Bunn is a very popular brand in the USA. I got this coffee machine from our good family friends to review, as they actually bought two of them. You see Bunn all over the place in restaurants, and other such establishments. Hope the video is helpful and seeing how the displacement method works to make a very fast batch of drip coffee.
The factory is in Springfield. You should message them, as at one point they did offer factory tours. EDIT: A tour that is closer is the Ripon, WI factory (Alliance) that manufactures the famous Speed Queen appliances.
I just bought this same coffee maker at my local thrift store for $15. We had no idea what we were dealing with, so I did what I usually do with possibly used appliances, and I cleaned it as well as I could without dismantling it. We then filled the water area with 10 cups of water and waited… waited… waited… It produced about 4 cups of water and I began to think it must be broken. Then, we tried TH-cam and realized we needed to pour another 10 cups of water in. After doing that, and letting it run a full 10 cups of water through, I brewed a pot of coffee. It took a tad over 5 minutes at that point to make the 10 cups of coffee, and the flavor is noticeably better than it was in our old coffee maker. I’m still a little uncertain about the power button. It seems from the TH-cam videos, that we’re supposed to keep it on all the time, which seems a little odd to me. Won’t the heating element burn up? Or the water evaporate? We use a BUNN coffee maker at church, and we keep it running all day, usually making about 4 pots throughout the day. Any tips about caring for and maintaining this machine would be appreciated. P.S. The only thing “wrong” (?) with this machine seems to be that the switches don’t light up at all. They’re working fine, they just don’t light up. One other thing, the machine was very clean and looked good when I picked it up, but I did notice when I let one 10 cup pot of water cycle through, it did drop quite a bit of mineral residue into the pot. My assumption is that it needs a deep cleaning, but I really don’t know how to do that.
Hi there! $15 is a good deal! You might need a full descale, which you can do with vinegar, according to the directions, to get rid of the mineral deposits. But yes, this machine was designed to be always "on" so that you can just dump in a new pot of water, and that water displaces the already heated water in the tank, to immediately start your brew. Cheers!
thanks for review To be honest, I don't really understand why a coffee maker that is constantly on is considered a good thing. In my simple drip coffee maker, I fill it with plenty of water, specify the number of cups I want to brew in the menu, add coffee, press Start, and my coffee starts brewing. With the 'Bunn Speed', the user has to remember to put in the coffee first and only then pour in the water (a strictly defined volume). Additionally, the monthly electricity bill can be unjustifiably high, all for saving just one minute on boiling water in the thermalblock?
You can buy different spray heads (shower heads). They’re very cheap and there’s a huge selection from 6 to 21 hole and from 0.115” 3mm to 0.221” 5.5mm. If your coffee climbs up the filter, you find grounds in your coffee I suggest finding one with smaller holes. Google “Bunn 40670”. You’ll even find a Tim Hortons specific shower head
So you get a lot of shit coffee but really quickly and anice hot plate to burn the rest of the coffee for that traditional burnt bitter "been hanging around for a while" flavour..... Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhhh I will give that a miss.... thanks anyway though.
Bunn is a very popular brand in the USA. I got this coffee machine from our good family friends to review, as they actually bought two of them. You see Bunn all over the place in restaurants, and other such establishments. Hope the video is helpful and seeing how the displacement method works to make a very fast batch of drip coffee.
These were in my grandparents house since the first consumer product was available. My mother bought her first one in 1982
The factory is in Springfield. You should message them, as at one point they did offer factory tours.
EDIT: A tour that is closer is the Ripon, WI factory (Alliance) that manufactures the famous Speed Queen appliances.
@@gbriank1Oh nice, Ripon isn’t too far out, could be a nice day trip. So they make Speed Queen and Bunn stuff there?
So cool, so fast, thanks for reviewing a Bunn coffee maker, which is rarely reviewed. Thank you, nicely done
You betcha! I like that these are made in neighboring Illinois. Cheers!
En français (My mother tongue). Une Bunn vidéo, merci Tom.
Merci a tout!
Great video like always Tom!!! ☕️😎👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I just bought this same coffee maker at my local thrift store for $15. We had no idea what we were dealing with, so I did what I usually do with possibly used appliances, and I cleaned it as well as I could without dismantling it.
We then filled the water area with 10 cups of water and waited… waited… waited…
It produced about 4 cups of water and I began to think it must be broken.
Then, we tried TH-cam and realized we needed to pour another 10 cups of water in.
After doing that, and letting it run a full 10 cups of water through, I brewed a pot of coffee.
It took a tad over 5 minutes at that point to make the 10 cups of coffee, and the flavor is noticeably better than it was in our old coffee maker.
I’m still a little uncertain about the power button. It seems from the TH-cam videos, that we’re supposed to keep it on all the time, which seems a little odd to me. Won’t the heating element burn up? Or the water evaporate?
We use a BUNN coffee maker at church, and we keep it running all day, usually making about 4 pots throughout the day.
Any tips about caring for and maintaining this machine would be appreciated.
P.S. The only thing “wrong” (?) with this machine seems to be that the switches don’t light up at all. They’re working fine, they just don’t light up.
One other thing, the machine was very clean and looked good when I picked it up, but I did notice when I let one 10 cup pot of water cycle through, it did drop quite a bit of mineral residue into the pot.
My assumption is that it needs a deep cleaning, but I really don’t know how to do that.
Hi there! $15 is a good deal! You might need a full descale, which you can do with vinegar, according to the directions, to get rid of the mineral deposits.
But yes, this machine was designed to be always "on" so that you can just dump in a new pot of water, and that water displaces the already heated water in the tank, to immediately start your brew. Cheers!
thanks for review
To be honest, I don't really understand why a coffee maker that is constantly on is considered a good thing. In my simple drip coffee maker, I fill it with plenty of water, specify the number of cups I want to brew in the menu, add coffee, press Start, and my coffee starts brewing. With the 'Bunn Speed', the user has to remember to put in the coffee first and only then pour in the water (a strictly defined volume). Additionally, the monthly electricity bill can be unjustifiably high, all for saving just one minute on boiling water in the thermalblock?
I've been taught that it's not a good habit to fill coffee machines with their own glass pots.... 😊
Can you choose to not keep the stainless tank hot all the time and use it like a regular coffee maker?
Yes!
I have an older model. Never got a good brew from it, unfortunately. I don't think I'm wrong in saying its because the shower head is too small.
You can buy different spray heads (shower heads). They’re very cheap and there’s a huge selection from 6 to 21 hole and from 0.115” 3mm to 0.221” 5.5mm. If your coffee climbs up the filter, you find grounds in your coffee I suggest finding one with smaller holes. Google “Bunn 40670”. You’ll even find a Tim Hortons specific shower head
So you get a lot of shit coffee but really quickly and anice hot plate to burn the rest of the coffee for that traditional burnt bitter "been hanging around for a while" flavour..... Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhhh I will give that a miss.... thanks anyway though.
I think it does better with full carafes of coffee, and with a darker more robust roast. But yes, in the end it is drip coffee.
You could always turn the warming plate off…