A few months ago at work we had a dilemma with wanting to provide hot water for customers, but our urn was too big and frankly too dangerous for the purpose in mind. It seemed to be left within my remit to order something suitable, and after scouting around I ended up buying two Olympia Giant Airpots. When I ordered them, I wondered why I hadn't heard of them before, as I had seen them on plenty of courses I had attended where tea and coffee was provided. We bought two large pots, intending one for coffee and one tea, but to be honest it's easier to store hot water in them rather than making an actual product. The container is lined with a stainless steel ...  Read the complete review

My involvement in junior football means that at least 3 times a season, I am responsible for organising a little get together of parents, to enable them to raise any issues and concerns with the club and for me to heap praise upon their budding Wayne or Waynetta Rooney and most importantly it would seem, to provide them with copious amounts of tea & coffee. Now, taking constructive criticism and dishing out praise is easy, but doing this whilst making tea and coffee has always been a chore. So, after attending a training course and witnessing the relative ease and convenience of what is basically a large thermos flask dispenser, I decided to purchase a ...  Read the complete review

Having seen something similar at event I went to, I bought this product as a way to keep hot drinks warm for a large family event that I was organising, it has subsequently been useful for other events and I have leant it to friends for their own parties. More recently, when I was given the task of buying new equipment for our new office at work and I felt that this would be a good option. It is available from a variety of places, however I bought mine online from catering company Nisbetts.co.uk. This is the 5 litre model which if you consider that an average mug takes 250ml, would provide approx 20 cups of hot drink. However, I have found ...  Read the complete review

Pots of this sort are a really good option to buy if you need to provide hot drinks at locations where it's not so easy to make it and keep it there ready. Often used by mobile catering companies or anyone who provide external catering, they are capable of storing hot drinks for easy dispensing and are actually very efficient at keeping them hot for a decent amount of time. I've seen a few different types of these airpots, and this Olympia brand is just as good as the rest. It has lasted a few years and manages to maintain its functionality as opposed to others I've used, which can sometimes break easily or just not work as efficiently after excessive use. The ...  Read the complete review

The olympia airpot is essentially a thermos, made of stainless steel, with double layering, and all that sort of vacum packed magic that means you get to keep hot things hot all day... or cold thing cold all day. What seperates this from other thermos flasks though is the pump mechanism attached to the top. This pump mechanism folds away, as shown in the picture. To unfold, you flick up the top part (you can see in the photo a circle shape bit on the top, that bit flips up), which is then connected by a plastic supporter bit (There is a lock mechanism to hold this bit down, so before you can fold it out you have to unlock it). Once out, you simply push down on ...  Read the complete review