Bizarre coffeemaker seen at Goodwill....

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I don't know anything about it, I just know it's strange! I saw it in one of our local Goodwill stores today, they are asking $6.99 for it... I can't decide if that's not nearly enough or $6.98 too much... You all decide... I definitely don't need it or want it since I don't drink coffee and my parents have fallen in love with the Cuisinart I bought them a year or so back. It says "Automatic Drip Coffeemaker" in typical 70's? 80's? Cursive script and "Farberware" on the front and looked like the filter basket was taped to the top and looks like it would just sit inside the carafe to brew and then be replaced with a serving lid? Anyway... just thougt I'd share!

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I'm always all about coffee...

…well, usually. THAT thing is ugly as home-brewed sin. Kitchy novelty, but save your $6.98 for something really good :D
 
I've got no desire to waste $6.99 on that ugly thing! I just wasn't sure if it was gorgeous or uglier than sin... I wouldn't want it, it might look ok somewhere.... like a kid's playhouse... it looks like a toy with the ornate edges and fake embossed woodgrain!
 
Looks like it uses the same system as GE and B&D machines from the same period, with filter basket that sat on top of the carafe.

 

I would hate to see the kitchen that thing came out of.
 
It made good coffee

Consumer Reports rated it highly. I gave one to my sister and brother-in-law, and they both said that they have never had a better coffee maker since. It was from the late 70s-early 80s.

If one does not like the look of a product, one does not have to buy a product.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
It's hideous and unusual which also makes it kinda desirable. I'd have grabbed it for that meagre amount though it would never darken our kitchen and remain on the coffee collection shelf in the basement
 
This is the 70s start of "early American" appliances, similar to wood-grain appliance control panels. I think it was playing off the charming country store tended by Margaret Hamilton in Folgers commercials. It would have been right at home in that barn wood kitchen with all of the jars of crap featured in the GE portable dishwasher ad seen in the POD from time to time.
 
Norelco

and Mr. Coffee used the same basic design for the guts then as well.
It has an early American "dry sink" sort of appeal. It was very popular then, and even used on console TV cabinets.
 
Email sent!

My grandparents had that coffee maker, and I would love to have one just like it. Yes it's ugly as sin, but I drank a lot of coffee from one of those. It's not about the machine, but about many years of happy memories with loved ones.

I sent you an email,
Dave

The sort of oddball thing is that the basket for the grounds sits atop the glass carafe. The grounds basket also has its own lid. The lid used for pouring coffee cannot be on the carafe at the same time as the grounds basket.
 
Dave, I replied to your email, I'd be glad to pick it up if it's still there, it's only about 6 miles away. I was hoping someone would want it just because it's so unique! Ugly, yes, but very unique!
 
Frigilux, that thing doesn't look like a coffeemaker at all, looks more like *something* could be set alight on top of the small black piece, and inhaled through where the cup sits.... haha. I'm sure it makes a fine cup of coffee (not that I would know!) But if anything it could serve a dual purpose.....? Haha.
 
One thing that does make me feel good about this machine is the price.  I generally consider thrift stores in my area to be overpriced, but I could see that coffeemaker going for $6.99 around here too.

 

The thrift store gold mine is apparently located in Tucson.  When Nate and I have gone on thrifting excursions there, I've seen early generation Norelco automatic drip machines going for a whopping 99 cents!
 
I think these Norelco style drip coffeemakers came out before Mr. Coffee and they made very good coffee as I recall, My Mom had one of the first ones that came on the market and the coffee was always very good from this pot. I agree the country style design of the one Dustin found isn't the most attractive. But if you really needed a coffemaker fot $6.99 its a great deal.
Eddie
 
Interesting find, never seen one. It looks almost like something that would have come out of a tavern or an early American style house. Kind of like it.

The other one looks like some kind of science experiment set-up from a laboratory.
 

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