BUNN 55200 CSB3T Speed Brew Platinum Thermal Coffee Maker Stainless Steel 10-Cup Black

Bought this months and months and months ago never had a problem. It works fantastic your time is fast. The thermos keeps your coffee hot for hours. Read more

Our last Bunn only lasted a little over 15 years. Bit of a let down. The one before lasted almost 20. In my opinion Bunns make the perfect cup of coffee. You have to leave them on all the time, but you are rewarded with fresh coffee in about a minute and a half. The thermal pot will keep it (mostly) fresh and completely drinkable all day. The latest version of the pot seems to have solved the dribble problem of earlier designs. Read more

Pro Hack InsideThe BUNN 55200 CSB3T Speed Brew Platinum delivers diner-quality drip coffee at home. Hot, bold, 10 cups in under 3 minutes once ready. Pro Move (@diegokerr11 ): Paired it with a smart plug. Turns on 30 min before I wake—zero preheat wait. Coffee’s piping hot the second I roll in. Pros: Commercial tank = consistent temp No pods, no weak brews Built like a tank (construction-approved) 7-min heat-up? Solved with a $15 smart outlet. Best coffee upgrade ever. Read more

the one thing that i'm still on the fence about: the water tank is plastic. i'm undecided on how i feel about the water being heated constantly in a plastic tank. our commercial version at work is metal and i'd really prefer that. but it is enormous. this coffee maker is comparable in size to most others. this replaced a cuisinart 10 cup with carafe. the start button stopped making contact inside the unit (this was the second coffee maker that had the same issue over a few years' time). after a bit of research i am very glad i picked this up. brew time is crazy quick. after the first fill of the reservoir the heater takes about fifteen minutes to have your first pot ready. i've read a few complaints about the heater being too loud. honestly, i don't think it is any louder than a regular coffee pot in the brewing process. it is nice that there is no steam to ruin the underside of the cabinets. i have pulled the unit about two inches from the wall so that i can easily pour water into the lid. be very mindful that once you've added the water into the lid, do not close that lid until you have replaced the pot! you will make a mess immediately. i guess you can spring for the fancy water pitcher but there is really no need. it comes with filters but i purchased melitta filters (8 - 12 cup) and they hold the coffee better. the original filters let the coffee grounds ride up just a little too close to the top. keeps coffee hot for at least six hours. i dig this machine... update (nov 24) i have to correct myself - this speed brew has a stainless steel tank that keeps the water hot. i was under the (wrong) impression that it was plastic. had i really looked at the deets to this machine i would have seen that. i don't know why some people have an absolute mess of grounds when they brew. i have never had that issue. my filters are shown pre and post brew. my hario ceramic grinder takes longer to grind than the bunn takes to brew. and i'm ok with the "workout." something important to point out is that you MUST replace the pot before you close the lid. it starts brewing immediately and you'll make a mess if it isn't there. also, you cannot "prefill" the tank (like the night before) and simply close the lid when ready (like in the morning). the tank will not continue to keep the water at 200 overnight and you wind up with lukewarm coffee. i did this once and i learned my lesson. frankly, you can't say that filling it right before you use it can be an inconvenience. it brews so quickly that whatever time you think you lost by not having a timer or it being set up the night before is moot. i've seen other reviews comment about the plastic housing being cheap or not flashy. i disagree. last thing to add - i use it daily, full pot. about every three or four months i will notice that it takes a few minutes longer to brew. that's when i descale with vinegar and water. lengthy process but totally worth it. hope this helps and you wind up buying this. Read more

This coffee machine looks and feels like a BUNN machine I see in the local delis. It's very easy to set up and use, but I feel the product could be improved a bit. See below: 1. The temperature of the coffee is nowhere close to the heat of deli/starbks coffee - its at the most lukewarm, with temperatures hovering around 100 º Fahrenheit/ 50 º Celsius for brewed coffee, as measured just now. Since the machine is supposed to be left 'ON' all the time and has a metal reservoir, it should be an easy fix for BUNN to increase the ambient temperature of the coffee water to scalding hot or above 100 º Celsius. 2. Unlike the deli BUNN machine, this doesn't have a heating plate for the stainless steel flask. Which means, you pretty much need to brew a fresh cup every time you want coffee, as the stainless steel flask rapidly loses temperature of the brewed coffee. All in all, its a good machine, but could do with higher coffee temperature (100 º C or thereabouts) and also sorely needs a hot plate. UPDATE 12/2/2024: I wish BUNN offered a buy-back/trade-in so that I can send this in and replace it with one of BUNNs newer, more premium models. I have had enough of lukewarm coffee with the CSBT3....!! Read more

Operates well and consistently brews an excellent cup of coffee. Well worth the money. Cleaning was a little more trying than I expected, but with practice I’m sure that will improve. It does have a small leak on the left side, but rather than send it back, I chose to blot the drops up after brewing. Nice design. Truthfully, about an 8 cup capacity. Read more

Hot coffee fast, under 3 mins! Very easy to use. Thermal carafe keeps coffee hot for hours. Carafe easy to clean. Read more