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I have owned my Mr. Coffee Espresso maker for about 5 years now and it has never disappointed. I make a latte/cappuccino for my wife and myself almost every morning and sometimes at night as well. The steam wand works great once you get the simple procedure dialed in. The espresso comes out great every time. This has been one of the best investments because before we bought this unit we made a stop at Starbucks quite often and that get pricey. And now that we figured out you can purchase the flavors from Starbucks, such as vanilla, I can make a latte that taste almost exactly like the latte we used to get at Starbucks. I had trouble at first figuring out a good procedure to fallow so for those who are interested, Procedure I use to make Latte/Cappuccino: 1. Fill reservoir with 4 cup water. (I use store bought drinking water) 2. Fill 2 large coffee cups with about 1/3 cold milk and 4 pumps Starbucks vanilla flavor. (Starbucks vanilla flavor purchased from Starbucks) 3. Fill espresso filter to top and tamp down to about 2 cups. (purchase a decent tamper because the scoop does not work great for tamping) 4. Put espresso filter and carafe into position for brewing. 5. Plug Mr. Coffee unit in and turn dial to steam. (Good idea to put an empty cup under steam wand tip to catch and dripping water while steam gets up to temp) 6. Wait to see that the steam comes out of the wand without dripping water. (looking for a "dry" constant steam) 7. Turn steam off 8. Holding the coffee cup containing your milk, insert the seam wand into the milk and turn steam back on full. (while steaming milk I like to move the wand in and out of the cup, don't take wand out of milk, until the froth reaches the top of the cup, almost overflowing the cup. Try not to create bubbles as much as you can. It's a little unavoidable at first. After froth reaches desired level I'll put the wand deep into the cup to get the temperature of the milk up. Hot to the touch.) 9. Repeat step 8 for second cup. 10. Turn Mr. Coffee dial to brew and brew two cups of espresso. 11. Pour espresso into coffee cups with frothed milk, stir mixture with spoon, then serve. Make sure to clean your machine after every use! I am sure this is why my unit has lasted so long.