JURA J80 Overview
The J80 super-automatic is an impressive one-touch machine capable of brewing and steaming up all your favorite espresso and milk-based drinks, such as: an espresso, ristretto, long coffee, latte macchiato, or cappuccino. Also available, for hot cocoa or tea lattes, are hot water and milk foam features, which can be programmed to produce a custom amount of water or frothed milk.
Features and Performance
Each drink can be customized depending on your personal preferences, across five strength settings, two brew temperature settings, and coffee volume to taste. JURA’s Fine Foam Frother allows you to adjust milk density with a quick twist of a dial before, or during, brewing. For us at the office, this control is critical and makes the difference between a latte macchiato and a cappuccino incredibly clear.
JURA’s integrated Intelligent Pre-Brew Aroma pre-infusion system fully saturates grounds before brewing to ensure you get the best possible extraction out of the espresso. Our favorite subtle, but important feature is the 16 gram brew group adjustable across five strength settings for a true double shot of espresso. Not many super-automatics can boast this same brew group size outside of the JURA line.
Conveniently, it’s as simple to keep clean as it is to brew with. Install the Clearyl Blue water filter in the J80’s 2 L reservoir to ensure great tasting coffee and reduce the need for descaling.
As on all JURA machines, the cleaning cycles on the J80 are completely automated, and a warning pops up on the screen to let you know it’s time for a little maintenance. All you have to do is add the designated cleaner and press start and the J80 cleans its own brew group, milk system or descales the boiler system.
Why You Should Get It
The J80 is incredibly easy to use, with a rotary dial that cycles through options on the full color, LCD display, allowing you to easily select a drink to personalize or brew. You can even brew one to go with the J80’s extra tall 6” spouts. The 11 pre-programmed specialties offer a generous selection of fun coffee drinks, and the 16 gram brew group will brew them with full flavor results.