Patent ID: 8621980

Claim:
A temperature control system in combination with a brewed beverage server, the temperature control system comprising: a brewed beverage server; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a brewed beverage retained in the brewed beverage server; and a temperature control system operatively associated with at least the brewed beverage server, a heater of the temperature control system being controllably activated for a fixed period of time during which fixed period of time upon sensing a minimum temperature of the brewed beverage retained in the brewed beverage server and deactivated upon sensing a maximum temperature of the brewed beverage retained in the brewed beverage server to control the temperature of the brewed beverage retained in the brewed beverage server by providing controlled intermittent timed heating pulses corresponding to a predetermined heating profile upon heater activation and ceasing upon heater deactivation; further comprising a remote dispensing station, the remote dispensing station being separate from the brewed beverage maker and receiving the dispenser thereon, the remote dispensing station providing at least one of power and temperature control to the dispenser for controlling the temperature of the brewed beverage retained in the dispenser while positioned at the remote dispensing station.