For those who love small appliances, you might find the 1959 ratings of coffee makers interesting. Although I wish they didn't give so much emphasis on electrical leakage. Too many units failed that test it seems.
1959 Coffee Maker Report
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Nice to see the Presto recommended. That's the slightly older version of the one I use daily (1965), and I've been putting it through its paces for the last 10 years. When they say Super-Speed, they mean it!
brib68
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The Westinghouse pictured is the one my mom still has. I imagine it was a wedding present. Considering my dad never drank coffee and she only started this year(!), it's not surprising it's lasted this long. And she still doesn't really use it--she got herself a Keurig machine when she took up The Bean. Mental note...sneak it into my car at Thanksgiving.
twintubdexter
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It's always fun to read vintage rating reports on appliances. In this case I added a new word to my limited vocabulary, turbid. I think I'll try this line on a waitress the next time I'm at a restaurant..."honey, I think this coffee looks rather turbid, don't you?"
philr
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Did the Coffeemaster still use cloth filters in 1959?
The one use the most at the moment is my GE P-400 (I don't know what's the US equivalent for this). It's a chrome-plated pot belly type with a brown handle and base. The later Canadian models were P-410 and were made of Stainless Steel and had black base/handles.
What did the Proctor Silex glass lighted model looked like in 1959? I have one from the 1970s but I thought the earliest ones similar to mine were from around 1966-67.
The one use the most at the moment is my GE P-400 (I don't know what's the US equivalent for this). It's a chrome-plated pot belly type with a brown handle and base. The later Canadian models were P-410 and were made of Stainless Steel and had black base/handles.
What did the Proctor Silex glass lighted model looked like in 1959? I have one from the 1970s but I thought the earliest ones similar to mine were from around 1966-67.
I thought I smelled a coffee pot thread
whirlaway
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What you put in it!!!!!!!!
I use a 1956 Corey the deluxe perc with the gold bottom half and a Mirrow Matic or a 1956 Sunbeam,but its the coffee you put in it,in Norfolk we have an ancient coffee shop with old machinery and they roast their beans and they have a blend called Manhatten,it is not acidic but delicious.Good in any percolater.I grind the beans in my old Kitchen-aid grinder.What terrific coffee,I have at least 20 or so percolators.Its good in any I have tried! Plus the key is usuing a good and clean percolator.No left over oils!!!! From previous coffees!
I use a 1956 Corey the deluxe perc with the gold bottom half and a Mirrow Matic or a 1956 Sunbeam,but its the coffee you put in it,in Norfolk we have an ancient coffee shop with old machinery and they roast their beans and they have a blend called Manhatten,it is not acidic but delicious.Good in any percolater.I grind the beans in my old Kitchen-aid grinder.What terrific coffee,I have at least 20 or so percolators.Its good in any I have tried! Plus the key is usuing a good and clean percolator.No left over oils!!!! From previous coffees!
Did the Coffeemaster still use cloth filters in 1959?
No , by 1959 they were using a metal filer that clipped on the end of the funnel part of the upper vessel. The cloth filters screwed onto a threaded nub in the bottom of the lower vessel and literally clammed the top vessel and the bottom vessel. I had a C20C that had the clip on metal filter and currently have a C20B that has the screw down cloth filter so I believe the switch was between the B&C models circa 1954. The cloth filter of course is in a metal frame unlike the Silex cloth filters of the 1930s that were put over a ceramic disk…Hope this answers your question PAT
No , by 1959 they were using a metal filer that clipped on the end of the funnel part of the upper vessel. The cloth filters screwed onto a threaded nub in the bottom of the lower vessel and literally clammed the top vessel and the bottom vessel. I had a C20C that had the clip on metal filter and currently have a C20B that has the screw down cloth filter so I believe the switch was between the B&C models circa 1954. The cloth filter of course is in a metal frame unlike the Silex cloth filters of the 1930s that were put over a ceramic disk…Hope this answers your question PAT
philr
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Thanks Pat, that's what I thought! If I remember well, the article says the Coffeemaster was unchanged from 1954 and had a cloth filter? I guess that's wrong or I didn't read carefully! I always thought that the C-30 replaced the C-20 and I also thought that happened much sooner than 1959.
I wasn't aware that the C-20C already had a matal filter. (I thought it was on the C-30 and C-50), Can the metal filters from the C-20C be fitted on a C-20B?
I wasn't aware that the C-20C already had a matal filter. (I thought it was on the C-30 and C-50), Can the metal filters from the C-20C be fitted on a C-20B?
warmsecondrinse
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It's mine!
PeteK: My mom has #7, the Sunbeam. It makes the best coffee! It actually belonged to my grandmother and it found its way to my mom at some point when I was a kid. Neither one of them could ever explain how or why that happened.
I love how it keeps the coffee hot without cooking it.
Any idea how old it is? I'm 50 so it's at least that old. I can check the model number the next time I make it up there.
Jim
PeteK: My mom has #7, the Sunbeam. It makes the best coffee! It actually belonged to my grandmother and it found its way to my mom at some point when I was a kid. Neither one of them could ever explain how or why that happened.
I love how it keeps the coffee hot without cooking it.
Any idea how old it is? I'm 50 so it's at least that old. I can check the model number the next time I make it up there.
Jim
ovrphil
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Thanks for the link to that article. I love coffee and tea pots and coffee makers. That article didn't mention the Regal Easy-Flo 4-10 cup, 600 watt, no. 7581 coffee maker we use. This would have been made after the Regal Ware company was incorporated in 1951, but well before 1968. I wonder why this wasn't included in the review.
I would have used a paper filter in the Proctor-Silex...we do with our Easy-Flo. That Proctor Silex is so mid-century cool looking..must try to find one, though they never show up at the thrifts I've visited.
Good collection, Petek!
I would have used a paper filter in the Proctor-Silex...we do with our Easy-Flo. That Proctor Silex is so mid-century cool looking..must try to find one, though they never show up at the thrifts I've visited.
Good collection, Petek!
danemodsandy
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petek:
That Dormeyer in your first picture always makes me chuckle - that company always did have the most unique styling, for all its products. It has sort of an Ancient Egyptian look, as if someone was making percolators in King Tutankhamen's time.
These vintage product tests are being a little hard for us Farberware lovers to read! The electric frypan was found to have temperature control problems, and now the percs had current leakage. If I had to guess, I would say Farberware took these ratings to heart, because I've never experienced the problems mentioned. Full disclosure: I own four of their percs and five of the frypans.
That Dormeyer in your first picture always makes me chuckle - that company always did have the most unique styling, for all its products. It has sort of an Ancient Egyptian look, as if someone was making percolators in King Tutankhamen's time.
These vintage product tests are being a little hard for us Farberware lovers to read! The electric frypan was found to have temperature control problems, and now the percs had current leakage. If I had to guess, I would say Farberware took these ratings to heart, because I've never experienced the problems mentioned. Full disclosure: I own four of their percs and five of the frypans.
Current leakage
That brought back memories. I had a Sunbeam Coffeemaster C-30 that shocked the hell out of me--sometimes. Not always. Just occasionally--when my guard was down, and I was least expecting it.
On the bright side, THAT was coffee that woke you up.
That brought back memories. I had a Sunbeam Coffeemaster C-30 that shocked the hell out of me--sometimes. Not always. Just occasionally--when my guard was down, and I was least expecting it.
On the bright side, THAT was coffee that woke you up.
