A machine for making espresso ice-cream, of the the type comprising a pressurized gas refrigerating circuit composed of a compressor, a condenser, one or more lamination valves as well as coils in thermal exchange relationship with a mixture storage vat and a mixing and whipping cylinder, characterized in that the said refrigeration circuit further comprises an evaporator as well as tubes and valves to connect, alternatively and selectively, the components of the circuit itself, the evaporator and the coils in one of the following orders: