An apparatus for making a beverage by infusion of a food substance contained in a capsule, the apparatus comprising: - a supporting frame; - an infusion unit which defines an infusion chamber intended to receive the capsule, the infusion unit comprising a first member and a second member, the first member being movable relative to the second member between a home position, in which the first member and the second member are spaced apart from each other and the infusion chamber is open and allows loading of the capsule into the infusion chamber or removal of the capsule from the infusion chamber, and an operating position, in which the first member and the second member are coupled to each other and the infusion chamber is closed; - beverage making parts which are configured to feed a liquid substance through the food substance contained in the capsule; and - a loader for loading the capsule into the infusion chamber, the loader having an insertion opening for inserting the capsule into the loader, a receiving seat for receiving the inserted capsule and an outfeed opening through which the capsule can come out of the receiving seat towards the infusion chamber; characterised in that the loader is movable relative to the supporting frame between a first position and a second position, the movement of the loader from the first position to the second position, and vice versa, being coordinated with the movement of the first member from the home position to the operating position, and vice versa, in such a way that when the first member is in the home position the loader is in the first position and that when the first member is in the operating position the loader is in the second position, the first position being a loading position in which the receiving seat is in communication with the open infusion chamber through the outfeed opening, so that in use the capsule in the receiving seat comes out of the receiving seat through the outfeed opening and is loaded into the infusion chamber, the second position being a receiving position in which the outfeed opening is blocked, so that in use the capsule, which is inserted in the loader and is received in the receiving seat, cannot come out through the outfeed opening and remains in the receiving seat. - a supporting frame; - an infusion unit which defines an infusion chamber intended to receive the capsule, the infusion unit comprising a first member and a second member, the first member being movable relative to the second member between a home position, in which the first member and the second member are spaced apart from each other and the infusion chamber is open and allows loading of the capsule into the infusion chamber or removal of the capsule from the infusion chamber, and an operating position, in which the first member and the second member are coupled to each other and the infusion chamber is closed; - beverage making parts which are configured to feed a liquid substance through the food substance contained in the capsule; and - a loader for loading the capsule into the infusion chamber, the loader having an insertion opening for inserting the capsule into the loader, a receiving seat for receiving the inserted capsule and an outfeed opening through which the capsule can come out of the receiving seat towards the infusion chamber; characterised in that the loader is movable relative to the supporting frame between a first position and a second position, the movement of the loader from the first position to the second position, and vice versa, being coordinated with the movement of the first member from the home position to the operating position, and vice versa, in such a way that when the first member is in the home position the loader is in the first position and that when the first member is in the operating position the loader is in the second position, the first position being a loading position in which the receiving seat is in communication with the open infusion chamber through the outfeed opening, so that in use the capsule in the receiving seat comes out of the receiving seat through the outfeed opening and is loaded into the infusion chamber, the second position being a receiving position in which the outfeed opening is blocked, so that in use the capsule, which is inserted in the loader and is received in the receiving seat, cannot come out through the outfeed opening and remains in the receiving seat.