- Coffee & Espresso Quality+1 pts
the espresso has a nice crema, honey-colored body, and a large stripe of black
- Speed & Throughput+1 pts
Espresso: As it’s a superautomatic machine, I didn’t have high hopes for the E8’s espresso brewing. It’s a known fact that automatic machines can’t make ‘true’ espresso. Unfortunately there’s nothing the user can do about this — it’s just an occupational hazard with having an automatic coffee machine. The default size of an espresso on the E8 is 45ml. This is about 10ml more than the usually accepted size of a double shot — 36g. You can adjust the espresso dose from 25ml to 90ml. You can also adjust the intensity, but as the E8 grinds the beans inside the machine, I can’t measure the ratio of coffee to water for each intensity level — trust me, I wish I could! I can get very nerdy and granular about coffee. The Jura E8 can make shot after shot in quick succession. I’ve been able to make 3 drinks in about a minute and a half on the E8. If you value speed over ‘technically’ correct espresso, this is definitely the machine for you. Here’s a photograph of the espresso. I adjusted the dose to 35ml (closest to the ideal shot volume of 36g) and changed the intensity to ‘4’ beans out of 8. As you can see, the espresso has a nice crema, honey-colored body, and a large stripe of black. I too
- Drinks, Sizes & Customization+1 pts
You can adjust the espresso dose from 25ml to 90ml.
- Milk & Steam0 pts
Can’t adjust milk texture
- Ease, Setup & Daily Workflow+1 pts
The Jura E8 is speedy, attractive, and convenient.
- Cleaning & Maintenance0 pts
All you have to do is start a cleaning process on the screen and follow the instructions. It’s practically foolproof.
- Size, Fit & Ergonomics-1 pts
it would never fit in my kitchen.
- Value & Resource Efficiency-1 pts
This means that the Jura E8 uses 64 ounces of water to make 8 drinks, and most of that water ends up in the drip tray.
