FETCO Corporation (Food Equipment Technologies Company)

FETCO Inc., located near Chicago, is a manufacturer of premier-quality hot and cold beverage service equipment. FETCO promotes a complete line of coffee brewers, coffee grinders, tea brewers, hot water dispensers, beverage dispensers, and serving carts.

Specializing in insulated container technology for the gourmet and specialty coffee market, FETCO designs its brewers and dispensers to protect coffee integrity. Coffee integrity means that the body, taste and aroma of coffee passes into the customer's cup without degradation. FETCO brewers provide the mechanical process to ensure proper extraction, water volume consistency, and temperature consistency through 100 percent of the brew cycle. FETCO brewers meet or exceed all of the SCAA's (Specialty Coffee Association of America) optimum standards for brewing system performance.

After brewing, the coffee's integrity is maintained by FETCO's trademark LUXUS dispensers. LUXUS dispensers maintain coffee serving temperature for extended periods, without the use of warmers. These thermally insulated dispensers utilize a technology initially developed by NASA for the space shuttle program. The LUXUS dispenser, which protects coffee flavor from degradation due to the use of burners and other warming methods, has been enthusiastically received by the specialty coffee industry.

FETCO's continued success with the LUXUS product line illustrates the growing desire within the coffee community to achieve and maintain a consistent cup of coffee. FETCO meets this need with a broad line of "no-after-heat" coffee brewing products: Airpot brewing systems, Thermo-Server brewing systems, LUXUS brewing systems (which produce 100 to 2,000 cups per hour), and even large banquet brewing systems with mobile serving carts.