APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BREWING AND DISPENSING COFFEE

摘要

The apparatus includes a brewing vessel for the production of coffee. There is a holding vessel to which the coffee from the brewing vessel flows. The holding vessel lacks a heater so that the temperature of the coffee falls while it is in the holding tank. An urn receives coffee from the holding tank. In the urn the coffee is re-heated to a temperature suitab le for consumption. The urn has a spigot for dispensing the hot coffee. There is a control means for preventing the coffee in the holding tank from flowing to the urn while coffee is flowing from the brewing vessel to the holding tank. The method includes the steps of: contacting coffee beans in a brewing vesse l with a stream of hot water over a predetermined interval of time to produce liquid coffee. From the brewing vessel the coffee flows to an unheated holding tank where it remains , unheated, until the end of the predetermined time interval. At the end of the interval, the flow of hot water to the brewing vessel stops. Cool coffee from the holding tank then flows to an urn and is reheated and is dispensed as required.