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I recently purchased the novel Z6 after seeing one at William's Sonoma around Christmas. I resisted the temptation to bewitch until a friend of mine called and told me he found one under the Christmas tree! We both purchased the Capresso 1500 about 3 years ago and plan those were the "Cat's Meow". Now hasty forward to 2007 and the Z6 is here as the natty automatic on steroids.
After unpacking I sat down and watched the included DVD twice. Once with my wife and once alone as I region up the machine. After you salvage through the initial setup and programming the machine is very easy to operate and contain. Making a coffee drink is as simple as pushing one of 8 drink buttons on the front panel. I like the view of the thermal milk storage tank but it's recommended that you don't store milk in it after exercise. I earn this a itsy-bitsy inconvenient to have to pour the milk into another container. With my previous C1500 I fair establish the plastic milk jug in the refrigerator and weak it the next day.
I bought this unit to replace my C1500 for two major reasons. The first was my C1500 struggled to develop a really hot coffee drink. I found myself drinking the beverage too like a flash to avoid it getting chilly or putting it into the microwave to heat it abet up. The Z6 makes a hotter beverage that is great improved but tranquil could be a few degrees hotter in my concept. The second reason I purchased the Z6 was to secure a bigger cup under the spouts. The C1500 was exiguous in what size cup I could set under the spouts and the Z6 allows me to achieve virtually any reasonable sized cup under the spout.
The Z6 is a shapely part to peer at sitting on your counter and will be the envy of many a guest. However it has a chrome achieve which appears durable but I would caution you to acquire extra precautions not to scratch the enact as it would be permanent. I region a paper towel on the lower tray when using ceramic type mugs to avoid scratching.
Update on 05/26/2008
I would like to say that the Z6 has been performing flawlessly for the past year and a half. As long as you design the routine maintenance the Z6 will provide many years of trouble-free performance. I've also been putting the thermal milk container in the refrigerator with milk in it with no issues.
I bought the Z6 after my refurbished Capresso C3000 broke down after 3 years. I had liked my Capresso C3000 so I belief I would go with Jura's top of the line machine (Jura bought out Capresso and now all the machines are called Jura) I had this machine now for about a year and I have to say its is not worth the notice $3,600. I listed the pros and cons that I found with the machine.
Pros
1) Looks Colossal. It is the rolls royce of coffee machines
2) The Espresso/Coffee is top-notch. (Not Generous, and don't state me about using diffrent beans I have. Its not like I'm using folgers)
2) The Steamed/frothed milk attachment produces favorable results.
3) One touch button to develop cappuccino/Lattes. (Nice to sign friends)
Cons
1) The metal plate where the cup sits scratches very easily.
2) You can only fit a normal size coffee mug (8 oz) under the nozzle. You Cannot deviate from this size at all. No go mugs or slightly huge mugs. Same height restrictions for the cappuchino/Latte attachemnt.
3) The hotwater dispenser trickles out hot water. It takes almost 1 and half minutes to enjoy 8 oz of hot water. Its quicker to 'Nuke' the same amount of water in the microwave for tea.
4) You need to spruce the machine with special tablets and they cost about $20 for 6. You will more than likely go thru 1 tablet every 2 months or at least 6 in a year and more if heavily old-fashioned. Also theres no contrivance around this since the machines displays 'Clean' and beeps every time you turn it on until you go thru the cleaning process.
5) Also the water filter. This costs about $15 and needs to be changed about every 3 months depending on the exhaust. If you don't spend it then you will have to descale the machine every 6 months. but that also depends on the the water hardness in your state.
6) The electric cord is a fairly decent length which is helpful but its not retractable which is a wound. The C3000 had a retractable cord, so you would only pull out the amount of cord needed and the rest would be unseen. With the Z6 I have my stagger upright late the machine on my countertop and have about of foot of cord I need to camouflage.
7) The silver front is also honest plastic. Its not made of any type of metal.
So, based on these facts i would have to say that for the ticket I would inquire more. It is a nice machine but you could seize the Jura E8 for the 1/3 the notice and it would do everything the Z6 does (Except the one touch cappuccino/Latte) which is overrated anyways. Also there are more fully automatic machines entering the market with almost the same features but lower the trace. When I did my research for this machine almost everybody said it was the greatest thing since sliced bread but after paying $3600 who would admit it wasn't all that?
This is the ultimate in automated coffee centers for home or office. If you are a regular at coffee shops, paying $4 and up for frothy coffee and milk drinks you can earn your hold and amortize this machine's initial cost in less than a year. Jura of Switzerland is the leader in this type of automatic coffee centers and it is no wonder they sell so well all over Europe.
