Cory Vacuum Pot Tip

[whirlcool]

We use a glass vintage Cory vacuum pot for our morning coffee. Usually it takes about 20-30 minutes to make a pot from beginning to end.

After the water boils and the water cools a few degrees the coffee that was made in the upper bowl starts its trip to the bottom bowl. Sometimes this takes 10 minutes but I have had it take up to 45 minutes. If it does that the coffee is usually too strong to drink. I have the instruction manual and use the coffeepot as it was designed in the instruction manual. I can't figure out why it does this.

Last week I tried something new and it works each and every time. You can now have your coffee in 10 minutes each and every time! What you do is align the little etchings of coffee pots on the side of the lower pot with the name "Cory" on the rim of the upper pot. Sometimes the coffee comes back down in about 1 minute with a loud "Whoosh" sound.

If you have one of these pots, give this a try! I always thought it was the way I was grinding the beans that was causing sluggish return operation. I found it funny that the instruction manual didn't mention this fact.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The only reason I have ever heard of for coffee returning slowly in a Cory with the glass rod filter and a GOOD gasket was that the coffee was ground too fine. The fineness of the grind matters less with a cloth filter. As long as the gasket is still flexible and moistened before sealing it into the lower bowl, the position of the upper bowl should not matter, but if it works for you, who am I to knock it? On the other hand, it could be a sign that the gasket seals better in one position than the others because of wear or hardening.

 

[whirlcool]

We wash the pot in the dishwasher after each use. But we remove the gasket first. The gasket is still soft and pliable. No sealing problems.

I think it's a case of alignment of the bottom spout on the upper bowl. Sometimes when you assemble the coffeemaker the spout seems to have a small tilt to it. When you line up the Cory name as described above the spout is perfectly vertical. So it could be a "one off" kind of problem with the coffeemaker itself.

We loved our Sunbeam Coffeemaster but the Cory is so much easier to clean!

 

[mattl]

I use my Sunbeam every day, but usually only give it a good cleaning once a week. I put it on an X10 module so it automatic, really like the coffee.

I'm curious to try some coffe beans, got a couple of grinders but not sure where to start. Any suggestions for something that might be available nation wide and not too pricey? I usuall do half caf, but like a medium body coffee.

 

[whirlcool]

We get our coffee bean at a local retail roaster. They roast the beans right in the store. We used to like Guatamalan Antigua but it doesn't taste that good in the vacuum pot. It tastes better in the Cuisinart drip machine.

So we buy a Kona blend and occasionally a straight Kona. It tastes just wonderful in a vacuum pot.

Buying from a local roaster isn't that much more expensive than a normal pack of coffee because 1 lb of the roaster coffee lasts a lot longer than 1 lb or Folgers.

 

[hydralique]

Local Roaster . . .

Absolutely it is best to buy from a local roaster. Not only will they have a better selection of coffees but they'll be much fresher. I have a real preference for African and Indian Ocean coffees but these are hard to find outside of a roaster; my favorite is to mix Ethiopian decaf and either Tanzania Peaberry, Malabar or Sumatran. Just make sure they roast on the premises as noted above and aren't reselling beans roasted by someone else and then stored and shipped.

 

[mattl]

Well the world headquarters of The Coffee Beanery is a couple of thousand feet from me, and they have a local outlet in the near by mall, don't know if they qualify as a local roaster, occasionally you can smell them roasting....

 

[vintagekitchen]

Lining up the emblems...

If it is a vintage pot with the original seal, there is a good chance the previous owner always lined up the 2 emblems, causing the seal to mold into that alignment over the years. Being OCD, and being raised in an OCD family, I can see someone lining the emblems up like that for years, simply because that is how it is done, lol.

 

[whirlcool]

The pot I have was made in the late 40's. I bought it unused off of Ebay about two years ago. It came in the original box complete with instructions. It was never used before. So Even though almost 70 years went by, I am the first person to actually use it.