Crew Review: Jura Impressa C5

Jura recently released the new Impressa C5 in the US, a economical superautomatic with more programming options than the Ena series and side access for water/beans. Gails shows us the ins and outs and whips up a latte.

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• jura capresso
• impressa c5
• superautomatic
• espresso machine
• demonstration
• how-to
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• comparison

[cninham]

I am seeking your advice on a good super automatic espresso machine that I will use primarily for making lattes (99% of the time). Originally I had decided on either the Jura Impressa C5 or Jura Ena 3/4 espresso machines. But then I saw one of your Jura reviews – in the video you stated that if you steam a lot of milk then the Jura line of espresso machines is not preferred / not recommended as the steam wand is flimsy and does not work to well.

Do you have a brand/model recommendation?

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@cninham I'd recommend the Saeco or DeLonghi lines; the new DeLonghi compact machines work really well - Kat

[PhilDY6]

I have one of these and for the life of me I can't see the difference between the espresso setting and the breakfast coffee setting

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@PhilDY6 Water volume ;) - Kat

[PhilDY6]

@SeattleCoffeeGear Well a single shot on either fill an espresso cup. Mine must be faulty :o(

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@PhilDY6 No - you can program the water volume on this to be more or less so it sounds like the factory setting was set fairly short. You can re-program it very easily to the water volume you want. It will grind the same about of coffee for the extraction, however - Kat

[PhilDY6]

@SeattleCoffeeGear Thanks I'll have to dig out the instructions.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@sarkynytlasi It's really just bells/whistles; their coffee is going to be identical, although we do like the steam wand on the C5 better -- more durable. The Ena wands have a nasty habit of shooting off over time. - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@sarkynytlasi Mainly superauto improvements are about programmability and bells/whistles. I think if you need the extra programming (multiple users) this is a good choice over the Ena series (which has only 1 programmable default). You can override the strength in the coffee dosage each time you brew on the C5, just can't program it in. - Kat

[sarkynytlasi]

Is there anything better in the c5 besides the programmable buttons? I understood that u can't adjust the strenght of the coffee in the jura imressa c5?