the primary espresso machine functions i e those of espresso and coffee preparation by means of a brewing head 32 having two brewing head outlets 35 and 36 the brewing head 32 is connected with the hot water container 16 via a cold water pipe 25 a flow meter 26 a pump 27 a continuous flow heater 28 a two way solenoid valve 29 and a hot water pipe 31 in which a stop valve 30 is disposed from the two way solenoid valve 29 furthermore a hot water pipe 33 is branched off which leads to a hot water outlet 34 from fig2 it can furthermore be taken that downstream of the pump 27 branched off from cold water pipe 25 a a rinsing water pipe 24 leads via a solenoid valve 23 to the cold water inlet 7 of the multi path valve 1 the milk inlet 5 of the multi path valve 1 is moreover connected via a milk supply pipe 12 with a milk container 13 in fig2 additionally a programmable control comprising a selection group 38 and a program storage and control unit 39 is diagrammatically indicated non designated outlets of the program storage and control unit 39 lead to the elements of the espresso machine which correspond to the position reference numerals provided on the respective outlets the abbreviation u201c sp u201d means u201c.