| | |  | Food Jars & Lunch Containers | Home » » Zojirushi Stainless-Steel Easy-Serve Airpot | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Stainless Steel Easy Serve Airpot | | | Features: | |
• Beverage dispenser; ideal for serving coffee or other drinks; holds 101 ounces of liquid
• Stainless steel; vacuum liner for superior temperature retention
• Lever-style pump enables quick and easy pouring; Brew Thru stem stopper allows direct brewing
• Lid opens 125 degrees to accommodate most commercial brewing units, comes off for easy cleanup
• Measures 15 by 8-1/2 by 5-7/8 inches; weighs 4 pounds
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 17.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Product Height:
| 7.6 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 17.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 19 reviews |
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58 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 Almost unbelievableDec 27, 2005
By R. Yetter
"ClickCentric Creator http://www.clickcentric.com"
This was a gift for my mother for Christmas. My parents always have the whole family over to their house for Christmas and they are coffee drinkers. This has always been a problem because space limitations and lack of availability of larger coffee makers that would fit in has always been a problem. She'd always have to make 2 pots and eventually, people would wind up with cool coffee since not everyone wanted it at the same time. In comes this Zojirushi SRAG30 Airpot. Now, not being a coffee drinker myself, I did a lot of research in advance. As there wasn't a lot of feedback available for this particular product, I don't know if I just got lucky in picking it or if the limited information was just that accurate, but this thing is literally almost unbelievable. Not only was the coffee made 3 hours before the first cup was pourted still hot when the last cup was poured, but it was hot the next morning, 20 hour later...and still steaming hot the next evening, 30 hours later. This morning, the coffee coming out of it is still apparently steaming. Now while I'm sure it's much cooler than it was when it first went in, the fact that I can still see visible steam rising from what's coming out of it coming up on 2 days later is just amazing. I couldn't be happier with this purchase.
Now, the scientist in me knows not everyone will get these same results as some external factors most likely played a part in this. For starters, when preparing it for it's first use, I boiled water (raging boil, not just hot tap water) and filled it. I then proceeded to close it up and pump out the hot water which would have increased the pressure of the hot air inside, warming it more. Then after the coffee was put into it, I put it on top of the stove, on which the oven was running periodically throughout the day. I'm sure this helped to keep it hot. However, this was during the winter and a nearby window was open much of the time, so there was also a cooling factor as well.
Overall, I can't say enough good about this product. While not the most extravagant gift I purchased this year, it may turn out to be the best as far as doing what it's meant to do.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
GreatFeb 05, 2010
By F. A. Schmidt
"Fred USA"
I bought this pumper to replace one manufactured by the same company I have had and used for about fourteen years. The earlier model has a glass reservoir. The Zojirushi Stainless Steel Easy Serve (pumper) has a stainless steel reservoir, not all of their models have a stainless reservoir. I perk a pot of coffee, the old fashioned style, every morning and put the coffee into a pre-heated pumper. I drink coffee throughout the day and the pumper keeps the coffee hot all day long. The older model kept fluids hot only about half a day. The unit is easy to take apart and clean. My grandmother had a restaurant in San Francisco for over forty years. We purchased our coffee and coffee related equipment from "Farmers Brothers" and the salesman gave me a great hint about cleaning stainless and glass coffee ware. Use "Seventh Generation" "powdered" Dishwasher soap. It is the same stuff that the commercial coffee suppliers sell as coffee equipment cleaning powder and is much less expensive. You can find it at the following grocery stores: Raley's, Bel Air, and Nob Hill stores. I have also found it at some health food stores as it is considered a "Green" cleaning detergent. Be sure to thoroughly rinse the pot and the pumper tube before using the pumper after you wash it! The bottom line, I REALLY like the pumper and I think you will too!
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 ALL THAT I EXPECTEDJul 24, 2007
By John M. Tarquinio
"John T."
Does a great job keeping tea or coffee hot. Second day beverage is still warm. Third day, lukewarm. As good as what's in the coffee shops. Only improvement I would like is a wider mouth to make cleaning easier. Would highly recommend buying this product.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A little disappointedFeb 17, 2008
By wjo
I don't think this airport keeps the coffee very hot unless it is filled to the brim each time. It takes almost 20 cups to fill to the top. Maybe I should have looked for a smaller version.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Does not keep hot water warm for long - I have data to prove it!Mar 28, 2011
By Philip J Sokolowski
I was very excited to receive this item, but in the end - it is not as useful as I had hoped. This is not/not a glass-lined container, and as a result, the heat dissipates from hot liquid very quickly, as you will see below. After only several minutes of filling the unit with boiling water (3.0 Liters, full capacity) the outside of the container becomes very hot; to the point that it can not be held without using the handle. Needless to say, thermodynamics are not your friend here, and the precious heat from your water/tea/coffee, etc leeches out very quickly.
THE TEST:
I used an IR thermometer to test the ambient air temperature and measured to be between 71.1 and 73.6 degrees F. Average room temperature. Initially, the Airpot was also at room temperature, and NOT pre-heated. Water was boiled in an electric kettle until boiling, and then poured into the Airpot - I had to boil up two batches since the Airpot is 3.0 Liters and my kettle is only 1.5 Liters, so this dual-filling action took about 7 extra minutes. Once the Airpot was filled to capacity with boiling water, I put the lid on and then tested the temperature with a Thermapen instant read thermometer (which cost about $100, and is the best/most accurate kitchen thermometer on the market) at various intervals throughout the day. I opened the lid to check the temperature and closed it each time so as to not lower the volume of liquid. Each temperature reading took about 10 seconds.
Temp (F) Elapsed Time
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201.9 start
193.1 0:42
181.7 1:38
170.1 2:42
165.2 3:09
155.3 4:11
137.1 6:40
According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America, coffee should be served at 180 degrees. From this initial test, I would extrapolate that basically, you can fill this with piping hot coffe or water (boiling) ans at best, the beverage might remain at an adequate serving temperature for about 2 hours.
I'm not sure why people say this will keep your liquid 'steaming hot' for 3 days - its not mathematically possible. In all my tests, water was at room temperature the next morning every time. If I could do this over again, I would prefer to find a dispenser with a glass liner, or perhaps buy several 1 Liter smaller versions with glass insulation - it just works much better. I have a 1 Liter Thermos I use for work, and it keeps water over 180 degrees overnight.
The contraction, however, is very nice - and the pump mechanism is built well. I am not concerned about this breaking. This works well if you want to make a nice batch of coffee for a party/meeting and you expect it to be gone in about 2-3 hours. Other than that; you will need a microwave to re-heat your beverage after you dispense it. I will probably test with pre-heating to see if this buys additional time, but I am not optimistic.
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