Great for brewing coffee or hot water for hot chocolate for big crowds.

Works great. Keeps water/coffee hot all day long. Bought it for a hot chocolate station at work and needed it to last all day and night. Beer rarely have to fill it up twice and stays steaming hot the whole time.

We have used this in our catering operation now for over a year and it is always consistent and good quality coffee. It does take about 50 minutes to percolate so keep that in mind but it make a quality coffee and looks so much better than most coffee urns.

We bought this as a Sabbath hot water urn - but it's so big that we can use it for hot water all week with just a topoff. All the cheaper ones we purchased failed in some way during the return period or shortly thereafter. With pump pots, the air pump typically fails within the first year and none of the vendors provide replacement parts. We're not permitted by our religious laws to use the electric pumps on Sabbath, so the urn is then useless, which is why we opted for the spigot design. The Garvee will boil a full pot of water in about 5 minutes. It keeps water at about 185 and starts reheating instantly after topping off. A few notes: 1. The sides are not as cool as with some other double-walled urns, but not too hot to touch. The top, as usual with these, is not insulated at all so we keep a folded towel on top to retain heat. 2. We do not use this for coffee, so we cannot comment on the percolator function. 3. The sight glass is graduated for the percolator function so some interpolation is required for hot water use. So far so good - the best urn we've had in 20 years.

We bought this as a Sabbath hot water urn - but it's so big that we can use it for hot water all week with just a topoff. All the cheaper ones we purchased failed in some way during the return period or shortly thereafter. With pump pots, the air pump typically fails within the first year and none of the vendors provide replacement parts. We're not permitted by our religious laws to use the electric pumps on Sabbath, so the urn is then useless, which is why we opted for the spigot design. The GARVEE will boil a full pot of water in about 5 minutes. It keeps water at about 185 and starts reheating instantly after topping off. A few notes: 1. The sides are not as cool as with some other double-walled urns, but not too hot to touch. The top, as usual with these, is not insulated at all so we keep a folded towel on top to retain heat. 2. We do not use this for coffee, so we cannot comment on the percolator function. 3. The sight glass is graduated for the percolator function so some interpolation is required for hot water use. So far so good - the best urn we've had in 20 years.

Used every week for large group meeting. Holding up wonderfully so far. Coffee is hot and brewed nicely

I ordered this urn for an event I was hosting. It is very nice looking and was perfect for my event. Extremely pleased with my purchase!

We take food and hot drinks out to the homeless, and needed something bugger and quicker for hot drinks.This Coffee Urn makes all the coffee we need. not absolutely sure how long it takes, never timed it, but we turn it on at seven a,m. its ready in about an hour, to an hour and a half.Such a great purchase. Very happy.

Made a batch of coffee and it was good. Let it brew 1 minute per cup. Once brew time is complete you will need to remove the basket and stem to stop the percolation. Use a heat pad when removing to protect your fingers! It held the heat well for several hours. Great price and would highly recommend. We used our freshly ground coffee beans (coarse) which I think made the coffee full bodied.

I never intended to use this coffeemaker for coffee, but it would be good for that, too. I make hot spiced cider every fall and serve it at a number of autumn gatherings. The unit is quiet when heating up, quick to heat and very quiet when maintaining temperature. I hosted a Celebration of Life event in my yard in November when it was bitterly cold outside and this unit had no trouble maintaining the spiced cider at perfect hotness even with the frigid outdoor temperature. I was concerned about cloves and allspice berries accidentally getting into and clogging the liquid level gauge or other internal parts, so I used the perforated aluminum filter, but without the rod inserted, so the filter stayed at the bottom of the pot instead of the top. That way, the orange slices, lemon peels, cinnamon sticks and spices could continue to infuse the cider with flavor, even when the levels got low. Worked like a charm and made cleanup so easy! I just pulled the aluminum filter out and dumped the contents into my compost pile, then washed and rinsed the interior of the unit. I've used the unit three times since it was delivered and it has worked flawlessly each time.