Jura E6 Automatic Coffee Machine vs Philips Series 5500 LatteGo EP5544/90

The JURA that adds milk drinks, sitting between the black-coffee E4 and the E8

Scores higher on capacity & refills.

Twenty drinks including six iced, from a two-part milk system that rinses in seconds

Scores higher on cleaning & upkeep, grinder & grind control, value for money.

• +Eleven drinks including cappuccino, espresso macchiato and a portion of milk foam.
• +Ten programmable coffee strength levels, where the E4 gives three.
• +A variable brewing unit that doses 5 to 16g, the same range as the dearer JURA machines.
• +CLEARYL Smart+ with automatic filter detection, which JURA says removes the need to descale.
• +Zero watt standby and a 16 serving grounds container.

• −Wi-Fi Connect is not included. The machine is app compatible and the dongle costs $75 extra.
• −JURA publishes no price on its own product page; its shop lists $1,899.
• −The warranty is two years or 6,000 brews, whichever comes first.
• −JURA does not publish the number of grind settings anywhere on the machine's page.

• +Twenty drinks, all named by Philips, including six iced ones and a travel mug setting.
• +LatteGo is two parts with no tubes, and Philips states both go in the dishwasher.
• +A removable brew group, which is what lets you rinse the part that does the work.
• +AquaClean, which Philips says means no descaling for up to 5000 cups.
• +Four user profiles plus a guest, so a household is not re-setting strength every morning.

• −Philips publishes no price, and its own retailer list runs from $699.00 to $1,299.95.
• −The SKU most shops sell, EP5544/94, has no page on Philips' own site at all.
• −Philips' two pages for this series disagree on voltage and country of manufacture.
• −The AquaClean claim assumes eight filter replacements, which is a running cost to price in.