I have been a coffee snob my entire life always searching for the best cup of coffee. Many here have manual espresso machines and I envy you guys for that as I usually have only one cup of espresssoevery day, in the morning and it has to be perfect. Over the past 12-15 years I have had several iterations of Jura Capresso machines in my house, all of which have provided fabulous brews. I started initially with the J Series, then the S Series and most recently I have had a Z5 which has performed flawlessly. The Z series is now up to Z8 and I was tempted to move up in the Z series however I have been enamored over the past several years withJura's office version of their machines called the Giga X7 and Giga X9 which have dual ceramic grinders as well as the capability of doing countless different coffee types.
As luck would have it 2 weeks ago my Z5 had some problems which required me sending it back for repair. However what I love about Jura is that they have a customer loyalty trade in program where you can move up to a better machine and save a lot of money. I was told that Jura still services my Z5 but because it was an older machine it was going to cost me almost $500 to fix. I had a decision to make as my eyes have been fixated on the latest prosumer version fro Jura called The Giga6 which was just released. Much to my joy the trade in program now included an update to the Giga 6 series wherein I returned my Z5 and I received a new Giga 6 at over $600 off MSRP as well as not incurring state sales tax . for me it was a no brainer.
I received the machine yesterday and have it all programmed. It makes 28 different coffee drinks each to one's own preference and these preferences can be saved. Then by simply touching the icon of the drink on the screen my cup is instantly prepared. It also now adds heated milk as well as frothed milk all through the same spouts on the same side as the coffee dispenser. Previously my Z5 dispensed milk and froth from a separate spout on the other side of the machine. The G6 also has TWO coffee reservoirs for storing the same or different beans in each. Then the beauty is that I can prepare a cup of coffeepot my liking by choosing what percentage of each bean is dispensed from each side such as 100-0, 75-25, 50-50, 25-75, 0-100 and the grind on each side can be the same or different
The other great thing about the G6 is that it has dual heaters and dual pumps as well as now having ceramic grinders on each side rather than the typical Burr grinders
This Giga 6 is without question the best coffee maker I have ever owned and the espresso cup is particularly excellent
As luck would have it 2 weeks ago my Z5 had some problems which required me sending it back for repair. However what I love about Jura is that they have a customer loyalty trade in program where you can move up to a better machine and save a lot of money. I was told that Jura still services my Z5 but because it was an older machine it was going to cost me almost $500 to fix. I had a decision to make as my eyes have been fixated on the latest prosumer version fro Jura called The Giga6 which was just released. Much to my joy the trade in program now included an update to the Giga 6 series wherein I returned my Z5 and I received a new Giga 6 at over $600 off MSRP as well as not incurring state sales tax . for me it was a no brainer.
I received the machine yesterday and have it all programmed. It makes 28 different coffee drinks each to one's own preference and these preferences can be saved. Then by simply touching the icon of the drink on the screen my cup is instantly prepared. It also now adds heated milk as well as frothed milk all through the same spouts on the same side as the coffee dispenser. Previously my Z5 dispensed milk and froth from a separate spout on the other side of the machine. The G6 also has TWO coffee reservoirs for storing the same or different beans in each. Then the beauty is that I can prepare a cup of coffeepot my liking by choosing what percentage of each bean is dispensed from each side such as 100-0, 75-25, 50-50, 25-75, 0-100 and the grind on each side can be the same or different
The other great thing about the G6 is that it has dual heaters and dual pumps as well as now having ceramic grinders on each side rather than the typical Burr grinders
This Giga 6 is without question the best coffee maker I have ever owned and the espresso cup is particularly excellent