I organize interview days for applicants to the medical school where I work. Coffee is one of the beverages we offer to both the applicants and the interviewers. I needed different size pots of coffee, that stayed hot all day, for different areas of the day's activities.

To accomplish this I purchased this Zojirushi 2.45-Liter Brew-Thru Air Pot - Polished Stainless Steel, the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mr-Coffee-DRD95-8-Cup-Stainless-Steel-Double-Walled-Thermal-Carafe-Accessory/dp/B0047Y0US2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Mr. Coffee DRD95 8-Cup Stainless Steel Double-Walled Thermal Carafe Accessory</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mr-Coffee-BVMC-SJX33GT-12-Cup-Programmable-Coffeemaker-Chrome/dp/B0047Y0UQO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Mr. Coffee BVMC-SJX33GT 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Chrome</a>, all from Amazon. I needed to be able to brew both 12 and 8 cup pots of coffee and put into different size carafes for serving.

They fit the bill perfectly! How I work my coffee system:
- I ran 8 cups of water through the coffee maker, poured into this carafe to pre-warm.
- Brewed 8 cups of coffee into the glass carafe that came with the coffee maker, poured hot water into hot-pot to pre-warm and put coffee into now warm Mr. Coffee stainless steel carafe.
- Brewed 12 cups of coffee, when ready poured hot water from hot-pot back into reservoir of coffee maker & filled with hot coffee.
- Brewed another 8 cups of coffee to finish filling the hot-pot.

Both this product, the Zojirushi Air Pot and the Mr. Coffee 8 cup stainless steel thermal carafe kept our coffee hot, not just warm, for the entire day. Our cool weather is just starting, so we haven't needed to brew additional coffee and both carafes had a bit of coffee left to sample after 10 hours in the pots. We were very pleased with the results and would recommend without reservation.

This pot is very simple to use, attractive and arrived very well packaged. No cons. Please note that any hot beverage thermal carafe or Air-Pot needs to be pre-warmed, otherwise you're using the heat of your beverage to warm the container and that shortens the time the beverage stays warm. Happy brewing!
I organize interview days for applicants to the medical school where I work. Coffee is one of the beverages we offer to both the applicants and the interviewers. I needed different size pots of coffee, that stayed hot all day, for different areas of the day's activities. To accomplish this I purchased this Zojirushi 2. 45-Liter Brew-Thru Air Pot - Polished Stainless Steel, the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mr-Coffee-DRD95-8-Cup-Stainless-Steel-Double-Walled-Thermal-Carafe-Accessory/dp/B0047Y0US2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Mr. Coffee DRD95 8-Cup Stainless Steel Double-Walled Thermal Carafe Accessory</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mr-Coffee-BVMC-SJX33GT-12-Cup-Programmable-Coffeemaker-Chrome/dp/B0047Y0UQO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Mr. Coffee BVMC-SJX33GT 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Chrome</a>, all from Amazon. I needed to be able to brew both 12 and 8 cup pots of coffee and put into different size carafes for serving. They fit the bill perfectly! How I work my coffee system:
- I ran 8 cups of water through the coffee maker, poured into this carafe to pre-warm. - Brewed 8 cups of coffee into the glass carafe that came with the coffee maker, poured hot water into hot-pot to pre-warm and put coffee into now warm Mr. Coffee stainless steel carafe. - Brewed 12 cups of coffee, when ready poured hot water from hot-pot back into reservoir of coffee maker & filled with hot coffee. - Brewed another 8 cups of coffee to finish filling the hot-pot. Both this product, the Zojirushi Air Pot and the Mr. Coffee 8 cup stainless steel thermal carafe kept our coffee hot, not just warm, for the entire day. Our cool weather is just starting, so we haven't needed to brew additional coffee and both carafes had a bit of coffee left to sample after 10 hours in the pots. We were very pleased with the results and would recommend without reservation. This pot is very simple to use, attractive and arrived very well packaged. No cons. Please note that any hot beverage thermal carafe or Air-Pot needs to be pre-warmed, otherwise you're using the heat of your beverage to warm the container and that shortens the time the beverage stays warm. Happy brewing!