A machine having an operative orientation for dispensing a beverage and comprising: - a module having a cavity and a cavity outlet for guiding said beverage out of the cavity, the cavity being delimited by a first module part and a second module part, at least one of the parts (11,12) being movable along a module direction into a position distant from the other part for transferring an ingredient capsule to and/or from the cavity and into a position close to the other part for processing said capsule in the cavity to form said beverage, the other part being for example stationary; - a guide that has a guide outlet and that is movable between: - a dispensing position for receiving said beverage from the cavity outlet and guiding said beverage along a guide direction to the guide outlet and out thereof so as to be dispensed to a beverage dispensing area in which a user-recipient can be placed for collecting said beverage; and - a non-dispensing position for preventing liquid, e.g. residual beverage or other waste liquid, from being guided out of the guide outlet to the dispensing area, optionally the guide and/or the at least one of the parts (11,12) being moved by an actuator, e.g. a motor, such as an actuator connected to the guide and/or to the at least one of the parts (11,12) via a mechanical transmission, e.g. comprising at least one of a worm drive, toothed wheel (32,34), toothed pinion and cam arrangement (35,36), characterised in that the guide direction is horizontally angled away from the module direction when the machine is in its operative orientation, such as horizontally angled away by an angle in the range of 45 to 135 deg., such as 60 to 120 deg., for instance 75 to 105 deg., for example 85 to 95 deg., e.g. an angle of about 90 deg. - a module having a cavity and a cavity outlet for guiding said beverage out of the cavity, the cavity being delimited by a first module part and a second module part, at least one of the parts (11,12) being movable along a module direction into a position distant from the other part for transferring an ingredient capsule to and/or from the cavity and into a position close to the other part for processing said capsule in the cavity to form said beverage, the other part being for example stationary; - a guide that has a guide outlet and that is movable between: - a dispensing position for receiving said beverage from the cavity outlet and guiding said beverage along a guide direction to the guide outlet and out thereof so as to be dispensed to a beverage dispensing area in which a user-recipient can be placed for collecting said beverage; and - a non-dispensing position for preventing liquid, e.g. residual beverage or other waste liquid, from being guided out of the guide outlet to the dispensing area, - a dispensing position for receiving said beverage from the cavity outlet and guiding said beverage along a guide direction to the guide outlet and out thereof so as to be dispensed to a beverage dispensing area in which a user-recipient can be placed for collecting said beverage; and - a non-dispensing position for preventing liquid, e.g. residual beverage or other waste liquid, from being guided out of the guide outlet to the dispensing area,