Five Key Differences between the Jura S8 and Jura E8 

Thank you for breaking this down.

if the s8 model costs $1200, is it better to choose the e8 model anyway? I only drink milk drinks, so the most important thing for me is whether the p.e.p. function is possible in milk drinks on the s8 model? or will it require manual rest expresso with p.e.p. technology and then separate milk

Phew, I had purchased the E8 before seeing the review and your helpful summary 😊

Thank you

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the tip!

All Jura or superautomatic machines will produce espresso based coffee, closer to an Americano, very delicious but not drip coffee. We would recommend coming in for a demo to taste test :)

Could be a different version

I’ve noticed James Hoffman say this about North American machines v European machines from the same manufacturer 😢

Left is the E8 if looking at the screen. But these are older versions and an old video. There are new machines out now.

Pretty good with all coffee...light and medium. It is the darks that are more of challenge in these machines

One thing I’ve noticed is you don’t need dark beans for that strong coffee in the Jura e8

There is a chute at the back of the machine

There are some features on the S8 that are superior.

@@ecscoffeeinc Thought I'd follow up... Ended up receiving the S8. Wouldn't recognize the included water filter, setup would not proceed unless that step completed. Ordered a new filter. Machine would not recognize that filter either. Clearly something wrong with the RFID sensor. Pretty poor engineering IMHO: from the inability to bypass this step and just get on with it, to the fact that it was DOA in the first place. All in all, the machine, for the price, is very very very excessively made out of plastic. Even the "chrome" parts are just chrome-plated plastic. Needing to swap out the spout just to get hot water vs steam is a ridiculous feature. Sent the machine back and ordered a Breville Oracle Touch along with a matching Smart Grinder Pro (so I could do both decaf and caf). While the Oracle cost slightly more in this case, for the price it is a far better machine IMHO and it also weighs a ton, which reminds me of my old Rancilio Silvia that I owned for years. The Oracle is also a dual boiler, where the S8 only offers a single thermal block. While the Breville grinder may not be as good as the Rocky grinder I used to own, I prefer its updated looks (would be cool if the hopper was swappable with the one on the Oracle...haven't tried but doubt they are). At this point I've done the whole coffee enthusiast thing and I think this combination hits the sweet spot for my needs. The cleaning regime on super autos can be pretty intense, I think Miele finds a better compromise with their dual milk tube system but Jura is just way behind on this. Jura should spend more time updating their machines rather than focusing on selling their own maintenance supplies. Wish there were more videos which covered the cleaning downside, the actual physical construction of the machines... I researched this to death and was entirely surprised (shocked) by the literally exclusive use of plastic throughout the Jura, the poorly designed user interface, and then the entirely limited customer support hours (just so everyone knows: they operate M-F on an eastern time schedule).

@@markeissler Hi Mark! Sorry you had a bad experience with the Jura S8.. We haven't heard of the machine not recognizing the filter! The oracle is a great machine, we are glad that you found a machine that works better for you!

True. You'll hear the audible difference of the machine grinding when there's no beans compared to beans present

You don't not:)

Wouldn’t distilled water effect the taste? I heard buying distilled water and adding in your own mineral tablets was the best way

Yes you can!