Jura - GIGA X8 Professional (15392)

Our office (\~50 employees) went with a Jura X8, which can be plumbed to a water line (most Juras cannot) with an add-on adapter. We also have one of the milk coolers. It has been in service for 2.5 years with no problems, and one of our assistants handles the daily/weekly cleaning and maintenance (which is critical to keeping it from getting disgusting). It's actually been surprising how much our employees love it. I personally think the espresso it makes is pretty meh, but it is consistent and still better than most other office coffee options.

Did this for my office of 50-70 a few years ago. Went with a Jura Giga x8. Has two grinders so we stock a regular specialty coffee and a specialty decaf. You can get an add-on to plumb it in which is key for an office where nobody will want to fill the water tank. We don’t use any of the milk attachments. We’ve made almost 27k drinks on it in about 3 years. We did have something break in the first year and got it serviced under warranty. No issues since.

Really depends, the X8 or now X10 is probably the better choice. The X10 has a 5L tank, cab make 2 milk drinks with one touch, is built for ~100 cups a day and qualifies for commercial service on site if needed. Using a home machine like the E8 in any commercial setting (at least in Canada) automatically voids the warranty

I’ve put a Bezzera Magica (no plumbing) and an Eureka Mignon Specialità in the office kitchen, next to a Jura super automatic. 80% of the staff prefers the Jura, while the rest makes for maybe 20 coffee drinks a day on the Bezzera. It works beautifully, I’d say.

ONLY a JURA for mama!

Completely different set up. The Jura is a super automatic: press one button and it’s makes you a tasty coffee (that the vast majority of people will be very happy with, myself included). The breville is a semi automatic that happens to have a built in grinder. You grind into a portafilter, level, tamp, insert the portafilter and then brew your coffee. Also probably very tasty for most people but with added variables. Both types require maintenance. VERY important maintenance. I had a super automatic (Saeco) for about 15 years until the control unit died and it was discontinued. Very tasty coffee. But I wanted less maintenance (almost none) and don’t ever drink milk based drinks so I was paying for features that I’d never use. So I got a level machine (flair 58), a nice grinder for less than (niche zero) and a nice kettle (fellow ekg pro) for less than what it would’ve cost to replace my super automatic. I control the grind size, the water temperature and the pressure to make my espresso. Morning coffees are now “more work” but I personally enjoy the ritual while recognizing it isn’t for everyone.

Do it! We got a jura super automatic from Seattle coffee gear 15 years ago. It's still kicking out great shots daily.

Just get a Jura. It’s the best full auto machine for the office. I’ve been at the offices of the largest orgs in the world for 25 years and even Jura is like top 5%. No one has semi-autos for public use.

Imo it's Jura or nothing.

My family has espresso machines. My dad is obsessed in the past two decade they have tried at least 6 or 7 different machines upgrading each time. Honestly the Jura fully automatic machines that grind, fill, dispense and eject grounds are the only way to go. Everything else is to much work. Are these machines expensive? Yes. But they make incredible drinks with the least work. You still have to clean the milk system, descale, and empty the water and ground catchers but compared is the rest it is worth it. If I had 3 thousand dollars I would have one of those. But my vertuo will suffice til then

Jura bean to cup owner for 25 years. On my second machine. Original now in my holiday spot. Anyway. Beans go in and really good coffee comes out.