A machine for dispensing a beverage from a capsule containing a beverage ingredient, comprising: - an external housing (10,30,30',40,50,60) having an external front face and optionally at least one of: one or more external lateral side faces (30,30'); an external rear face; an external top face; and an external bottom face; - a beverage outlet located on the external front face and above a front area for placing a user-receptacle (3,4) for collecting beverage dispensed from the outlet; - a capsule handling device that is located in the housing (10,30,30',40,50,60) and that is fluidically connected to the beverage outlet and that has a first part and a second part that are relatively movable between a transfer position for receiving and/or evacuating said capsule and an extraction position for extracting said capsule between the first and second parts (71,72); - an opening in the external housing (10, 30, 30', 40, 50, 60), such as in said external front or lateral or rear or top face (10,30,30',40,50), which opening leads into a passage for guiding said capsule to the capsule handling device with its parts in the transfer position, which parts are then relatively movable to their extraction position for extracting said capsule; - a cover that is movable adjacent to the external housing (10,30,30',40,50,60), such as slidable and/or pivotable, between an open position away from the opening for allowing insertion of said capsule into the passage via the opening and a closed position over or across the opening to prevent insertion of said capsule into the passage via the opening; and - a user-interface which is operable by a user to extract said capsule between the first and second parts (71,72) in their extraction position, optionally the first and second parts (71,72) being: - movable manually, such as by a user-handle, and/or movable automatically, such as by a motor, between the transfer and the extraction positions; and/or - arranged to form in the extraction position a mixing chamber for housing said capsule, e.g. a brewing chamber, such as a chamber delimited by at least a cavity in one of said first and second parts (71,72) and by a cooperating cavity or lid formed by the other of said first and second parts (71,72), characterised in that the user-interface is: - covered by the cover when the cover is in the open position so that the user-interface is inoperable by said user when the capsule handling device is accessible from outside via the opening and the passage; and - uncovered by the cover when the cover is in the closed position so that the user-interface is operable by said user when the capsule handling device is inaccessible from outside via the opening and the passage. - an external housing (10,30,30',40,50,60) having an external front face and optionally at least one of: one or more external lateral side faces (30,30'); an external rear face; an external top face; and an external bottom face; - a beverage outlet located on the external front face and above a front area for placing a user-receptacle (3,4) for collecting beverage dispensed from the outlet; - a capsule handling device that is located in the housing (10,30,30',40,50,60) and that is fluidically connected to the beverage outlet and that has a first part and a second part that are relatively movable between a transfer position for receiving and/or evacuating said capsule and an extraction position for extracting said capsule between the first and second parts (71,72); - an opening in the external housing (10, 30, 30', 40, 50, 60), such as in said external front or lateral or rear or top face (10,30,30',40,50), which opening leads into a passage for guiding said capsule to the capsule handling device with its parts in the transfer position, which parts are then relatively movable to their extraction position for extracting said capsule; - a cover that is movable adjacent to the external housing (10,30,30',40,50,60), such as slidable and/or pivotable, between an open position away from the opening for allowing insertion of said capsule into the passage via the opening and a closed position over or across the opening to prevent insertion of said capsule into the passage via the opening; and - a user-interface which is operable by a user to extract said capsule between the first and second parts (71,72) in their extraction position, - movable manually, such as by a user-handle, and/or movable automatically, such as by a motor, between the transfer and the extraction positions; and/or - arranged to form in the extraction position a mixing chamber for housing said capsule, e.g. a brewing chamber, such as a chamber delimited by at least a cavity in one of said first and second parts (71,72) and by a cooperating cavity or lid formed by the other of said first and second parts (71,72), - covered by the cover when the cover is in the open position so that the user-interface is inoperable by said user when the capsule handling device is accessible from outside via the opening and the passage; and - uncovered by the cover when the cover is in the closed position so that the user-interface is operable by said user when the capsule handling device is inaccessible from outside via the opening and the passage.