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Saying this out loud sounds like the start of a Mighty Boosh crimp.
The big brewers are fun. I worked a dead end job and I hated using all the chemicals so I’d brew a pot of scalding water and use it to clean all kinds of shit, especially sugar. The coffee station was always a mess, people are animals, cream and sugar all over, gooey sweetener hardening to concrete. Slap a soaking towel full of hot water on there and let it sit 3 minutes and it all melts away. It’s not just a coffee station. It’s a big mean heat machine and it can turn virgin tap water into Chad Cleaning Water
They vibe but they also burn the coffee on the bottom giving the whole coffee a bad bitter taste.
You mean a good bitter taste right?
No
The newer industrial coffee makers drip directly into insulated pots which are like the worst of both worlds. Even harder to clean and does a worse job of keeping the coffee hot.
The thermo-carafes are meant to be a huge version of that. They get filled directly from even bigger coffee machines. They're actually better but only if you're dealing with a high volume of coffee dispensing.
At work we have a bunch of options but my favorite is a big ass thing that probably holds 2 gallons of drip like you said, straight into a huge insulated thermos like they have at Panera. our facilities guy brews it so strong it's like tar. I have to water it down.
So much better than that Keurig bullshit
I'm not content with coffee unless I can scald my mouth and taste nothing afterwards for half the day, as the good lord intended.
I know what you’re talking about and I agree. Those big old coffee stations are probably super energy inefficient but that def do keep the coffee hot.
One is a thermos and the other has a heating functions, so yeah?
This is better than...
This
Ah I see now
OP is talking about these industrial coffee makers that have warmers on the top for pots
Yes, you know the coffee is good when there's a depressed looking construction worker standing in front of it.
We had one of these in the rehab I was at and can confirm, it makes a good cup of Joe.
You know it's going to be a good diner when its one of these bad boys:
I wish I had the spending cash, there's a diner within walking distance of me and I'd love to go down and get something good and some coffee from one of these.
Yes! With the faux wood paneling, straight from my memories I can smell this picture
The coffee won't be right if there are no coins on the hotplate.
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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