Patent ID: 6884452

Claim:
In a beverage dispenser having a hollow body with a closed bottom, a top assembly with an inlet for passing beverage into the hollow body, an enclosing sidewall extending between the top assembly and the bottom, a faucet mounted to the hollow body adjacent the bottom for dispensing beverage contained within the hollow body, the improvement being a method of brewing beverage into the hollow body, comprising the steps of: moving a closure member from a closed position in which access to the inlet is closed and the closure member blocks location of the hollow body to a fill position beneath a source of beverage for passage of the beverage through the inlet to an open position in which access to the inlet is provided and the closure member is removed from a blocking position to enable movement of the hollow body to the fill position for receipt of beverage from the source through the inlet; moving the hollow body to the fill location beneath the source for receipt of beverage through the inlet and into the hollow body; passing beverage from the source through the inlet until a preselected amount of beverage has been passed into the hollow body while in the fill position; after the preselected quantity of beverage has been passed, removing the hollow body from the fill position beneath the source; returning the closure member to the closed position in which the closure member blocks movement of the dispenser to a fill position beneath a source of freshly brewed beverage; and serving beverage from the dispenser through the faucet at a serving location spaced from the source of freshly brewed beverage.