[Electronics-Talk] Bunn Coffee Makers

Wed Nov 22 16:27:12 UTC 2023

Wow, thanks Aaron.  Very useful information.

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From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
Aaron Spears via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 9:15 AM
To: Jerry Berrier via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Aaron Spears <valiant8086 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Bunn Coffee Makers

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.
>
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 1:25 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Arlene <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
> 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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>> I'm interested in hearing from anyone who uses a Bunn.  Any accessibility
>> issues?
>>
>>
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