Jura ENA 9 One Touch
- Programmable amount of water
- Adjustable coffee strength
- Adjustable, conical burr grinder
- Thermoblock heating system with high performance 15-bar pump
- Integrated rinsing, cleaning and descaling program
ENA 9 One Touch, Jura's slimmest One Touch machine, make latte macchiato and cappuccino at the touch of a button. It's perfect for smaller households who expect nothing but the best. ENA 9 One Touch offers the full range of specialty coffees at the touch of a button. Using fresh beans and fresh milk, the model for first-time buyers with a genuine love for coffee even makes cappuccino and latte macchiato, topped with the finest, light-as-air milk foam. Of course, it make the specialty drink you want at the touch of a button without moving the cup. For the first time in a household machine, the ENA 9 One Touch features height-adjustable dual spout which adjusts to any height between 3 and 5-inch. The machine is easy to dismantle and clean. Two separate pipe systems for coffee and milk ensure perfect results and easy clean up. Because the buttons are clearly arranged and labeled, preparing a wide range of specialty coffees is extremely simple. The aroma Boost function provides a natural, refreshing energy boost when you need it.
List Price: $ 1,499.00
Price: $ 1,495.00
on January 28, 2012 at 1:25 am
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Great machine but be sure it has the features you really want,
Let me first state that I have only had this for two days and that this is my first espresso machine. I say this so readers will understand that this quick “review” is to point out a couple of details that may be overlooked when researching this machine, not as an indication of the quality of drink produced.
I began doing research on home espresso machines several years ago after drinking coffee prepared by my dad on his Jura Cappresso E8. It was a revelation to drink such good quality coffee outside of a coffee shop. At the time my wife didn’t care for coffee so it was only me drinking a single cup in the morning with breakfast so I was put off by the high prices and ended up buying a grind and brew automatic drip coffee maker by Cuisinart. I bought it “open box” at a kitchen store for a hundred bucks and I was pleased enough with it. Fast forward a few years and now my wife enjoys cappuccinos and lattes and drinks coffee with me daily, albeit with a lot of cream and sweetener. She also stops at the local coffee bar for a flavored cappuccino with some regularity. So I started looking into a quality espresso machine for the home again.
I spent a lot of time educating myself on the various makers, such as Jura, DeLonghi, Gaggia, Saeco, etc. I knew that I wanted to get a superautomatic as we aren’t purists, nor do we have the time usually to pull our own shots, froth our own milk, etc. At the end of the day, it came down to the various Jura Onetouch models, the Gaggia Accademia Espresso Machine, and the DeLonghi ESAM5500M Perfecta Digital Super-Automatic Espresso Machine, Metallic Blue. My research led me to have a little less confidence in the DeLonghi’s reliability, although I liked their milking system. The Gaggia was just too much for me to spend on my first machine (or last for that matter more than likely). My dad has never had the first problem with his Jura and it’s more than 5 years old and likely has not had much maintenance or cleaning I suspect so I feel it will hold up to the reasonably light use we will give a machine. The Jura-Capresso 13422 Impressa C9 One Touch Automatic Coffee-and-Espresso Center, Black and Jura-Capresso 13423 Impressa S9 One Touch Automatic Coffee-and-Espresso Center, Platinum are older models, larger and more expensive than the ENA series. So due to the features, the quality, and the fact that it was the least expensive, I decided to purchase this machine.
Now, to the machine. The first thing I should point out is that it is a unique design for Jura. The other one touch machines work differently, which I didn’t realize when I made my decision. The key point to this is that THERE IS NO EXTERNAL FROTHER. If you want to froth milk manually you can’t do it. And it is not equipped with their Connect System either, which would allow you to change out the external wand with a frothing wand. The wand on the ENA9 is only a hot water spout. I would have preferred to have the option for manual frothing, both for experience and as a backup. The other nice thing about manual frothers as they are easier to clean. I mention this in case you, like me, didn’t notice the lack of a frothing steam wand. The internal frother does microfroth, which is a pleasure. You can purchase a Capresso frothPRO for less than steam wand would cost if you really want to froth manually (but it’s a different method of frothing.
This machine is really designed to optimize the one touch functionality. It works best when you set your preferences and store them. The preferences you can store are water volume (up to 12 oz), strength of espresso, duration of milk froth and temperature. You set these for espresso, cappuccino and coffee individually. If you want more or less of any of these parameters I think you have to go in and change the preferences. I may be wrong about this as I’m still getting my preferences set but I haven’t found a way of pulling a one off variety yet. Honestly, I pretty much want the same thing every time anyway so it’s not that much of an issue.
The one touch feature is nice. All you have to do is put the sialastic hose into your milk…
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|on January 28, 2012 at 1:56 am
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Best Fully Automatic Machine for home use.,
First off, being a lazy old fart who can’t be bothered with manually making froth under one nozzle and then coffee from the other, I was looking for a machine that’s totally automatic and hassle free. Just one-click and by the time I wear my tie, my Cappuccino is ready.
So I did a bit of research online before settling on this one about four months ago, and boy am I happy with it (wasn’t available on Amazon at the time).
Not much to add to SpeadDeacon’s excellent review except that this machine is made mainly for use with whole Coffee Beans, with a light, medium and strong roast settings for the grinder.
Yes, it has a second opening on top for fine grounded coffee but only if you’re having black coffee. It seems Cappuccino and Macchiato only use coffee from the grinder source on top of the device.
As for the froth, it has to be seen to be believed. Its truly amazing, feather light and fine.
Cleaning is also fully automatic. It monitors what drinks you’ve been having and periodically (or on shutdown) applies the corresponding self cleaning mode.
Or it can be done manually with one-click. For example, any time milk frothing is used, just replace milk source with water and press C-clean. It cleans both the sialastic hose and rinses the milk nozzle.
The only gripe I have is that the water tank is a bit small (4-6 drinks depending on your settings for each drink) and the sialastic hose is attached to a black plastic thingy that plugs into the device (which is responsible for the fine froth) and it would have been nice if a spare plug was included just in case.
Overall a great, durable all-in-one-touch machine for home-use that’s well worth the price.
You can search for nTrk_7bd60s on YouTube for a demo.
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