brettsomers
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Are these Norelcos any good? Filters? How do they compare to other makes? Thanks
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They make marvellous coffee,
but the filter is a b**t and a half to use. The filter is the flat disk, and it's hard to get it down over the centre post. I had the 10 cup model for a few years, but wound up putting a basket from a dismantled percolator in the Norelco's basket. Still made good coffee.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
but the filter is a b**t and a half to use. The filter is the flat disk, and it's hard to get it down over the centre post. I had the 10 cup model for a few years, but wound up putting a basket from a dismantled percolator in the Norelco's basket. Still made good coffee.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
This was the first auto-drip maker I knew. My sister gave a 12-cup model to my parents back in the early 70's. Even with your basic canned coffee, everyone was amazed with how much better it tasted than the stuff from the Corningware electric percolator.
I don't know if you can even find the type of flat disc filters that this machine requires anymore. They also came out with a "Dial-a-Brew" basket with adjustable settings later on.
I'm pretty sure there still might be a complete machine at my mom's house somewhere, and she also has the separate matching hotplate and an extra caraffe or two to keep a pot warm while you brew another.
My sister owns what seems to be a rare item, an automatic Chemex that appears to have borrowed the Norelco design, except of course there is no basket, just the paper cone in the caraffe top, and it has more of a shower head type of outlet for the water to make sure all grounds get wet.
I don't know if you can even find the type of flat disc filters that this machine requires anymore. They also came out with a "Dial-a-Brew" basket with adjustable settings later on.
I'm pretty sure there still might be a complete machine at my mom's house somewhere, and she also has the separate matching hotplate and an extra caraffe or two to keep a pot warm while you brew another.
My sister owns what seems to be a rare item, an automatic Chemex that appears to have borrowed the Norelco design, except of course there is no basket, just the paper cone in the caraffe top, and it has more of a shower head type of outlet for the water to make sure all grounds get wet.
That's an early one, they were Philips in Canada and elsewhere around the world. Danny Thomas, who? , used to plug em on tv whilst Joe Gargiola did the same for Mr. Coffee
I forgot one thing about this machine that always made me curious. As the stream of water dropped from the outlet onto the filter basket cover, if there was too much of it too fast, the design of the basket cover facilitated directing excess water down a center drain/overflow hole into the caraffe, not past any grounds, and it seemed to me that this would weaken the finished product. While it never had that much of an impact, it struck me that Norelco should have just made the openings in the basket lid a little larger to accommodate the flow of water their machines generated so all of it passed through the grounds. This might have been fixed with later models, but the early non-"Dial-a-Brew" models all had this type of overflow basket lid design.
aackkk maybe it was Joe Dimaggio not Gargiola who plugged Mr. Coffee...or am I going senile
It was Mr. Marilyn Monroe,
(Joe DiMaggio)
who pitched Mr. Coffee, Pete.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
(Joe DiMaggio)
who pitched Mr. Coffee, Pete.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Joe Garagiola not Norelco... but...
Joe Garagiola used to do ads for VM stereos.
Believe it.... or NOT!
Joe Garagiola used to do ads for VM stereos.
Believe it.... or NOT!
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And don't forget $ale of the ¢entury.
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danemodsandy
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Good Coffee, Good Quality, Awful to Use...
I had one of these back in the day, and I well remember what a PITA it was to use. That brew basket assembly has to be removed and laid to one side to pour coffee, necessitating the use of a plate or dish to sit it on.
The coffee was good, but the ease-of-use factor was pretty bad.
I had one of these back in the day, and I well remember what a PITA it was to use. That brew basket assembly has to be removed and laid to one side to pour coffee, necessitating the use of a plate or dish to sit it on.
The coffee was good, but the ease-of-use factor was pretty bad.
Sandy, yes the brew basket on the Norelcos needs to be removed and replaced with the caraffe lid for serving. The practice at my mom's was always to take a few steps over to the sink with caraffe & basket and remove the basket and place it in the sink.
Actually, this system works very well for some people. Black & Decker machines from the 80's also used this method. For my mom, who has been legally blind for years, this was the easiest system to use. She can't see well enough to slide a basket assembly into place like so many drip makers are designed. I thought of giving her my old Braun but getting that basket hinged just right and folding a cone filter would be a chore for her. So I always used to be on the lookout for B&D machines in the thrift stores since the basket-on-caraffe design was easy for her to use.
If you want a really cumbersome machine, try my Capresso grind & brew. Now there's a filter basket system that needs some improvement!
Ralph
Actually, this system works very well for some people. Black & Decker machines from the 80's also used this method. For my mom, who has been legally blind for years, this was the easiest system to use. She can't see well enough to slide a basket assembly into place like so many drip makers are designed. I thought of giving her my old Braun but getting that basket hinged just right and folding a cone filter would be a chore for her. So I always used to be on the lookout for B&D machines in the thrift stores since the basket-on-caraffe design was easy for her to use.
If you want a really cumbersome machine, try my Capresso grind & brew. Now there's a filter basket system that needs some improvement!
Ralph
Joe Garagiola was also a TV spokesman for the Rival Crock-Pot slow cooker.
The patent for the first European electric drip coffeemaker is from 1954. It was the Wigomat 100. Here's a picture of it. I'm not sure but I think the first models didn't have a switch.
Louis....
Thank you for posting that interesting beast!
It looks more like a mad scientist's pet project, or some crucial part of aerospace equipment, rather than a coffee maker!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Thank you for posting that interesting beast!
It looks more like a mad scientist's pet project, or some crucial part of aerospace equipment, rather than a coffee maker!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
