Question For Those Who Use Percolators.

[chuffle]

I know that we have discussed percolators at various times in the past, but I was reading a blog post that got me to thinking about what percolators folks here use, and why.

I know that I have posted the photo before, but of the "percs" in my kitchen, the Farberware gets daily use. I like it because it is fast. I assemble the coffee maker first thing in the morning, and the coffee is ready by the time I finish shaving. On the weekends, I prefer the Panasonic. It is slower in brewing, but the coffee seems to have more body. The Panasonic was the first percolator that I bought (from a Pittsburgh thrift store) when I switched over to the percolator method of brewing coffee in 1996.

I use the Corning Ware pot every once in a while, though I fear the glue coming loose and the handle falling off. The Sunbeam was a new in box score on eBay many years ago, and is the model that I remember being used every day when I was growing up in the 1960s.

Perhaps I have far too much time to think today, but was wondering if anyone would care to share what "pots" they use, and why they like them.

Joe

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[hunter]

daily use

My 'daily use' is a 4 cup Corning Ware. (I make a travel mug, 15 ounces, or 3 'cups' in the morning). As far as I know only the Corning Ware _Electromatic_ were the ones that had the handle-coming-off issue. (Please folks correct me if I am wrong!). I also have an 8 cup and a 9 cup Corning Ware stovetop. (For my desk at work I have a 10 cup Electromatic -- I simply don't hold it up above the table top when I pour. I also don't let the coffee stay hot in it - as soon as it is done, I unplug it).

I also have a 6 and 8 cup US made Revere Ware that I use for camping.

Hunter

 

[autowasherfreak]

Sunbeam

My only percolator is a harvest gold Sunbeam that I got off of eBay. I found some reusable filters for percolators on eBay. I just love the sound of a percolator.

 

[lordkenmore]

It depends on my mood. Currently, I'm bouncing between a Corning Electromatic (and hoping the glue holds!) and a Farberware. Both make 2-6 cups. Both are acceptable--both with the coffee they make, and the fact that they have that pretty glass top that lets me watch the coffee perc. Simple minds, simple pleasures. Although I will say that the coffee perking is probably more entertaining that at least 75% of the current TV shows.

Of the two, I think the Electromatic is better, but I'm still testing. A huge burden to be sure, making and drinking all that coffee, but someone's got to do it. One area where I think the Electromatic is definitely better is with making only 2 cups of coffee.

But the Farberware isn't bad. A larger Farberware was my first "good" electric percolator which I got last spring to "play with." I was really impressed by the coffee. I do NOT think it's the "best" coffee. But it's certainly a better than detractors would say. Given the choice between sloppily made drip coffee, made using poor coffee, and percolator coffee, made carefully, with good coffee and water, I think the percolator will win.

I also have a stove top Revere (which I got, even though there is no glass bulb, because Grandma had one just like it), a stove top Corningware (which I seldom use--too lazy). I recently picked up a Sunbeam (which I haven't used--I planned to, but found that it has an aluminum stem and basket).

In storage, I have (and should try to unearth) 2 Regal Poly-Perks. One is a Harvest Gold 4 or 6 cup model which I got to play with, but never really impressed me. (I'll have to try again--maybe I failed it by not taking it seriously) and a large "party size" in what I think was roughly Poppy Red which was given away at the end of one yard sale.

Although the others were also "given away." I'm surprised at how cheap these were. Particularly when one considers the build quality and how much they probably cost new.

 

[magic clean]

Presto

Immersible perc or Sunbeam vacuum pot depending on the mood. Enjoy both equally and prefer them to drip coffeemakers.

Got my folks a new-in-box GE perc from Ebay, just like we had when I was a kid. They love it. Thew were tired of buying new drip coffeemakers every 2 years or so. It has become a conversation piece.

 

[xraytech]

I have several pots, a 2 cup, 6 cup, and 9 cup Pyrex, two 9 cup stovetop corning, Cory Crown Jewel, Kenmore, Hoover, and GE oval, and a Sears Maid of Honor.

I most often use the GE oval, but sometimes use the Cory I think it makes better coffee. When I am off I will occasionally use one of the Pyrex pots, and for large gatherings it is the Westinghouse 42 cup urn

 

[alr2903]

It must be DNA, what in the world caused so many of us to have an affection for washing machines, coffeemakers, and vacuum cleaners. I am afflicted as are many others and a photographic memory of what people over the years had, what brand, type, and any story they offered up about the topic. We are truly an unusual lot. I like US. To stay on topic, my grandmother did have brand loyalty to regal polyperks, folgers coffee and the lady could make a good cup of joe. alr2903

 

[westingman123]

mirro for me!

Electric perk = Mirromatic
Rangetop perk = Revere percolator

Both give a great cup. As I progress in age, the coffee consumption increases!