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Hamilton Beach 40540 Brew Station 40-Cup Coffee Urn, Silver | 
| Brand: Hamilton Beach
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $34.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 13658
Color: Silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Size: Medium
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.6
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 11.3 x 16.8
MPN: 40540
Model: 40540
UPC: 040094405404
EAN: 0040094405404
ASIN: B0018A8THM
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| Features:
| • | One-hand dispensing | | • | Easy to fill and clean | | • | Dual heater system maintains coffee's temperature without overcooking it for a fresher flavor | | • | Ready light | | • | Comfort-grip handles |
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Product Description
40-Cup Brewstation
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great coffee first time! August 24, 2009
Linda S (Silicon Valley, CA)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I just made delicious coffee for a crowd with this. I have never made percolator coffee. I think I put in too much coffee but it came out very well. I got a 13 oz can of some sort of smooth & mellow decaf coffee from Trader Joe's and I got it very coarse ground. I used the whole can for a full urn of water (up to the 40 mark). I read that you use 1 pound for 2 gallons of water as a catering standard. The urn is about 80% of 2 gallons, so 13 oz seemed right. It was more than the directions for the urn, but I decided to wing it. I'm really glad that I did! It was excellent, even a couple of hours later. The keep warm setting is great and the coffee is nice and hot and NOT overdone. I would recommend that you get a light-medium roasted coffee and grind it coarsely in the store.
My husband asked me to save the rest, which he never does when I get the Peet's catered coffee, so it is sitting in the fridge ready to make iced coffee!
Coffeeluver August 27, 2010
Karen Nantais (Wilderville, Oregon USA)
Purchased this coffee urn for our church's contemporary worship service. We serve donuts and coffee and wanted something that was user friendly and wouldn't keep cooking. This coffee pot is a big hit. It keeps the coffee very hot but doesn't overcook it.
 Mostly as expected for the price December 6, 2009
Jennifer D Kalmanson (Laurel, MD)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This urn is supremely functional, with no bells and whistles. It advertises brewing times of 45 seconds per cup, but I've found that it's closer to the minute per cup advertised by other models: you'll buy back very little setup time with this model (heating 2 gallons of water took 35 minutes for example). Plus, like all other coffee urns, this one sings its moany little song while brewing, so if there's a chance it might be a distraction, you'll need to plug it in ahead of time so it's done brewing by the time the main event occurs, or you'll need to brew in another room and move it to the buffet table once it's hot. The one-handed dispensing works fine if the cup being dispensed into is solid, like a coffee mug, but common sense is confirmed that paper cups are not sturdy enough to depress the button without collapsing. In order to dispense one-handed with a paper cup, you have to push the button with your knuckles, which puts your fingers in the path of potentially hot liquids. Finally, and this is something that there's no way to know before reading the owner's manual, there's a little strainer right above where the liquid comes out. The owner's manual warns not to tip the urn while dispensing in order to prevent clogging of this strainer with coffee grounds. That's all well and good, except that due to the placement of the dispensing nozzle, the coffee becomes inaccessible when the level goes below about 10 cups--that's 1/4 of the total brew for a full pot!! It's this waste factor that resulted in the 4 stars instead of 5. For its price, it's a tidy little machine--the nozzle is particularly good at preventing drips. However, I'd rather clean up dribble from a lower-placed nozzle than have to find a way to decant 10 cups of coffee.
great coffee maker and space saving large urn August 30, 2010
N. RODRIGUEZ (FORT WORTH, TX United States)
Great large coffee maker if you are placing it on a counter under a cabinet. Other models I've used don't allow lid removal due to height.
Nice Presentation August 30, 2010
Susan Miller (Laurel, MD United States)
This coffee brewer is attractive and makes a nice presentation. I especially liked the hands free feature. We ordered three of them, however, had to send one of them back because it leaked.
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