Coffee Makers

[ae708]

I was looking at coffee makers yesterday and started remembering how good the old percolators smelled and the sound of them bubbling when perking. Is it my nostalgic imagination or did coffee taste better when it was perked instead of dripped through the grounds like with todays coffee makers?

 

[Stratosfied]

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ae, I am definately with you on this. I love perc'd coffee. I guess when Mr Coffee came out it was the end of the percolators. It seems to me if they can put a timer on the drippers, why cann't they do it on a perc? And the very best coffee( smell and taste), is perc'd in a old fashioned metal one over a fire on the banks of the river!

 

[one more cast]

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every once in while I will get out my ss camping coffee pot and perk some up. My favorite coffee is coffee made in one of those big old electric peculators.

 

[ED21]

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Try a drip coffee maker with a screen instead of paper filters. It allows more of the flavors to come through. The screens often come with the makers.

 

[Xcusme]

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I found an old Corning, stove top model (circa 1960's) at a garage sale. Talk about real coffee! You can perk it as strong as you want. It too, has just the stainless basket, no paper filter.

 

[roscoe]

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Coffee brewing history and info:<br /><br /> http://www.jitterbuzz.com/coftrip.html <br /><br />I've always thought the vacume brewers were the best. Dad has a few old stainless steel vacume brewers, both stove top and electric, but he will not give me one.<br /><br />But I did find this one, they also make an electric model.:<br /><br /> http://www.tabletools.com/tabletools/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=140?s=shopping

 

[Dunaruna]

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When it comes to selling your house, statistics show that the smell of freshly brewed coffee and/or freshly baked bread closes more deals. Go figure.<br /><br />Nothing like an espresso first thing in the morning, or at night, or with a grappa chaser or......

 

[ae708]

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Roscoe... I remember that my mom had a big shiny stainless double pot like that ... Sunbeam I think. Water went in the bottom, coffee in the top , plug it in and the water went to the top and dripped back down to the bottom pot. Made good coffee.. and looked cool too.

 

[magster65]

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Mmmm per'd coffee...<br />ok, that's it, I'm at work but I'm going for one now. How true it is about the aroma changing the ambiance of your home. I also use my cockpot a couple times a week so when I return home after work I walk through the door to the smell of a home cooked meal. <br />New thread...

 

[sangerwaker]

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Duna, I'm an espresso jumkie, too. 6 shots every morning! Nothing like a goOd kick in the keester to get ya goin!<br /><br />I also like perked coffee. One of the things I look forward to when we go camping.

 

[rwise]

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all stainless purolator here, no paper. When I see them at garage sales, flee markets, where ever I pick them up for parts to keep mine running since its no longer made. but most mornings I just get that stuff they call coffee at work (its free), is it Friday yet?

 

[Dunaruna]

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6 shots!! That's gunna flush the plumbing

 

[sangerwaker]

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I'm a regular kinds guy, what can I say?

 

[roscoe]

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Originally posted by rwise:<br /> all stainless purolator here, no paper. When I see them at garage sales, flee markets, where ever I pick them up for parts to keep mine running since its no longer made.

rwise, you gotta use that google search and buy a new one.<br /><br /> http://www.villaware.com/store_item.asp?ProductID=2094&pcid= <br /><br /><br /> http://www.espressozone.com/delonghi-dp6st.html <br /><br /> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009NRPL/102-7279567-9364949?v=glance <br /><br /><br /> http://about.pricegrabber.com/searc...e+Percolators&mode=about_coffeetea&skd=1&rd=1 <br /><br /> http://www.onlinesports.com/pages/I,GSI-65014.html

 

[rwise]

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Roscoe<br />Yes they make new ones, but it's a different company and they don't make parts for the old ones. The only thing that goes out is the warmer element, (find one and hang on to it) one day I'll have to replace it. I searched, even called the manufacturer. There was a place in Tulsa (went under) that carried parts, last time I was in there I took the bottom piece of the pot with me and when I stepped up to the counter the guy turns and walks away, he brought back the part I needed and ask "is that all?". <br /><br />Thanx for the info though!

 

[Paul Moir]

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I use an old Corning one like Xcusme (w/ the blue flowers). Don't even own a drip anymore.

 

[roscoe]

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What ? !! No parts available for a 45 year old product ??<br /><br />Sure glad parts are available for the old Evinrude.