[Electronics-Talk] Bunn Coffee Makers

Tue Nov 21 14:14:34 UTC 2023

Hi.

No accessibility issues that I know of. You Need a pitcher with a 
definite spout on it to pour the water in the top. This pitcher needs a 
way to not hold more water than the carafe has. Either by you stopping 
at the right mark or because it can't hold anymore. You actually can 
just use the same carafe, but I personally didn't like having to clean 
it up in the sink before I put water in it. Probably a lot of people 
wouldn't care if maybe a little bit of coffee got put down into the tank 
on the machine, but I did.

There's a switch or two. One switch turns a hot water tank on. When you 
first get it, you have to fill that tank up by pouring a bunch of water 
down the machine. You add water by opening a lid on top and there's a 
grill you dump the water into. When the tank is full, water will come 
out into the filter area when you close that lid. If you do that without 
the hot water tank on, you don't even have to plug it in, you can be 
sure you won't get burnt or anything, just make sure you collect the 
water in the carafe or what ever lol.

Once it's full, to brew, you open that lid on top, pour the amount of 
water you want to put into your coffee, change out your coffee grounds 
and filter, ensure carafe is sitting on the burner, turn the burner on 
with another switch if you want, usually on the front, and close the 
lid. The water will drip until all the excess water has been able to 
move into the hot water tank on the rear, and you're all done. They're 
fast because with the hot water tank on they don't have to heat up, they 
start dripping hot water as soon as you close that lid on top. They also 
are nice for not needing electricity. If the power's been out for an 
hour, it'll still be hot in the back, so you can pour a bottle or two of 
water in the top and it'll drip in just like normal, since there's no 
pump involved, it's all about the way the hot water tank is set up to 
let hot water out when there's water in the top area trying to come into it.

Usually, there's a switch on the front for the burner This is at the 
bottom below the burner. The hot water tank is switched on with a switch 
on the right side. The idea is to always leave that on. Not particularly 
energy efficient. I can't remember if the burner turns itself off after 
a while, but it's a rocker switch. If it did turn itself off, to use it 
again you'd have to flip the switch to off and then back to on. 
Otherwise you'd have to remember to turn it off. I don't think we ever 
worried that much about it, so maybe it turns itself off.

You can get them at like pharmacy stores last time I knew, for some 
reason. They're not terribly expensive, around $80?

We used to use them exclusively until we wound up with a Keurig K-Duo. 
They're about $90 and they have a big water reservoir on the back and 
there's 3 buttons on the right for the brew size and 2 more buttons for 
whether you're brewing onto the carafe or into a k-cup. They are sized 
and shaped so you can keep track of which is which. You press the carafe 
button and then the smaller brew size, for example. When brewing into 
carafe, the size buttons are cups e.g. 6 8 10 cups. When brewing into a 
k-cup, the buttons are ounces e.g. 6 8 10 ounces. As long as there is 
enough water in the rear tank, it'll measure out the water amount and 
you don't have to worry about that part of it. You can remove the 
reservoir tank from the back and fill it up under the water spout and 
such if that is more convenient.

It is not nearly as fast as a bun, but the flavor is adicting. It 
somehow makes really nice tasting coffee. There's a pump that slowly 
pumps water into some other hot tank heater and then it pumps that water 
out through the filter or k-cup. It's a small tank, maybe it's like a 
cup in size? So when it's brewing especially into the carafe, you hear 
it come up to boil, pump, come back to boil, pump, come back to boil, 
pump again, come back to boil. It's not slower than a percolator, but 
it's definitely not instant gratification like the bun is but the flavor 
is just fantastic!

Cheers:

Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 11/21/2023 5:18 AM, Jerry Berrier via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Yes, they now have a home version that is much less expensive and does not
> connect to the water line.
> Thanks for the responses.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Arlene via Electronics-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Bunn Coffee Makers
>
> Jerry, we used bunn coffee makers in the restaurant and they are very good
> machines. Here's what I know about them, since it was the restaurant we used
> the commercial coffee maker. I've been retired from the restaurant about 40
> years, but I'm sure the quality is the same as it was then, I really hope
> so. There so good, I looked into getting one and the best I remember they
> were about $400 to $500. They are made of pure stainless steel. You have to
> hook them up to your existing water supply, there's a water filter between
> the water supply and the coffee maker that will need to be changed from time
> to time. But if you like coffee and it's something you would like to have I
> think you'll really love it. Any questions just ask.
>
> Wayne
>
>
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> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Bunn Coffee Makers
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>> I'm interested in hearing from anyone who uses a Bunn.  Any accessibility
>> issues?
>>
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