Coffee stays hot, never burns, tastes great

Coffee is an important part of a fireman's day. "The first thing everyone does when they come in the door is go straight to the coffee," notes Bill Geary, a volunteer fireman and House Manager at the Fire Department in Glen Ellyn, IL. "We brew a lot of coffee — around eight pots a day. And it's hard to keep coffee hot and tasting good. We were using a commercial coffee maker like you see in a lot of restaurants, with a hot plate and glass coffee pots. We had already burned through quite a few coffee makers that are made for homes.

Schweppe recommended the Bloomfield Coffee Maker

"About a year ago we asked Schweppe's what coffee pot they would recommend for our fire station," continues Geary, "We figured they knew more about kitchen equipment than anyone we could think of. They suggested the Bloomfield Coffee Maker. It's solved every problem — the coffee's always hot, it never burns, and it tastes great."

The Bloomfield Coffee Maker is a stainless steel commercial unit that can brew eight pots of coffee per hour. It connects to the water system — like a cold water faucet — so it has an automatic water feed for quick coffee brewing. There's even a hot water dispenser on the front of the unit that's handy for a cup of tea or instant soup.

A light at the front of the Bloomfield Coffee Maker turns on when the water temperature is perfect for coffee brewing. Just slide out the coffee basket, put in a fresh filter, add a packet of pre-measured coffee, and push the brew button. Fresh, hot coffee is ready in four minutes. The coffee is dispensed into a stainless steel 64-oz. thermal airpot that is designed to keep coffee hot for six hours with a temperature loss of only 10°.

Disgusting coffee pots eliminated

"With our old coffee maker, we left the hot plate on to keep the coffee hot," remembers Geary. "But the coffee would taste bitter after awhile and we'd forget to turn off the hot plate. When we receive a fire call, we aren't thinking about turning off the coffee maker. We're trying to get out as fast as possible. So we'd get back from a fire call, and the coffee would taste horrible. It would be bitter or burnt. If the coffee maker was left on overnight, the coffee would boil down into a thick sludge at the bottom of the pot. It takes awhile to clean out that disgusting stuff.

No more fire hazards in the fire station

"We knew we had to find a new coffee maker when one of the medics came into the station one morning and it smelled like burning motor oil. He looked around to figure out where the smell was coming from and saw that the coffee maker had been left on and the coffee in the pot had become thick and was boiling. He said that when he moved the coffee maker, the counter was too hot to touch. If there's one thing you don't want, it's to be on the evening news for having your firehouse burn down," says Geary.

New coffee makers at both fire stations

"We have two firehouses and bought just one Bloomfield Coffee Maker to test," Geary explains. "We found that the coffee is really top quality. Plus, the metal carafe manages the temperature so the coffee is never bitter or burnt but stays hot. The new coffee maker has made a huge difference, and we now have one in both stations."