Is this an underserved market?

We need a new 10-12 cup "regular" brew coffee maker. I am looking to spend $200 - $500 on one with a water line and not seeing much at all out there.

Bunn office/commercial models are too tall and deep for most residential countertops. The ideal unit would be 15 to 17" Tall x 14" or so deep (max) x 18" - 20" wide.

Anyone else have a solution? Extra features would be fine - not a coffee expert here. Is there an espresso/cappuccino machine that might work?

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Posted by ruzil

Baton Rouge

Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 6/8/21 at 10:15 pm to SwatMitchell

I have a commercial Bunn coffee maker at the office. It fits under a standard cabinet. The upper warmer doesn't have clearance to use, but when would you need two pots at home?

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Posted by mingoswamp

St. Louis

Member since Aug 2017

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Posted on 6/9/21 at 8:06 am to SwatMitchell

A home builder buddy put one in his last home. It had a frame that fit between the wall studs and with a water line & electric. I thought it was pretty cool that it only took half the space as a normal coffee maker.

Don't know the brand name, but it was in the $300+ price range

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Posted by SwatMitchell

Austin, TX

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 6/9/21 at 11:15 am to mingoswamp

quote:
A home builder buddy put one in his last home. It had a frame that fit between the wall studs and with a water line & electric. I thought it was pretty cool that it only took half the space as a normal coffee maker.

Don't know the brand name, but it was in the $300+ price range

Thanks, I found these searching late yesterday.

It is Brew Express and I found a countertop version on EBay - ordered 1 of the last 2 (New in box) units left. Apparently they are running low on stock everywhere due to the worldwide chip shortage.

Why are we still manually filling tanks on coffee makers while our icemakers' feeds have been around for 30 or 40 years?

Thanks again

This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 11:17 am

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