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Airpots
An
airpot is a large, vacuum insulated carafe that
dispenses hot or cold beverages via an air pump
pressed on the lid. Self-serve beverages can
often be kept hot up to 12 hours, and cold up to
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Brewers
Brewers dispense the coffee that they brew in
large quantities, usually through a spigot on
the front of the pot or machine. For the very
busy restaurants and buffet counters for
self-service. |
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Brewer
Accessories
Such items can include reusable wire mesh
baskets for coffee grounds, specialty mugs for
travel, condiment sets for creamers, sweeteners,
and flavors, and so on. |
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Dispensers
Coffee dispensers take many shapes. Commercial
dispensers are often calibrated for an exact
amount of beans to be measured to go into the
grinders. Some models even grind these beans in
the same machine. |
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Espresso
& Cappuccino Machines
Commercial espresso machines date back to the
turn of the 20th century, eventually spreading the Italian
coffee craze all over Europe, the Americas, and
the world. |
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Grinders
Commercial coffee grinders for restaurants can
handle up to five pounds of beans at a time.
Various grinds, from coarse to extra fine
(Turkish), allow a wide variety of coffee
styles. |
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Servers
The traditional coffee pot at restaurants,
push-pots that brew and serve the coffee all in
the same container, carafes, and tea pots ...
there are as many styles and preferences as
there are types of coffee drinks. |
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Specialty
Drink Machines
Whichever came first, the smoothie, the frappé,
or the granita, there are many quality machines
that either specialize or cover all styles of
cold and/or frozen delights. |
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Warmers
Warmers can range from the desktop, single cup
warmer that identifies the serious coffee
drinker at work, on up to multiple burner "hot
plate" styles in restaurants and cafés that keep
brewed pots ready to serve. |
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Water
Filtration
The quality of the coffee starts with the water.
A variety of filtration systems -- drop-filters
of paper or charcoal, in-line filtering,
osmosis, distillation, softening -- continues to
evolve as demand rises. |