Look at this vintage beauty

[vintage1963]

This arrived yesterday. Never used, in tip top shape. This is the percolator I posted about earlier. It looks be about a 6-cup capacity. I did make some coffee in it but I feel that I need to tweak how much coffee to use and how long to let it perk to achieve optimum coffee taste. I usually make about 10 cups of coffee and with that amount of water I use 8 rounded tablespoons of ground coffee. Today, using the amount of 6 cups of water I used 4 rounded tablespoons of ground coffee but it wasn't as strong as I would have liked. Perhaps I didn't use enough coffee and/or didn't allow the unit to perk as long as it should have. So, any helpful tips, tricks, useful advice would be greatly appreciated.

Have an awesome day, my friends!

 

[turbokinetic]

That is quite a beauty!

 

[iowabear]

Wow! Too nice to use except for "special occasions" comes to mind!

 

[ea56]

Ed,

That set is really beautiful! I believe that you posted earlier that it is 525watts, so it is starting to perk at a lower temp., and will take longer to get to about 180-190 degrees.

To get stronger coffee I would let it perk for at least 10 mins. (I’ve owned older perks with this lower wattage and they have sometimes perked for up to 15-17 mins before the thermostat shutoff the higher perk temp) , so you may also want to experiment with longer perk times too. Also, I would try using 5 rounded tbs.of ground coffee, and if it still isn’t strong enough for you, bump it up to 6 rounded tbs.

I hope that you will enjoy this new treasure.
HTH
Eddie

 

[launderess]

With these older electrical perk pots

It might not be a bad idea to start with fresh cold water that was heated on range/stove to proper temp, pour into pot, then continue brewing process.

Many older electric coffee pots are somewhat under powered. As such it takes some time to reach proper brewing temperature. However water being what it is will begin to rise up stem towards basket even if not proper temp for good coffee making. What you can then end up with is not so great coffee because some or much extraction took place while water was "cold" so to speak.

On the Sunbeam C50 they solved that design problem. On stem of upper pot there is a small hole, this lets out water that rises during heating. When water reaching the boil in lower pot, it rushed up into top chamber blowing past that small hole.

Other than that, congrats on such a gorgeous set! Thankfully it is chromium and not sterling so you save on all that polishing. [this post was last edited: 11/8/2018-19:41]

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow - that is very nice indeed. I love how early coffee perks could be made into a full coffee service set - no doubt a way for the proud owner to show it off. Mrs. Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet') would have no doubt had one if she'd been around in the 1920s!

 

[launderess]

Chromium ?

In the same home as a solid silver self separating sauce server?!

Besides all that polishing (needed or not) would soon rub off the plating. *LOL*

 

[vintage1963]

Do not forget the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles!

"IT'S BOUQUET!!"

 

[wayupnorth]

Its Bucket. PBS has it every Saturday evening here and love to see Hyacinth finally take a dive at the end of each show, especially at Daisys when the dog makes her fall into the bushes. Poor Elizabeth could never even see the hand painted Daulton.

 

[fan-of-fans]

That percolator looks so familiar, but I can't place it. I feel like there was one in this house at some point, but where it came from or what happened to it, I don't know.

 

[vintage1963]

Hello, everyone!
This morning I used 5 rounded tablespoons of ground coffee and a perk time of 15 minutes. That seems to have done the trick and the coffee turned out very well. I used the countdown function on a digital timer that I had plugged the percolator into and it worked out great. Also, I am attaching a picture of the insert that came with the percolator. Very interesting!

 

[ea56]

I’m glad this worked for you Ed. I love these new digital outlet timers. They give such precise control and convenience. I use one for my coffemaker too, and don’t know how I ever got along with out it.

Thanks for posting the picture of the instructional insert about the 8 in 1 fuse. What a clever idea. This way the owner didn’t have to run out to the store for a new fuse if the fuse blew out.

I’m sure you’ll get lots of enjoyment out of this new percolator. Be careful to not use anything abrasive on the inside, you don’t want to wear away the chrome plating. And, anyway if you wash it out thouroghly after every use with soap, water and a dishrag, being careful to confine the water to the inside only, it should stay sparkling clean with little effort. Chrome plated perks don’t impart any off taste to the finished brew, another plus.

Eddie