Anyone Into Vintage Vaccum Coffee?

[launderess]

Time to clean out my stash of various items long ago purchased but are surplus to requirements.

Have several glass upper pots for vintage vacuum coffee pots. Not sure if the make but believe all are Silex. If anyone is interested will post pictures and details.

Whilst one loves vac brewed coffee, after breaking several upper and lower pots, stick with my vintage Sunbeam C50 for daily driver. Darn thing is all stainless and you can't kill it.

L.

 

[sudsmaster]

The only time I do vacuum coffee is when I mess up with the Grind 'n Brew assembly and have to clean up about 1/2 cup of freshly ground java beans from the nooks and crannies of the coffee machine and its surroundings.

 

[whirlcool]

I love vacuum coffee but I haven't had much luck with the seals on my C-30. I have several that look very mint, but the seals are gone.
I have been looking for a C-50, but haven't come across many.
Does anyone know when the C-50 was built? I mean production years.

 

[bobbyderegis]

I'm so glad some of us appreciate the best made coffe in the world- in a vacuum pot. That being said, I am so afraid to break the upper glass piece that I use my GE pot belly percolator as my daily driver.
Bobby in Boston

 

[rp2813]

Rich, I can relate. My Cuisinart burr grind & brew can be a little sloppy when going about its morning business.

We had a vacuum model when I was a kid. I think it was a Sunbeam. Double deck arrangement but no glass involved. I haven't had a cup of coffee out of such a machine in nearly 50 years so can't say one way or another if they do a better job than an auto-drip model.

Ralph

 

[sudsmaster]

Ralph,

Yup. Early on I learned that the door containing the filter basket must be closed quite firmly - and then it's wise to give it a little tug just to make sure it's latched. More than once I watched it pop open in the middle of a grind, with messy results.

Another time (actually fairly recently) I forgot to put the filter in the basket. The result was a basket overflowing with grounds and brewed coffee. I caught it before the entire brew cycle had finished but it was still a bad mess to clean up - I had to pull the filter basket drawer assembly out and carefully wash off all the mud before the coffee maker was restored to normal function again.

Never had real vacuum coffee, though.

By the way, I switched to Kirkland House Blend decaf (made by Starbucks) and it's way better than the SF Bay decaf Columbian. Almost tastes like real coffee! Close enough to fool me.

 

[filter-flo_rob]

I LOVE vacuum-brewed coffee! When I want a treat, I prepare some; however, the seals are always an issue!

Rob.

 

[hotpoint95622]

hotpoint95622

The best way to have coffee.

We have the CONA vacuum pots in Europe.

I use the FB103 catering model which was in a family café for many years and I rescued it from a trip to the tip when it closed, it has an electric heater which also keeps it hot after brewing. I also have a standard model with the original sprit burner (not in photograph), electric table warmer and a tea light warmer to keep the coffee hot once brewed. Must excuse the dust on the standard model, don’t use this one much, only special events like dinner parties or Christmas.

Have the same problems with seals, breaking the glass or loosing the drain rod.

 

[alr2903]

Whirlcool those c-30's are temperamental with the seal, i have 2- c50's won on the bay and their gasket is nice and pliable, i had one old c-30 that still said chicago flexible shaft company, stamped on the bottom, it did have the sunbean logo on the front. I use one of my c-50's more the chromex has deteriorated in the bottom pot, but when you flap the ears down on a c-50 you are well sealed.