why are bunn coffee makers so expensive

Why are commercial coffee machines (ie. Bunn) such as the ones in starbucks so expensive? And do they utilize an altogether different brewing mechanism? I am hoping to find something similar at a more reasonable price point

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Bunn machines, like the ICBT or axiom use a digital controller to brew on bursts, let say put water, wait 15 seconds, add water again wait again and so on. That way we can decide for how long the water is in contact with the coffee. Fast brewing makes weak coffee, slow brewing extracts more coffee. That's what makes those machine more expensive, you control more variables, like temperature, water bypass, and obviously size of the batch. About starbucks being better on your stomach is not going to be the machine, but the acidity. Some coffees acid, I would say try darker coffees for less acidity. Some coffees like Mexicans or nicaraguans are less acidic. Light roasts are very acidic. Answer from guanacazo on reddit.com

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r/Coffee on Reddit: Why are commercial coffee machines (ie. Bunn) such as the ones in starbucks so expensive? And do they utilize an altogether different brewing mechanism? I am hoping to find something similar at a more reasonable price point

November 19, 2019 -

I am curious to know if anyone is familiar with these types of coffee machines and can shed some light on what it is they do differently and if they utilize a standard drip brewing approach. or something completely different?

https://commercial.bunn.com/33600.0029

I have ulcerative colitis and when I make coffee at home with a standard drip machine it gives me such bad inflammation even when I use the same beans I get from starbucks. When I get the coffee at starbucks, I tolerate it so well and it makes a tremendous difference in my quality of life. I really am curious to know what it is that makes these machines different from the rest. It would be so appreciated if anyone knowledgeable on them could chime in.

-Ryan

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They both do and don't do a lot different - because all home machines also do things different from one another in very similar fashions. How much water is used, how it's distributed across the coffee, the intervals between portions of water being added ... all of these things can make subtle differences in brewing the coffee. But none of those should make a difference with your colitis. They're not extracting anything different and as far as I know, there's nothing within "over" extraction that's particularly upsetting, or anything missing in "under" extraction that would be be similar - doing a different or sometimes better job of the same brew shouldn't matter as far as your digestive tract. You may be making your coffee at home stronger than Starbucks does in store, it is very common for home consumers to use a higher coffee:water ratio in their home machine than somewhere like Starbucks does. Most of what makes those machines so expensive is durability and pace. They're designed to remain functional over 1000s of brews because that's a typical week for them, where a home machine would take several years to put on that kind of milage. Similarly, a commercial machine needs to be capable of making back-to-back pots or similar, so needs a much better heat management system and a much beefier power supply - which turns into a more expensive electical safety system and certification.

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February 6, 2014 -

I've noticed that the old school design Bunn coffee makers are like $200+ on Amazon, whereas the new designs are more like $100+. Why is there such a big price difference? They appear to have the same or close specs. Is there some feature I'm missing?

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iirc the "old" design had brass everything, and stainless steel everything else. the new design is stainless mostly , and plastic where it can be.

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Can you link to examples of what you mean? I might be able to answer, I'm an equipment tech.

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