An automatic coffee machine maintenance schedule is a necessity. When working with a coffee machine, you must clean it regularly, even super automatic coffee machines.
What follows is a recommended maintenance schedule for automatic coffee machines. Developed by one of our Jura clients is a suggested schedule. Thank you to Sergio Sagrestano, for providing it. Instructions on how to do perform each item, are found in the manual of your Jura.
Maintenance schedule
| Maintenance | What? | When? | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Rinse & Fill Water Tank | Before first switching the machine on in the morning | <5 min |
| Rinse Machine | When first switching the machine on in the morning. | <1 min | |
| Clean milk system | After the machine has rinsed. Use milk system cleaner. | <5 min | |
| Clean Frother | After switching the machine on in the morning. | <2 min | |
| Filling Water | As required between meetings. | <2 min | |
| Empty Coffee Grounds & Drip Tray | As needed between meetings. | <5 min | |
| Fill Coffee Beans | As required between meetings. | <5 min | |
| General Cleaning | Daily, before the first meeting. | 10 min | |
| Monthly | Cup Counter Check | Every year or every 10,000 cups send for service. | <5 min |
| Cleaning Operation | as per manual | End of the day when a message on display is READY CLEAN. Use machine approved cleaning tablets. | 20 min |
| Descaling | as per manual | End of day when a message on display says READY DESCALE. Make use of the machine approved descaling tablets. | 45 min |
Jura Maintenance
Although there are differences per model, there are typical cycles for Jura maintenance:
| Type | Product | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning | Jura Cleaning pills | Domestic models: every 180-200 cups. Commercial products every 200-220 cups. |  |
| Milk system | Jura Milks system cleaning pills | Every day. Minimum once a week. |  |
| Descale | Jura Descale tablets | Depending on hardness, for South African typically 1 set of tablets every 220 litres |  |
| Water filter | Claris water filter/pro filter | For those with hardness above 7 we recommend water filters. The domestic water filter lasts 50 litres the Pro (large filter) lasts 200 litres. |  |
| Grinder | Jura calibrated grinder | Every 30,000 cups for quality coffee, less for low quality coffee or coffee with stones or other foreign objects |  |
| Service | Jura certified service | Every 10,000 cups or 5 years, whichever is sooner. |
Let us assist
We offer a service option that comes with our coffee. We send you the maintenance materials and provide a swap out machine when the machine needs a service or grinder repair. Read more about our coffee service offering.
