Bunn Trifecta Experience

Bunn Trifecta

A little while back, I had the chance to play around with Bunn's new single serve coffee maker... the Bunn Trifecta!  it is called the Trifecta because of the "three stages" of brewing:
(1) Wetting
(2) Extraction
(3) Hydrolysis (yes, it took me three tries before I spelled that correctly)

I must say, I was skeptical about whether or not it would kick out some good coffee being an "automatic" machine, but was pleasantly surprised by the results. The possibilities of playing around with different settings seems almost endless.  Want to make the preinfusion shorter but the "aeration" longer?  Fine, set it to the exact second.  What happens with a finer grind?  A coarser grind?  The barista controls all of those parameters and then can save his favorites for a specific coffee into the Trifecta!  I was pretty impressed with it. Here are some helpful links if you want some more info on it:

Bunn's website: The Trifecta Experience
New York Times Review: The Trifecta Comes To Town
Prima Coffee's Review: Bunn Trifecta First Impression
Barista Exchange Discussion: Bunn Trifecta Single Cup Debut
Coffeed Discussion: Bunn to Launch a Clover-esque machine in ATL

Also, there is a blogger who is trying to find all of the Bunn Trifecta's currently in use around the nation and has started a blog with locations and addresses to each of them.  If you are near one, I encourage you to check it out!

CoffeeGeek.com discussion: Bunn Trifecta Location List
Find Trifecta Blog: Bunn Trifecta Locations

...and that's the way i see it from the Captain's Chair...