Patent ID: 6843164

Claim:
A coffee brewer, comprising: a brewer housing; a hot water reservoir carried by said housing; first means for coupling said reservoir to a water supply; a spray head carried by said housing; second means for coupling said reservoir to said spray head; a brew basket for receiving a quantity of ground coffee and removably carried by said housing for receiving hot water from said spray head to produce brewed coffee for drip flow dispensing from said brew basket into an underlying, upwardly open decanter; and a controller including a user-accessible control panel for operating the coffee brewer, and a memory logic; said controller including a set up calibration mode having calibration means for initiating water flow from said reservoir and through said spray head for dispensing into an underlying upwardly open vessel, and for terminating said water flow when a selected volume of water has been dispensed into the receptacle, and for storing said selected volume of water in said memory logic; said controller further including a normal operation mode having brew cycle means for dispensing said selected volume of water from said reservoir and through said spray head to produce brewed coffee.