Our Brimfield finds / goodies :-)

[perc-o-prince]

Sorry that it has taken so long to post these pics but here goes! If anyone else went to Brimfield and bought some goodies....PLEASE POST!!!

First up is an early model Filtron cold water coffee maker. I have been looking for one for some time now and had never seen one in the "flesh". I didn't realize how big it is!!! It uses one pound of coffee at a time. Love the deco lines!!

 

[perc-o-prince]

Next !

Lusterware Royal Rochester coffee percolator. I have been negotiating with the dealer for the past 6 shows and finally she came down to a realistic price. I love the color of the luster and it percs a hell of a pot of coffee

 

[perc-o-prince]

Finally...my first Youngstown Dishwasher!!! YAY

OK so it's the toy version but it's just so damned cute and it actually WORKS!!!

 

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inside

racks are removable and even has a silverware basket

 

[perc-o-prince]

one more for tonight!

Thanks to Kenmore58(RON) I was able to get a MIB Corningware Spice of Life Electromatic perc pot! Still has the styrofoam in the pot for shipping. Thanks Ron!!!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Fun stuff. Thank you, Rich and Chuck, for introducing me to Brimfield. Wouldn't miss another one for the world.
Bobby in Boston

 

[maytagbear]

Rich, I am utterly forest green

with envy right now. Usually I'm not a very envious person.

However, for that Spice O' Life coffeemaker, I plead an exception.

Enjoy it in good (caffeinated) health.

I have known of Brimfield for years, just haven't had the opportunity to make it out. Someday.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tomturbomatic]

Rich, beautiful finds. I saw the Youngstown dw in an antiques place for $69 years ago. It was not in the box like yours, but almost everything that you got dish-wise was included. Some appliance makers made a big deal of being able to put one of those miniatures under the tree to show gift that would soon be delivered. The finish on the RR perk is beautiful and the base is wicked. RR perks used to get high ratings in Consumer Reports. I have never heard from anyone who drank coffee made from the concentrate extracted in the Filtron. Does anyone have the experience and evaluation? Thanks for sharing.

 

[jasonl]

Filtron cold water coffee maker

Sorry to sound like a n00b, but how does that work?

 

[perc-o-prince]

coffee made from the concentrate extracted in the Filtron

I haven't either. I don't know of anyone who has used this coffee maker.

Lawrence...Thanks for the kind words. It was ironic that I had just received a Corning SOL pot in the mail that was smashed in shipping. I was heartbroken and then this one came along. Chuck and I were in the same booth, at Brimfield, and didn't see this new one in the box. Ron shopped it later and found it. When I find another one...it's yours, Lawrence!!!!

Jason, The Filtron is a cold water system. NO BOILING!! Water goes in the top jug. One pound of coffee goes into the middle. It uses a paper filter and a felt filter. The top jug is inverted onto the middle section and the water SLOWLY drips through the ground coffee into the bottom pot giving you a very concentrated coffee. About one ounce of concentrate is added to a cup of boiling water for a cup of coffee. The whole drip process takes several hours to do. I will try it and when I do, I'll post the results! You can go to www.jitterbuzz.com/indcof.html to read all about it. They still make the filtron but it's all plastic now. These early glass ones are the nicest looking IMOHO.

The Royal Rochester is a very heavy duty (and just plain heavy) percolator. It seems that all RR products were very well made. The YT dishwasher is fascinating to watch. It works beautifully (of course I had to try it (all in the name of cleaning it out!!).

I'll post some more pics later!

Rich

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Perc-o

Is the top chamber on the filtron glass? My grandmother got one of those around '59 or '60. The "carafe" was the same
shape, but I think the upper end was slightly different.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Everything is glass accept for the reddish filter parts.

R

 

[tomturbomatic]

I know that this is going back more than 60 years and I don't want to cast aspersions on anyplace or anyone, but daddy said that the instant coffee in England during WWII was the liquid kind and it was awful. I know nothing about how it was made or if it was anything like the Filtron's product and it was during the war when everything was messed up. It would seem that the Filtron would make a mild brew because cold water would be less likely to extract bitter oils, but cloth or paper filters absorb oils in regular temperature brewing anyway.

I wonder if a similar process could be performed with a regular stovetop drip pot using filters and cold water if you figured out the ratio of coffee to water?

 

[maytagbear]

Cold water brewing

Can be done easily.

Just takes a pound of ground coffee, 8 measured cups of water, a container large enough, time, and a filter.

Combine, let steep at room temperature 8 or so hours, filter, and refrigerate.

I like to make this with 6 cups of water instead.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[maytagbear]

oh, yes---

cover tightly, use within 4-6 weeks.

Can be frozen, but not recommended, diminished flavour.

Makes a very light bodied cup, but makes a faboo iced coffee.

L/Mb

 

[perc-o-prince]

I would imagine that the use of cold water would release less of the tannins which should make for a less bitter coffee.

Sounds like it would make a great iced coffee!

Rich

 

[perc-o-prince]

Has anyone seen one of these

It was very cheap and too cool to pass up.

 

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open

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in use

Note the wire slicer. Every time you push the top down to slice a pat of butter the tray is ejected the length of one slice leaving you with a tray of sliced butter pats. VERY COOL!!! IMOHO

Rich