Overall experience emphasizes convenience and simplicity: automatic drinks and customizable milk/espresso volumes with a demonstrated self-clean step, suggesting a smoother daily routine than some prior takes that emphasized cleanup tradeoffs.
Comes with the essentials to start brewing, including a metal portafilter-style holder, single/double baskets, a tamper, and a scoop, plus spare milk tubing.
Brewing performance is on par with the CM 5418, delivering better-than-expected results for a budget Casabrews machine; the pressure gauge remains a helpful tool for basic dialing-in.