West Bend Coffee Urn Highly-Polished Aluminum Features Automatic Temperature Control with Cup Per Minute Brewing and Easy Clean Up Includes In-Basket Measuring Guide and Ready Light, 42-Cup, Silver

I purchased this for my daughter’s baby shower. I made hot chocolate and it stayed hot all night long. It didn’t leak at all. Cord is short but that can be fixed with an extension cord. Good price, great product.

It was perfect for hot chocolate at a party

I am pretty particular about coffee. I like to gind my own beans and have never used a perc coffee pot in the past. But we were having a huge family gathering and I needed a lot of coffee.I ordered this Party Perk machine and when it came in I almost returned it because it seemed so flimsy, but I figured I'd give it a chance.I'm glad I did. All the information I read on the Internet about coffee said that perc'd coffee is not very good because the water is boiled and constantly recirculated through the grounds and this does not equate to how to achieve the best tasting coffee.Well, while this was not the BEST coffee I have ever had, the coffee was none-the-less very good. I used Berkley and Jensen ground coffee (available at BJ's Wholesale club)and I could not have been more pleased with the results from this Party Perk. I used a little more than 2-1/2 cups of ground coffee for the full 42 cups and the information I read about expecting the pot to brew the coffee at one cup per minute seemed pretty accurate.There were a lot of compliments on how good the coffee tasted. It did not taste burned, even after being kept warmed in the pot for a few hours.I cannot comment on the durability of the machine as I haven't had it that long. My parents saw this pot and remarked that they had the same one for many many years before they gave it away and never had the first bit of trouble with it.

We bought this to put Hot Chocolate out for our delivery drivers who drop off packages during Christmas time. Overall the Thermos was delivered on time, easy to use and setup, and most importantly in 10 degree cold days kept the hot chocolate hot for 5 hours. We were happily surprised. Overall good product!! The only downside is the dispenser was knocked off the TV tray it was sitting on (about 2' high) and it busted one of the locking tabs. The tabs ensure a good seal between the top portion and bottom portion of the dispenser. Unfortunately with one tab broke it makes this somewhat unusable and not able to pump liquid :( Was great when it lasted, and the delivery drivers really liked it during the cold days!

One of the few out thereDid great job

I wanted a coffee urn for Christmas last year because of nostalgia when my dad took me to the library every christmas for free movies and the free cider with tiny peppermints but without spending a lot, and this urn was at s good price. After about a month, it started leaking from the spigot area. Its because it wasn't closed tight enough at the lever, great problem solved.Fast forward to now and its leaking from the cord...and everywhere else. Isn't that a huge hazard of being electrocuted? I've had to order a new urn now which probably won't be here until after christmas, by elite brand and hopefully that also won't leak. The photo I've attached shows the odorless brown liquid leaking out.

Coffee urns are almost all the same. Some look better, some not so much. I would put the west bend’s looks on the more drab side, but the polished aluminum is ok. It’s industrial but easily recognized by anyone in the room as the dispenser of sweet caffeine in a meeting environment.What I like about this unit is the capacity, the valve mechanism and the quality of the coffee (if you get the right coffee). The capacity was just the right amount for a brunch with 20 people, not all coffee drinkers. I ended up making a second pot for late coffee drinkers. The dispensing valve is a simple toggle, not a “cup push the valve open” version. I think that a simple toggle valve is far superior even though it can require two hands if you hold the cup versus place it on the surface. People can get confused by the “use the cup to push the valve” versions, and the mechanism can collapse foam and paper cups when you press against the mechanism, very messy. Finally, I use Costco Columbia’s coffee, preground, in this machine and it tastes great. Note that I don’t like this coffee in my drip machine, only in this percolator. I think Folgers would also be good, but recommend the Colombian from Costco or alike.

Works great - especially for Apple Cider. Delivered as promised.