Beverage-making machine for making a beverage

The invention relates to a beverage-making machine (10) for making a beverage from a portion capsule by introducing an extraction liquid into the portion capsule, having a housing (17), a capsule insertion opening (11), a closing unit (1), and a closing element (14). The housing (17) has the capsule insertion opening (11), through which the portion capsule can be inserted into the capsule detection module (5), and the closing element (14) is part of the closing unit (1). The closing element can be manually moved between an open position, in which the capsule insertion opening (11) is accessible, and a closed position, in which the closing element (14) closes the capsule insertion opening (11). The beverage-making machine (10) is characterized by a capsule detection module (5) which is designed to detect a capsule, which is introduced through the capsule insertion opening and which is located at a capsule detection position, using defined features. The beverage-making machine (10) is designed to automatically trigger the capsule detection process after the closing element (14) has assumed the closed position.