Bunn - Speed Brew Platinum

We’ve had our Bunn 12-cup brewer for about 5 years & it works great. My favorite thing about it is that it keeps a reservoir of hot water, so it starts brewing immediately when filled. Brews 12 cups in ~3 mins.

I had a Bunn Speed Brew, and it was finicky and incredibly hard to keep clean. Sure, it made a fast pot, but the coffee was mediocre, in my opinion.

I have the bunn speedbrew. It’s always on. Add grounds, add water, close lid. Make sure the carafe is in place because it’s already making coffee. It does not make *great* coffee like the moccamaster. But if you buy bulk or semi-bulk coffee, you probably don’t need that. I run a variety of heb grounds through mine successfully.

I’ll continue to recommend a Bunn coffee maker.

No experience with the brands you referenced. But I’ll always suggest a Bunn drip coffee maker.

I sense the general consensus will be Moccamaster. And based on reviews, I can't disagree. But I have two concerns about them. First is the price ($350+), and the other is the height. Most kitchens are going to have upper cabinets, and to me, it would require me pulling it out to pour water into it, and then push it back. Seems very inconvenient. FWIW, our go-to coffee maker has been the Bunn Speed Brew line of products.

Obviously the win goes to Moccamaster. And while I’ve never measured one, they look too tall to make them practical. Not to mention expensive. We’ve used Bunn for at least 30 years (not the same unit), and feel very comfortable recommending them.

Hear, Hear! Bunn Speedbrew makes a fantastic cuppa faster than any other I've used.

Bunns are great because they control temp very well. Truly. If you can get a restaurant one in good working order you’re set.

Mocca-Master. or the Ratio Six. The coffee is so consistent it’s boring. Also any of the industrial Bunn batch brewers…they’re so good and so pricey.

These are absolutely rock solid and I’m a huge coffee snob. Personally I’m gonna rock the commercial grade Bunn and sink $ into a new grinder but good stuff

1-2 pots a day get a mocamaster. They go on sale I think I got mine for 170 2 years ago. I got the thermal carafe one and just take the pot to my desk in the morning. A gripe I have is I have to fill it to the absolute brim to get 3 normal coffee cup out of each pot. If your household drinks a lot of coffee (4+ a day), get a used commercial BUNN. Those things will not only last decades but make really good coffee. The non commercial one is kind of meh. These are the best for cheapish coffee (Folgers, Maxwell House) but also better grounds. My personal preference is like BUNN made coffee better for daily drinking as I’m also a cheap ass and only use the good coffee 1-2x a week.

not a coffee expert here. but my old bunn commercial drip has been doing fine for 20 years, theyre pricey from a restaurant supply company but if you can track down a used one at a decent price theyre nice to have, its commercial grade so literally everything on it is replaceable, heating element, sensors, switches, hot plates all of it is readily available. mine is plumbed into the water supply, so just grind the beans dump them into the filter basket and hit the button, 3 minutes later fresh coffee. mine has a 2nd warmer on top so it can keep 2 pots going for large gatherings. does need taken apart and cleaned on occasion to deal with the limewater scaling and couple of pots of vinegar run thru it to get it back to top form. if you are using water thru a softnening system that gets cut back dramatically, way less minerals to build up in your coffeemaker.