Wetherspoon's uses Bunn technology to serve Lavazza filter coffee

The JD Wetherspoon pub chain has announced a huge project which involves nine hundred pubs using Lavazza coffee through a brewing and grinding system devised by Bunn, the American specialist in filter brewing equipment.

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“The important thing is that Wetherspoon's has done it the hard way, the proper way â€" putting two Bunn units, a brewer and a grinder, in each site. For the coffee trade, it will be amazing that such a big company has made a decision at senior level to do filter coffee properly.”
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The modern filter coffee process with the Bunn brewing machines works with a smart grinding system, by which the grinder communicates with the brewing machine, automatically adjusting its grind when necessary. The brewed coffee is delivered into a vacuum holding flask, which will keep coffee in perfectly acceptable condition for a couple of hours.
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“This is not ‘bulk brewing’ in the sense that many companies think of it,” Kither said. “It is brewed in batches of four litres, which will be good for a couple of hours. The staff can then either dispose of the coffee or give it away, and brew fresh.
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“The operational benefit to the use of filter coffee in high-footfall sites is that it is very quick to serve.
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“We have been advocating filter coffee to Wetherspoon's for a long time, as a queue-buster and as a practical means of serving a good cup of coffee. They considered the idea very seriously for a couple of years.
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“We’re still measuring the take-up, but bar staff like it because it’s easy, and it’s quicker than serving a Coke, and it does what customers want â€" it produces a good cup of coffee.”

Lavazza is already the supplier of the pub chain’s espresso coffee, and the new filter machines will use the brand’s Tierra Rainforest Alliance coffee.

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