Jura

The best coffee machine we have at Hi Fi Art is the Jura Ena 9. We had wanted to buy the Starbucks Clover ($13,000) but it was not available, since Starbucks bought the company.

Our first purchase was the Philips Saeco Intelia ($1299 CDN) (musicians may prefer the Syntia, car lovers may prefer the Evo). We liked the reassuring rounded corners, the price / value, and disliked the use of plastic, over-all.

Upon use, we found it was best at making steamed-milk, Blenz-level (same tasting) coffee, and was in need of refilling, and near-constant complicated internal cleaning. Upon staining a carpet with the internal-drip tray, we dedicated ourselves to finding a replacement.


Being a fan of Breville (the conical burr grinder is excellent), we dallied with the Cafe Roma, an inexpensive purchase. It provided a heating-surface for our cups, but despite the excellent 15-bar pressure, we were unable to get a decent cup of brew. Still, what a machine.

We also played with using a very Italian solution, the Bialetti Mokka Express, and a French one, the Bodum press, in 12 oz and 34 ounce varieties. Our 34", is red, so excuse the Young Press. It was either that, or the Keyna, with a flat top.

Finally, we came through to the Jura. We'd like to say Deep Space 9, or 7 of 9, rather than Ena. It's an excellent machine, that just has to look cheap. We'd like to replace the visible plastic parts with glass and aluminum, and the side-panels with Onyx. We liked how the internal drip tray displayed service contact information, and the LCD display was functional, rather than with the Intelia, more soaply cosmetic.

We happened to run into the company rep, while scouting machines, and he mentioned that the circuits were designed by the guys who worked on the Philips Saeco unit, previously, when we asked about it, and that may or not be the situation. We like that it's sincere, compact and meticulously constructed in Switzerland, however cheap it may look.

What you will notice of a machine of this class, is that the coffee beans bring out flavour notes that would otherwise be missed. You can taste the beans, in the brew, which is wonderfully, pleasurably, s wonderfully nice. It's a good batch.

You'll find yourself getting beans that are zero-day or 6 day roasted, and wishing you could roast them and import them, yourself - beans like the once sold Starbucks branded Jamacian Blue Mountain, only grown between 2000 and 5000 feet, and not always available, in store, in quality.

Check the price. If it's $6 and up in cup, it might be nice.

The Best coffee machine we have at Hi Fi Art www.hifiart.ca is the Jura Ena 9. It's not 6 of 9, Deep Ace of Time/Mine, or the quality beer you can find at Hi Fi Art of Sweden. It's simply the best er.

Product: Jura Ena 9 Automatic Espresso Machine
Price $1595.00
Value: 1

http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/jura-ena-9-one-touch-espresso-machine