BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE WITH ENHANCED CONTROL MEANS

The invention proposes a beverage production device for preparing single-component and/or multi-component beverages comprising: a brewing unit for preparing the component, a user interface (1) providing a plurality of buttons or keys (1a, 1b, 1c) designed for being mechanically operated by a user and having a graphical identification item (3a,3b,3c) associated to the respective button or key (1a, 1b, 1c), a display (2) for displaying information as to the beverages and a plurality of selectable and dynamically allocated functions (5a,5b,5c) by selective pressure on said button or keys (1a, 1b, 1c) of said user interface (1), the display (2) being separated from the user interface (1) and being designed to illustrate a currently set mapping of the respective buttons or keys (1a, 1b, 1c) of the user interface (1) to a selective one of a plurality of functions (5a,5b,5c) by representing the currently set function in close vicinity to a graphical representation (4a,4b,4c) of the respective identification item (3a,3b,3c) of the button or key (1a, 1b, 1c).