The semi-autos and full-autos are the best for mass consumation of coffee without the cleanup hassle. I think my espresso machine is one of the things aside from my bike that requires a higher maintenance to operation ratio. Well, okay so I'm not that bad with my bike but I do spend a lot of time maintaining it... if only for fun. I have contemplated going to a commercial food store and seeing what the price was on those full-auto machines. The home autos like from Capresso don't do it all but they take care of most. You're still required to manually froth.