Brewing system with electrical controller and method

In a brewing system having a hot water dispenser tank for containment of a preselected amount of water needed for a complete brew cycle, means for selectively dispensing the hot water in the hot water dispenser tank into a brew basket during a brew cycle and a manually actuatable brew cycle start switch for initiating the brew cycle, the improvement being a brew cycle controller, comprising:

• means for sensing when the hot water dispenser contains the preselected quantity of water needed for a brew cycle;
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• means for storing the occurrence of manual actuation of the brew cycle start switch;
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• means responsive to both the storing means and the sensing means for controlling the selective dispensing means to delay dispensing of water into the brew basket in response to an actuation of the brew cycle initiation switch until the sensing means senses that the preselected quantity of water needed for a brew cycle is contained in the hot water dispenser tank if the brew cycle start switch is actuated to start a brew cycle before the hot water dispenser tank contains the preselected amount of water.