Had issues with it making espresso, the very thing it was made to do. I tried everything, but the pressure seemed to be too much. Tried more coffee, packing it down harder(putting body weight on it) and grinding the coffee with a flat burr grinder to a powder grain. still came out to quick and looked like regular strong coffee. Sad too cause it looks amazing and I really wanted a 58mm portafilter machine. Also, the gauge on front barely went to the espresso mark but I dont think I could have done more than i did, compacting it to almost solid, grinding to fine powder, and putting in so much coffee that it hardly closed. Wasted a lot of coffee trying to get it to do well but now, Im done. Again, sad, I really liked it and the price was awesome.