pretty much whatever I want with coffee. It makes espresso, regular coffee, Americano, cappuccino, and even for iced coffee. This is an automatic espresso machine, which means it grinds and packs for you and measures out the water needed from it's tank. You can use whole bean or ground coffee in this machine. It has an adjustable gauge for how fine you want the beans ground. I have tried every setting on it and it makes the best coffee I've ever had. It has a steamed milk wand and it will also make hot water if you want tea. I love that this machine does an auto rinse before/after each cup. Keeps the machine clean and the taste fresh. The instructions (with lots of pictures) were easy to follow. I'm drinking more coffee now than I ever have before and I honestly prefer my coffee now than any of the coffee shops that I used to visit.