Jura E8 Review (2026): Espresso and Lattes at One Touch

Specs current as of October 2026.

The E8 grinds, brews and froths each drink at one touch

A morning on the E8 is filling the water tank, checking the beans and pressing a button. The E8 grinds fresh beans for every cup, seconds before it pushes hot water through the coffee. For espresso, the E8 sends the water in short pulses, which Jura says gives a small shot more time to take flavour from the coffee. You set the strength on a 10-step scale, which changes how much coffee the E8 grinds, from 5 to 16 g. Once you have a drink the way you like it, the E8 saves the size and strength for that button.

Owners say the E8 makes their morning coffee with very little effort. One owner who had used a manual espresso machine, where you grind, fill and press the coffee into the machine's filter basket yourself, sums up the E8 as "90% as good with 10% of the effort". Owners report that partners use it every day, one owner's mother-in-law liked it enough to ask for an E8 of her own, and a blind owner values the physical buttons on each side of the screen. The E8 rinses itself when you switch it on, and again when you switch it off after making coffee, so a little water lands in the drip tray each time. The screen tells you when to empty the grounds container or run a cleaning cycle.

For decaf or a second coffee, a chute beside the bean hopper takes one or two level spoonfuls of ground coffee for a single drink, and owners who drink decaf every day find that slow.

The E8 makes milk drinks at one touch and needs a five-minute milk clean on each day you use milk

For a milk drink, you put the end of a thin tube into a container of milk, ideally one kept in the fridge or a Jura milk cooler. The E8 draws the milk up, froths it, and pours it into the cup before or after the coffee, depending on the drink. A latte macchiato comes out in layers in a tall glass, because the E8 pauses so the hot milk and foam can separate before the espresso goes in. The milk spout rises to 153 mm, so a tall latte glass fits under it. About eight owners praise the foam, and one owner who also has Jura's smaller ENA 8 says the E8 froths much better.

The milk tube needs care on every day you use it. After a milk drink, the E8 asks to rinse the milk system, or rinses it by itself 15 minutes later if you turn that setting on. On each day you make milk drinks, Jura asks you to run a cleaning cycle with its milk cleaner in a small container, which owners say takes four or five minutes. Jura also suggests taking the frother apart and rinsing it about once a week. A few owners keep milk drinks to weekends to keep this to a minimum.

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The E8 froths milk into an airy foam, and some owners would like it hotter

The E8 froths milk into foam, the airy milk on top of a cappuccino. A cafe flat white, an espresso topped with a thin layer of milk, uses glossy milk heated with a steam wand, the metal pipe on a cafe machine that heats milk with steam. A flat white from the E8 has more foam than that, and one owner calls it "frothy cappuccino milk". About six owners would like their milk drinks hotter. One owner says Jura told him the milk tops out around 57°C (135°F), and owners who want a hotter latte warm the cup with hot water first.

E8 espresso is milder than a shot from a manual espresso machine

Owners who moved to the E8 from Nespresso or Keurig mostly find the coffee better and smoother. Owners who moved from a manual espresso machine and a separate grinder have a different view. About fifteen owners found the E8's espresso weaker or flatter than they expected, and a few returned the machine for that reason. A manual espresso machine usually brews a double shot from 18 g or more of coffee, while the E8 brews from 5 to 16 g, depending on the strength setting.

Owners who like their E8 make the shot stronger with the same few changes: a finer grind setting, a higher strength level and a smaller cup. The espresso doppio button brews two espressos into one cup, one after the other, for a stronger cup than a single shot. A coffee that tasted strong at first and turns weak after several years usually points to a worn grinder or brewing unit, the part inside where the coffee is pressed and brewed, which a service fixes.

The 2025 E8 adds Light Brew, Sweet Foam and a coffee timer

Jura released the fifth generation of the E8 in October 2025, sold as the E8 NAD in North America. The 2023 E8, labelled NAC, has the same grinder, milk system, pump, heater, water tank, bean hopper and screen size. The 2025 E8 adds Light Brew and Sweet Foam versions of its drinks, which takes it from 17 drinks to 27, plus a coffee timer and on-screen care reminders.

• Light Brew, a milder coffee brewed from less ground coffee at a lower temperature, about 60°C (140°F) according to Jura's dealers.
• Sweet Foam, which sweetens the milk foam with syrup from a small attachment that clips onto the frother.
• A coffee timer that starts your coffee at a set time, up to 16 hours ahead, set in the J.O.E. app with the Wi-Fi Connect transmitter.
• A Quality Assistant, the on-screen reminders that walk you through cleaning and care.

One owner of the 2025 E8 has reported after a week of use and is happy with it, so its track record is short. Check the box or listing for NAD, the 2025 model, because some stores sell both generations.

Owners have run earlier E8 models for 10 years and 18,000 cups with occasional service

Owners of earlier E8 generations have run theirs for many years. One owner used theirs for 11 years before its first fault, and another has run a 2015 E8 for about 11 years, servicing it at home. Another has passed 14,000 cups on routine cleaning alone, and one more counts about 18,000 cups with one service. Two owners have had theirs since 2018 and say it still works well, and one of them has run it on home cleaning alone since then.

Most faults are in the parts that carry water. The brewing unit stays fixed inside the E8, so its rubber seals, which wear over time, are replaced in a service. A repairer who has fixed Jura machines for about 20 years and owns an E8 recommends new seals about every two years, from Jura's service or a repair shop. Owners report leaking valves, "fill water tank" messages with a full tank, and brewing unit errors, mostly on machines several years old. One owner who bought an E8 in December 2023 had three warranty repairs in two years.

In Canada, Jura's service centres in Mississauga, Burnaby and Montréal charge fixed prices by machine class. For the E8, the service centres charge CA$175 for a service that cleans the machine, replaces its seals and descales it (removes the mineral scale hard water leaves in the heater). A repair with all parts costs CA$395. A repair on a machine over six years old, or past 6,000 cups since its last repair, costs CA$595. Tax, shipping and outer parts such as the drip tray are extra (prices in Canadian dollars, as of October 2026). Repairs come with a warranty of one year or 3,000 coffees, and the CA$175 service with a 30-day warranty.

The E8 has a 2-year warranty when bought from an authorized Jura dealer

Jura covers the E8 for 2 years or 6,000 coffees, whichever comes first, for parts and labour. The warranty covers an E8 bought new from a Jura authorized dealer in your country, and Jura's website lists those dealers, so check the seller before you buy online. In the United States, Jura pays ground shipping to and from its repair centre. In Canada, Jura's distributor Faema handles the warranty, and the owner pays shipping both ways.

Jura can refuse a claim for damage from skipped cleaning or descaling, so run each cleaning cycle when the E8 asks. With Jura's water filter in the tank, the E8 skips descaling as long as you replace the filter when the screen asks.

Buy the E8 for lattes and espresso at one touch in a shared kitchen

The E8 suits a home where several people drink coffee at different times and want a latte or flat white at the press of a button. Everyone presses their own button, and each drink comes out the same way every time. It also suits someone who drinks one or two milk drinks a day, and wants each one made at one touch.

If you want to grind, brew and steam milk by hand, our guide to the best espresso machines for your home covers manual machines. If you are choosing between the E8 and the S8, which adds a touchscreen and plain hot milk, see Jura E8 vs S8.

Jura E8 vs E6: the E8 adds one-touch lattes and flat whites

The Jura E6 brews espresso and coffee the same way as the E8, with the same pulsed brewing, the same 10 strength levels and the same size of water tank and bean hopper. The difference is the milk. The E6 makes cappuccino, macchiato and milk foam, and for each one you turn a small switch on the frother to start the milk and turn it back when the drink is done. The E8 adds latte macchiato, flat white and cortado, starts and stops the milk by itself, and fits a glass 4 cm taller under the milk spout.

An E8 household that makes almost only espressos and americanos says it would probably be as happy with the E6, and an E6 owner who drinks mainly coffee, with an occasional milk drink, is glad to have skipped the higher price of the E8. Owners who make milk drinks most days are the ones who move up to the E8. For the full comparison, see Jura E6 vs E8, and for the rest of Jura's range, which Jura coffee machine is right for you. For other one-touch machines, see our guide to De'Longhi espresso machines.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Jura E8 worth it?

For a household that drinks lattes, flat whites and espresso and wants each one at the press of a button, owners rate the Jura E8 highly for its ease and its foam, and some owners have run earlier E8 models for ten years or more. If you drink mostly espresso and black coffee, with an occasional cappuccino, the Jura E6 makes them for less, and you turn a switch on its frother for each milk drink.

How do you clean the Jura E8?

The Jura E8 tells you on screen when each job is due. Rinse the milk system after milk drinks, run the milk cleaning cycle with Jura's milk cleaner on each day you use milk, and run the main cleaning cycle with a Jura cleaning tablet when the E8 asks, about every 180 drinks. With Jura's water filter in the tank, the E8 skips descaling as long as you replace the filter when the screen asks.

Can you use ground coffee in the Jura E8?

Yes. The Jura E8 has a chute beside the bean hopper for one or two level spoonfuls of ground coffee, which it uses for a single drink. Owners use it for decaf. Use a medium grind, because Jura warns that very fine coffee can block the E8.

Fresh beans give the E8 more flavour to grind

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