33200.0010 VPR APS Commercial Pour Over Air Pot Coffee Brewer (120V/60/1PH)

This Bunn coffee brewer does one thing excellent... Actually I take that back, it does three things excellent- It makes damn good coffee, and it does it damn fast, and in the perfect volume to fill my Curtis glass lined thermal coffee airpots. I can quickly brew a pot of my Peerless French Roast, and a second pot for my wifes Starbucks Breakfast Blend to have great coffee available all day for my family. It’s such a huge convenience to have coffee available in thermal pump pots because it’s kept hot into the evening. So it’s like having a coffee shop in your house. We drink copious amounts of coffee, preferring coffee to canned energy performance beverages. This is an excellent setup for households with software engineers and hardcore video gamers, or for the home office. I imagine this brewer is also excellent for small offices. I bring a thermal pot of coffee into the office a couple days a week. My office mates prefer coffee brewed from this maker vs the Moccamaster we have in the office. This is simply an outstanding coffee brewer. Because this might sound like an extreme use case- Quick backstory on how I stepped up to the Bunn commercial brewer level of coffeemaker for my home/office- My company gave me the Bunn dual glass carafe commercial brewer unit when they were remodelling the kitchen with different equipment. I used this dual carafe brewer for about a year, which is how I’ve come to appreciate the quality and quantity of coffee that a commercial brewer can produce. I’ve since forgone using the single cup and standard home brewers because they couldn’t compete. However, there was something amiss with the style of how the coffee was produced and how we consumed it. For sheer volume of coffee production, the dual carafe system is superior from a small commercial unit. But the warmers and glass carafe system are made for fast consumption like with a busy office or a cafe/restaurant environment. So I ended up trying a thermal airpot to store and serve the coffe- as soon as the coffee finishes brewing I would immediately pour the glass carafe into the thermal airpot. This worked great for keeping the coffee hot all day and for service convenience from not having to worry about leaving the coffee warming plates on all day or the coffee evaporating or going stale in the glass carafes. The thermal airpots worked so well and everyone loved their performance, so much so, that I thought why not consolidate my coffee setup and brew directly into the thermal airpot. Et voila! I ended up giving the dual carafe Bunn brewer to my office mate, for his new house, who is now loving the coffee fueled life because he programs from home most days of the week. If you love coffee and drink it by the gallon, this could be a great system. Experiment with the thermal airpots to find what suits you best. I happened to prefer the Curtis pots instead of the Bunn pots because they are glass lined and I take great care when handling and cleaning them so as not to shatter the liner. The reward is coffee that stays hot longer. However if you’re rough on your equipment, the durability of a stainless steel lined airpot might work out better. I did some light math and this commercial setup is more cost effective over the high end single cup brewers. And the convenience of selecting any whole coffee beans you want and grinding them just before brewing, to me, makes a difference in flavor and enjoyment. The next item to tweak, in my coffee making setup, is to procure a commercial coffee grinder so I can grind a batch of beans more quickly and consistently, without having to hold anything. Currently I’m using a Mr Coffee 12 cup grinder where I have to set it, every time, to grind 12 cups worth. And also have to tilt it to get all the beans to be ground. It grinds very well, but it’s slightly inconvenient for a daily use system. It was also super inexpensive. The commercial grinders are relatively expensive. But I can live with the current setup, for the meanwhile. Cheers to excellent coffee!

Its a Bunn.....what can I say that hasn't already been said? Couple this with an airpot and you are up and running!!!

The one I received ...leaks and has problems with the seams so that the water leaks out. It has other problems in design, such as no on/off switch. It holds a recess of water in the tank which you have to turn the thing upside down to drain all water out if you are storing it. Not a great design and really dangerous with no on/off switch. There are no indicators that tell you when it has heated the water or what it is doing really. If your staff forget to unplug, you could wind up with a fire. I would buy something else, like one of the other manufacturer pots that have a on/off switch and something that you can tell what it is doing and what the status is.

Bought this for a Banquet Hall. Works great. It takes 20 minutes to heat the water after plugging in. Exact measurements using a 3.0 liter air pot are: Using the measuring cup also available for purchase, pour 64 plus 40 more oz of water into the top of the brewer (104) oz. Any more than that and it will over flow the 3.0 liter air pot. Let heat 20 minutes. Insert the filter into the filter cup. Add 3/4 cup of coffee. Slide filter holder onto the brewer. Add another 64 plus 40 oz of water (104 oz). Each 3.0 liter Air Pot holds exactly 104 oz. Brewing time is 10 to 12 minutes per 3.0 air pot. Each 3.0 air pot will make about 25 small cups of coffee @ 4 oz each. Estimate is that the 3.8 air pot will make about 30 4 oz cups. These directions are for the 3.0 liter air pot. Brewer is fairly heavy and has no drain plug to remove the water after use. If you don't plan on using it everyday or often, you will have to drain the pot manually by tipping it over. I am able to do this myself with not too much effort but it's a little heavy. Air pots keep the coffee warm 2 or more hours. Makes great coffee and is well built.

BUNN makes the best coffee brewing equipment! Unfortunately, the brewer had a small dent in it when it arrived. Packaging could be better!

I almost gave up on getting anything more than weak coffee out of this machine, but then I realized I was the problem. This machine is a displacement brewer, and the faster you pour the water in, the more forceful the hot water comes out, the less dwell time it has on the beans. Maybe, it's just a theory. But, the results were undeniable. The coffee was much stronger and more flavorful once I started slow pouring the water into the tank. I set up a refillable gallon water dispenser on top to do the slow pour for me in the future. Happy brewing!

I borrowed this coffee maker from another department when I had an event coming up that required lots of coffee. I had to have our own for my department after using this one time. Luckily there have been some updates. I got a measuring water pitcher which is the perfect amount of water to add to perk one carafe of coffee. I also ordered the mesh filters. I received a free package of paper filters with my order and was grateful. We will use this coffee maker for so many events coming up in the near future and this will save us on ordering coffee from caterers which never stays hot for more than 20 minutes after it's delivered. I perked a carafe early one morning and left it sitting on the department counter overnight. I came in the next morning and poured myself an amazingly hot delicious cup of coffee. This maker is worth every penny the department spent and will make my job as an event planner so much simpler.

We use this at our church and it works great. We actually have three of these and we make a lot of coffee! It would be great to have the nicer model that has the built-in water hookup, but these are much cheaper and work great.