Jura E8 vs Miele CM 6360: which premium machine wins?

Jura E8 vs Miele CM 6360 at a glance

Head to head

The better result in each row is marked, based on my testing and the manufacturer specs. Rows where the two machines are effectively identical have no winner.

The tally is not my verdict. Milk temperature and profiles matter far more to a family than the size of the grounds bin.

Design, size and build

These two machines take very different shapes to do the same job.

The Jura E8 is the wider, deeper and slightly shorter of the two. It measures about 11 inches wide, 13.8 inches tall and 17.6 inches deep, with a chrome-look panel around the spouts.

The Miele CM 6360 is narrow and tall. At about 9.9 inches wide, 14.1 inches tall and 16.8 inches deep, it fits into gaps where the Jura simply won’t.

On a crowded counter, that inch of width is the difference between the machine living next to the kettle or the kettle living in a cupboard.

The Miele CM 6360 is the narrower machine, even with its glass milk container parked beside it.

Both bodies are mostly plastic. The E8’s glossy housing felt solid, but its plastic drip tray grid was the one place it felt less premium than I expected.

The Miele has a cleaner, more minimal face, with seven direct drink buttons under a slim text display. It comes in Lotus White and two Obsidian Black finishes, and its top doubles as a heated cup warmer.

Weight is almost a tie. The E8 is about 21.2 lb and the Miele about 22 lb, so neither is something you’ll want to slide around daily.

Width on the counter

The Miele is about 10% narrower, which matters most on short stretches of counter.

Depth on the counter

Both fit a standard 24-inch-deep counter with room to spare.

Our tip: Measure the gap under your wall cabinets before you buy, and leave about 2 inches above the bean hopper so refilling never means pulling the machine forward.

Setup and the first week

Setup on the E8 is the quickest I’ve done on a premium machine. You test the water hardness with the strip, fit the filter, and the 3.5-inch screen walks you through the rest.

The Miele took me longer, and the reason was the app. I tried to connect it before finishing the machine’s own setup, and it took three attempts.

The fix is simple. Do language, water hardness and preferences on the machine first, and only then pair the app.

On both machines, the first few drinks were weaker while the grinder settled. I didn’t judge anything until the fourth cup.

Filter tracking: the E8’s quiet advantage

The E8 recognizes Jura’s CLEARYL Smart+✕CLEARYL Smart+ filterJura’s water filter cartridge. It sits in the tank, softens the water and removes off-flavors, so the machine needs descaling far less often. filter on its own. It tracks how long the cartridge has been in and how much water has passed through, then asks for a new one.

On the Miele, you set your water hardness and the machine schedules descaling✕DescalingRunning a mild acid through the machine to dissolve the mineral scale that hard water leaves in the heater and pipes. reminders from that. It works, but it relies on you entering the right number.

Hard water is the silent killer of every automatic machine, so whichever you buy, test your water on day one.

The E8’s side-mounted tank holds about 64 ounces, a touch more than the Miele’s.

Our tip: Finish the Miele’s on-machine setup before you open the app, because pairing first is the one thing that made my setup fail.

Controls, profiles and smart features

This is where the two machines show their personalities most clearly.

The E8 uses a color display flanked by physical buttons, and each button controls the drink next to it. Guests used it without asking me a single question, and the buttons work with damp fingers.

It also lets you change strength and volume while a drink is running. My favorite trick was pressing the button mid-espresso to let the shot run a little longer, which softened brighter beans.

Eight named profiles on the Miele

The Miele CM 6360 greeted me by name on my second morning. That sounds like a gimmick, and then you live with it.

Each of up to eight profiles saves its own coffee amount, portion size, temperature and pre-brewing for every drink. I set up four on the first evening, and from then on nobody touched anyone else’s settings.

The E8 has no profiles at all. Everyone shares the same saved drinks, so in my house we agreed on the long coffee settings and changed everything else on the fly.

The apps

Both machines connect to an app and can start a drink remotely. The E8’s J.O.E. app started grinding within about a second of pressing start, and it shows maintenance as clear percentages.

The Miele app does the same job once it’s paired. In practice, I used neither app daily, because the buttons on both machines are faster than unlocking a phone.

Our tip: Only remote-start black coffee on either machine, because milk shouldn’t sit out on the counter waiting for a drink you started from bed.

The drink menu: 17 vs 18

On paper these menus are close. In use, they cover different households.

The E8 lists 17 drinks, including an americano, a cortado, a flat white and extra-shot versions of the cappuccino, flat white and latte macchiato. Those extra-shot drinks were a hit, because they make up for the E8’s slightly light espresso.

The Miele lists 18, from ristretto to café au lait, plus hot milk, milk froth and a coffee pot mode that fills a carafe with about 30 ounces. Seven of them have their own button on the front.

One-touch drinks per category

Counted from each menu. The Miele counts hot milk and milk froth; the E8 counts extra-shot milk drinks and doubles. Hot water and tea are not included.

The Miele also has two buttons the E8 can’t match. DoubleShot✕DoubleShotMiele’s two-stage brew. The machine grinds and brews once, pauses, then grinds and brews again into the same cup, so a big drink doesn’t taste watery. makes a big mug taste strong, and OneTouch for Two makes two complete milk drinks at once.

The E8 can make two espressos or two coffees side by side, but milk drinks are one at a time.

The E8’s menu is broad, logical and one button deep.

Grinder, dose and brew unit

Both machines grind with steel conical burrs✕Conical burrsTwo cone-shaped grinding parts, one inside the other. Beans are crushed between them, and the gap sets how fine the coffee is., and both are fast.

The E8’s Professional Aroma Grinder took about five seconds for a 15-gram dose, and its brew unit takes 5 to 16 grams per brew. Its weakness is how fine it goes: even the finest setting felt a touch coarse for a really heavy espresso.

The Miele pairs its grinder with the AromaticSystem✕AromaticSystemMiele’s expanding brew chamber. It gets bigger as water flows in, so the ground coffee mixes more thoroughly with the water., a brew chamber that expands as water comes in. With DoubleShot, it simply grinds and brews twice for one drink.

Sealed vs removable brew unit

This is the biggest long-term difference between the two, and it barely shows on a spec sheet.

The E8’s brew unit✕Brew unitThe part that presses the ground coffee, holds it while water passes through and then ejects the used puck. is fixed inside. You clean it by dropping a tablet into the chute when the machine asks, and you never see it.

The Miele’s brew unit slides out through a side door. Every week, I pulled it out and rinsed the coffee oils off under the tap, which takes about a minute.

If you like to see that the heart of your machine is clean, the Miele wins outright.

Our tip: Only turn the grind adjustment while the grinder is running on either machine, because turning it with the burrs stopped can jam beans and strain the gears.

Espresso quality

Out of the box, the E8 pulls the better espresso. After two minutes in the Miele’s settings, the Miele does.

On the E8, I used a 15-gram dose and aimed for a 1:2 ratio. The cup weighed about 29 grams, or 1 ounce, with a smooth, even crema✕CremaThe golden, foamy layer on top of a fresh espresso, formed when pressure pushes oils and gases out of the coffee., mild chocolate and gentle acidity. The body was a touch thin.

The Miele’s factory espresso was too long and slightly thin. I shortened the portion to about 1.2 ounces, raised the coffee amount, chose the highest temperature and long pre-brewing✕Pre-brewingA short soak of the ground coffee before the main brew, so the water flows through the puck more evenly..

That shot was a different drink: hazelnut crema, cocoa and toasted nuts, with very little bitterness.

The E8’s espresso is smooth and consistent, but medium-dark beans suit its grinder best.

My espresso ratings

My scores out of 10 for body, crema, flavor and consistency, same medium-dark beans.

The Miele has one more edge for espresso drinkers: the heated cup warmer on top. A shot pulled into a warm cup measured about 162°F, against about 151°F in a cold cup from the cupboard.

On the E8, I warmed cups with a splash of hot water instead. It works, but it’s one more step every morning.

Long coffee and big mugs

Strong, full-flavored long coffee is something most fully automatic machines get wrong. Both of these get it right, in different ways.

The E8’s long coffee became my morning mug. I set it to 150 ml, about 5 ounces, at the highest temperature, and it delivered about 140 grams with a dense, durable crema and a soft, almond-like sweetness.

It also has a real two-step americano, which pulls an espresso and then adds hot water through a separate path, so the cup stays clean instead of bitter.

The Miele goes bigger. A single coffee tops out at around 8 ounces, and with DoubleShot the machine grinds a second portion halfway through, so the big mug keeps its strength.

Same-size long coffee on the Miele

My ratings out of 10 for body and flavor, same beans and cup size.

Side by side, the DoubleShot mug was visibly darker and tasted fuller, with more chocolate and less watery bitterness.

For a weekend breakfast, the Miele’s coffee pot mode filled a carafe with about 30 ounces. The E8 has nothing like it, so for a crowd you’re making mug after mug.

Our tip: Save DoubleShot into the Miele’s long coffee setting for any mug over about 6 ounces, because that’s where a single dose starts to taste thin.

Milk drinks

This is the section that decides the matchup for most buyers, and it’s the clearest win in the comparison.

The E8 draws milk through a silicone hose from a carton, and its foam is excellent: dense microfoam✕MicrofoamMilk foam with bubbles so small you can barely see them. It feels silky and glossy, which is what a good flat white or cappuccino needs. with fine bubbles and a silky feel. It pours the milk first and the espresso second.

The Miele uses a two-tube milk line that works the milk twice, and it builds a thicker, glossier cap that held its shape to the last sip. Flat whites were silky and pourable, and latte macchiatos layered cleanly into milk, espresso and foam.

Cappuccino foam on the Miele was dense, glossy and long-lasting.

The glass jug vs the carton hose

The Miele ships with a glass milk container. It sits beside the machine during milk drinks, goes straight into the fridge afterwards and shows exactly how much milk is left.

There’s also a steel milk rod if you’d rather use a carton. The one niggle is storage: the new two-tube line doesn’t fit neatly in its spot inside the machine, so mine lived coiled beside it.

The E8 has no container in the box. Its hose goes into a carton or any jug you own, which is simpler but less tidy.

How each milk foamed on the Miele CM 6360

My ratings out of 10 for texture, stability and temperature. On the E8, whole milk at about 3.8% fat was also my favorite, with oat and semi-skimmed close behind.

Our tip: Use cold milk straight from the fridge on both machines, because warm milk makes big, loose bubbles that collapse fast.

Drink temperature

If you like a properly hot cappuccino, read this section twice.

My frothed milk on the E8 measured about 50°C, or 122°F. That is pleasant to sip straight away, but it sits right at the bottom of the range baristas aim for, and there’s no milk temperature setting to raise it.

The Miele’s milk drinks finished at about 60 to 65°C, or 140 to 149°F. That’s squarely in the zone where milk tastes sweetest, which is also what university research on cappuccino milk points to as the ideal for flavor and foam.

Finished drink temperatures I measured

Probe thermometer readings straight after brewing, highest coffee temperature on both machines.

For milk drinks on the Miele, I actually used a medium temperature. The milk tasted sweeter and the foam held up better than on the maximum setting.

Our tip: Keep a few espresso cups on the Miele’s heated cup warmer, so the first shot of the morning doesn’t cool in a cold cup.

Hot water and tea

If anyone in your house drinks tea, the Miele is the easy pick.

It has six tea programs: black, fruit, herbal, green, white and Japanese. Each dispenses water at a suitable temperature, and a tea timer beeps when the tea has steeped. I used the green tea program most afternoons, and it stopped me from over-steeping.

The E8’s hot water is handy for americanos and lighter teas. At its highest setting, my cup measured about 176 to 185°F, because water rushes through the thermoblock✕ThermoblockA compact heater that warms water as it flows through a metal block, instead of keeping a tank of water hot. It heats up fast but can run cooler on long pours. quickly rather than sitting and heating.

That’s fine for green and white tea, but a little cool for strong black tea, which wants water close to boiling.

Six tea programs and a timer turn the Miele into a tea station too.

Our tip: Keep a kettle if you drink strong black tea and buy the E8, because its hot water tops out below what black tea needs.

Cleaning and upkeep

Daily cleaning is close. The difference is what you can see and touch.

On the E8, the frothing head drops down from the side, and its air valve, connector and silicone nozzle come apart without tools. I rinsed them every day, which keeps milk solids out of the tiny air channels.

Its pre-ground chute is fully removable too. Coffee oils and moisture build up in a chute, so being able to wash it weekly is a real hygiene win.

On the Miele, you follow the on-screen steps to rinse both milk tubes after milk drinks, wash the glass container and pull the brew unit out weekly. The magnetic milk connection comes apart for a proper wash.

My daily hands-on cleaning time

My estimate of hands-on time per day, not counting automatic rinses.

Our tip: Leave the E8’s frother parts and the Miele’s milk connector on a clean towel overnight, so they dry fully before the morning.

Noise

The Miele is the quieter machine, and you notice it at 6 a.m.

I measured about 60 to 63 dB while it was grinding and about 55 dB while it was brewing, with a phone meter at about 20 inches. That’s about the level of normal conversation.

The E8’s grinder is quick, but the gears that move its brew unit are fairly loud. You hear a mechanical clunk during preparation and again when the puck drops.

How loud each felt, my ranking

Relative loudness from my side-by-side use. Shorter bars are quieter.

The E8’s cup light helps in a dark kitchen, but its brew gears are the louder of the two.

Capacity, beans and supplies

This is the one area where the E8 clearly pulls ahead.

Its tank holds about 64 ounces against the Miele’s 61, and its grounds container takes about 16 pucks against the Miele’s 10. With four of us, I emptied the Miele’s grounds every day, and the E8’s every other day.

The hoppers are close: about 10 ounces on the E8 and about 10.6 ounces on the Miele, so a standard bag nearly fits in either.

Drinks per full tank

Rough maths allowing for rinse water. Your numbers depend on cup size.

Use fresh whole beans within a few weeks of the roast date on both. Medium and medium-dark roasts worked best, and they suit the E8’s grinder in particular.

Avoid very oily or flavored beans, which can clog grinders and chutes over time. When the grounds bin fills, the used pucks are excellent for the compost.

Our tip: Buy a bag of beans you can finish in two or three weeks, because both grinders show off fresh coffee far better than stale.

Real-life scenarios

Specs only go so far. These are the moments where one machine clearly pulled ahead during my testing.

In a busy family kitchen, the Miele’s named profiles earned their keep every morning.

My scorecard

These are my own scores out of 10. The first four come from my single reviews of each machine, and I added milk temperature and household sharing because they decide this matchup.

Jura E8

Jura E8 overall: 8.1 out of 10.

Miele CM 6360

Miele CM 6360 overall: 8.7 out of 10.

Overall, I rate the Miele CM 6360 8.7 and the Jura E8 8.1. The Miele does more of the things a family notices every day. The E8 asks less of you, and it’s the one I’d hand to someone who never wants to read a menu.

Which one should you buy?

It comes down to two questions. How many people share the machine, and how hot do you like your milk?

If the answers are “several” and “hot,” the Miele is the easy call. If it’s one or two of you and you value simplicity over everything, the E8 will never ask much of you. For the wider picture beyond this matchup, see my guide to the best Jura coffee machines.

For the bigger picture, see my Jura vs Miele brand comparison, my guide to the best Miele coffee machine and my Miele CM 6160 vs CM 6360 head-to-head if you’re weighing the cheaper Miele too.

For a busy household, the Miele CM 6360 is the more complete machine.

Jura E8 vs Miele CM 6360 specifications

From manufacturer specifications and my own testing.

How I tested and compared them

I used each machine as my household’s everyday coffee maker for four weeks, making espresso, ristretto, long coffee, americanos, cappuccinos, flat whites, latte macchiatos and tea water. A second HouseholdMe tester shared both machines, and we wrote the notes together.

I weighed doses and yields, measured drink and water temperatures with a probe thermometer, measured noise with a phone meter at about 20 inches and foamed whole, 2%, skim and oat milk.

I set up the Miele’s profiles, compared standard and DoubleShot long coffee side by side, ran every cleaning routine on both and then checked my notes against Jura’s and Miele’s specifications and owner documentation.

• Coffee: dose, crema, body and consistency.
• Milk: foam texture, temperature and drink range.
• Workflow: controls, profiles, app and daily routine.
• Ownership: noise, cleaning, capacity and footprint.