Coffee machine for preparing Lebanese-type, Greek-type, Cypriot-type or Turkish-type coffee comprising: - a machine frame , - a pot which has a bottom wall , a circumferential side wall , an inlet opening provided in an upper portion of the pot , and an outlet opening provided in a lower and outer portion of the pot , wherein the pot is mounted to the machine frame in a manner so as to be pivotable relative to the machine frame about a horizontal pivot axis between a coffee preparation position and a coffee distribution position, in which the outlet opening is positioned at a lower vertical level than in the coffee preparation position, - a valve mechanism including a closure element , wherein the closure element and the pot are movable relative to each other between a closed position, in which the closure element closes the outlet opening , and an opened position, in which the closure element releases the outlet opening , - a pivot device which is connected to the pot and by operation of which the pot can be caused to pivot between the coffee preparation and coffee distribution positions thereof, and - an operating mechanism which is configured to operate the valve mechanism to move the pot and the closure element relative to each other between the closed position and the opened position, characterized in that the operating mechanism is configured in a manner so that, when the pot is being pivoted from the coffee preparation position to the coffee distribution position, the operating mechanism simultaneously operates the valve mechanism to move the pot and the closure element relative to each other from the closed position to the opened position, and, when the pot is being pivoted from the coffee distribution position to the coffee preparation position, the operating mechanism simultaneously operates the valve mechanism to move the pot and the closure element relative to each other from the opened position to the closed position, wherein the closure element is mounted to the pot so as to be movable relative to the pot between the closed position, in which the closure element closes the outlet opening , and the opened position, in which the closure element releases the outlet opening , and wherein the operating mechanism is a moving mechanism which is connected to the closure element so as to move the closure element , when the pot is pivoted from the coffee preparation position to the coffee distribution position, from the closed position to the opened position, and, when the pot is pivoted from the coffee distribution position to the coffee preparation position, from the opened position to the closed position. - a machine frame , - a pot which has a bottom wall , a circumferential side wall , an inlet opening provided in an upper portion of the pot , and an outlet opening provided in a lower and outer portion of the pot , wherein the pot is mounted to the machine frame in a manner so as to be pivotable relative to the machine frame about a horizontal pivot axis between a coffee preparation position and a coffee distribution position, in which the outlet opening is positioned at a lower vertical level than in the coffee preparation position, - a valve mechanism including a closure element , wherein the closure element and the pot are movable relative to each other between a closed position, in which the closure element closes the outlet opening , and an opened position, in which the closure element releases the outlet opening , - a pivot device which is connected to the pot and by operation of which the pot can be caused to pivot between the coffee preparation and coffee distribution positions thereof, and - an operating mechanism which is configured to operate the valve mechanism to move the pot and the closure element relative to each other between the closed position and the opened position, <EOS>