International Coffee Organization (#)

„The coffee percolator was a civilising influence in the American wild west; it was certainly widely used throughout the USA, where, until the recent coffee 'revolution', it was a standard piece of equipment in most homes. The percolator heats the coarsely ground coffee and cold water so that it boils and bubbles up into the top of the unit. It is an excellent way to have the relaxing sound of the coffee liquid burbling and gurgling, and to waft the aroma of coffee through the home, as all the volatile wonderful flavours go out of the percolator and into the air! There is possibly no worse way to make fresh coffee than this.“

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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Cult coffee machine sold (#)

„The researchers decided to attach a camera to it and broadcast its pictures on the net, so that anyone looking at the images would know whether making the trip to the pot was worthwhile. Sold: The final webcam image The percolator soon acquired cult status, with hundreds of thousands of people logging on to watch it on one of the first ever web-cam broadcasts. The Cambridge computer department decided to sell the broken old pot because it is moving to new labs and the students want a new coffee-maker. "Time moves on and we want to buy a shiny new espresso machine," the students wrote in their offering on auction site eBay.“

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coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Now, it is not really a coffee question for the guestbook, but a question ABOUT the coffee guestbook on this site. As many of you may recall, the old style guestbook was very lively with all kinds of odd questions about fat, calories, nutrition, garage sale coffee and espresso makers of all vintage, missing manuals, missing solutions, theories on the Atomic coffee maker, questions about the Farberware percolator, theories on the benefits of cold brewed coffee and so on. Now this guestbook, this new one, is as sterile as a rubber glove, as 2 dimensional as the print on this page, as dull as white glue in a rain storm, and as exciting as a librarians welcoming smile. It is boring.“

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Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Copco Black Percolator (#)

„This percolator from Copco brings back the hearty old-fashioned flavor and aroma of fresh brewed coffee. Designed to brew four to six cups, the rust-proof aluminum percolator is perfect for use not only at home but on an RV stove, outdoor grill, or even a campfire. To use, simply place one teaspoon of grounds per cup into the filter basket, fill with the desired amount of cold water, and place on the heat source. When the water boils, the pot begins to perk, with water visibly bubbling inside the translucent plastic knob.“

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Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Farberware Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator (#)

„The handle is synthetic (to stay cool) and slightly textured, a combination ensuring safe, comfortable pouring. Because the percolator is made of highly polished 18/10 stainless steel, the beauty of its gleaming mirror finish is long-lasting. To fully maintain the finish, the percolator should be hand washed, although the filter basket and glass cap can go into the dishwasher. The percolator stands 8-1/2 inches high on a 6-1/4-inch-diameter base.“

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Tea & Coffee 08/01 - Coffee, Then and Now (#)

„But Lingle reserved his assessment of the most important technological advance of the past one hundred years for one of the simplest and yet most profound innovations of the coffee industry: the cheaply produced and very inexpensive paper filter. “The paper filter developed by Bunn in the 1960’s lead to the fairly rapid elimination of the percolator,” says Lingle. Lingle asserted that the paper filter, first used in foodservice and then shortly thereafter adopted for home use gave consumers a simpler and better way to brew coffee.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Certain aromas, flavors, gestures, and sounds combine to symbolize coffee and suggest a mood of contemplation or well-being in an entire culture. This, I am convinced, was the reason for the persistence of the pumping percolator in American culture in the 1940s through 1960s. To Americans of that era, the gentle popping sound of the percolator and the smell the popping liberated signified coffee and made them feel good before they even lifted a cup.“

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CoffeeKid - Vacuum Brewer Hey Day (#)

„The invention of the automatic drip machine (pioneered by Mr.Coffee) signaled what I think was the real end of the vacuum brewer. Some have argued that the percolator beat out the vacuum pot, but I simply don't buy that argument, and have found little evidence to prove it. But the advent of the automatic filter drip - that was the last nail. The filtered, drip method of producing coffee is a definite step up from instant, and to many, not much of a step down in quality from a vacuum brewer.“

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Lighten up your Latte (#)

„Before embarking upon any iced coffee recipes, Luepke advises a thoroughcleaning of the equipment to be used. "Cleaning your automatic dripcoffeemaker or percolator on a regular basis will not only improve brewing time,it will result in better tasting coffee. Automatic drip coffee-maker cleaners,such as Dip-it, safely removes hidden lime, calcium and other water depositsthat build up inside automatic drip coffeemakers. It cleans better than vinegarand without the unpleasant odor.“

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BBC - Comedy - Guide - Zero Hour (#)

„Mostel demonstrated his style of zany and frantic slapstick farce in this one-off TV special made by ABC and screened four months later by the BBC. Skits included his impressions of a coffee percolator and a baby discovering hands, and a sketch in which he appeared as a famous tenor being interviewed by a bright female journalist. Among the supporting cast was Zero's son Joshua, nine-years-old at this time but later an adult actor on film and TV.“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea (#)

„This will expose as much of the beans' surface area as possible, allowing the hot pressurized water to quickly pull the flavorful "oils" out of the grounds. In a method where the water and grounds will be in contact for a longer period of time, such as with a French Press, or percolator, a coarser grind is necessary because a fine grind will quickly release all the pleasant flavors, then release some of the more harsh and bitter woody elements.“

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CoffeeKid - The Vacuum Brewer FAQ (#)

„Some believe that it was the improvements and convenience of the percolator that caused the decline. Others believe it was America's movement to convenience and cost over quality, where the "60 cups per pound" cuppa joe that became prevalent in the 1950s in order to maintain 10 cent pricepoints at the diner (note that a pound of roasted coffee should yield between 27 and 34 cups for good quality, adequate strength coffee).“

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BBC - h2g2 - Ways to Make Good Coffee (#)

„It heats water and passes it through the coffee grounds over and over again. You remove the percolator from the heat when the coffee is strong enough. Stove-top and electric models are available.Critics of the percolator say that the coffee flavour is ruined because the coffee is boiled. This boiling process also extracts acids from the grounds which are harmful to your health.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Coffee Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best Brews (#)

„What's the difference between medium roast, high roast, and French roast? Should you use a French press or a percolator to brew your dream cup? And what's the difference between cappuccino, latte, and café au lait, anyway? All these questions and more are answered in The Coffee Companion, a trim little volume to guide you through the coffee conundrum, from buying the beans to brewing them.“

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CoffeeGeek - Waiting for God Shot (#)

„We were the only people I knew who used true coffee instead of Nescafe or Maxwell House. As a child, I remember being fascinated by the percolator sitting atop the stove, loaded up with exotic-named coffees from far-away places, gurgling with promise. I remember a white porcelain filter holder brought back from some European jaunt, only usable when we stocked up with filters on subsequent trips.“

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Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Farberware FCP512S 12-Cup Cordless Percolator (#)

„Farberware's attractive and intelligently designed cordless percolator combines "cup-a-minute" coffee brewing with serving portability and smart features. Its durable stainless-steel body, with a high-polish finish, strong stay-cool handle, and see-through top, fits securely on the base and rotates for easy lifting. Cup measurements are stamped discreetly on the side of the container.“

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January Q&A - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„I have been searching for the "old-fashioned" stovetop coffee percolator..the kind that you use to brew ground coffee on the stovetop. I haven't had luck finding them. I've already tried using the automatic/electric coffee makers, but they don't have the nostalgia I'm looking for in the old stovetop ones...I also believe they brew a much better coffee.“

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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé (#)

„From cold water infusion to the dreaded American Percolator, each method/device has fallen short of creating a liquid coffee that tastes just as good as freshly roasted coffee smells. To romance the aromatic flavors the Italians correctly deduced in the mid 19th century that pressurized brewing water might preserve more flavors into the cup. They were right.“

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Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Melitta Java Perk Stainless 10-Cup Percolator - MEP10 (#)

„I have owned my percolator for about two or three years now. I've never had any trouble with the plastic top breaking off - don't know if other people just happened to get defective models or what and have never had trobule getting the lid off ever. You just grab the top handle which is made for this purpose - again maybe some other people got a bad model.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: Machines and Brewing Methods, Vintage L,F & C percolator (#)

„I received a vintage Landers, Frary & Clark electric percolator for Christmas this year. I've made one pot of coffee in it, but am unsure at what point the coffee is finished. Unlike modern percolators, this does not automatically switch to a warming mode, it just keeps heating.“

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Post a reply - Coffee Forum (#)

„you mentioned seattle's best (now owned by starbucks...eeek)- their best-selling drink is a Naughty Toddy, Gloria Jean's is a Hotty Toddy- all use Toddy's process. i've asked managers at both places, and they use a medium roast, coarse grind- sorta like what you would use in an old fashioned percolator. hope this helps.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„I am old enough to remember the vacuum brewer, but I don't. My mother used an electric percolator during my childhood and then graduated to the Chemex, so I was never exposed to the vac pot. Remember high school chemistry, and how much fun the lab stuff was? That is what the vac pot reminds me of.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Specialty coffees were sold whole-bean, freshly roasted, in stores that offered their customers a wide range of choice in roast style and origin. Commercial coffees were represented by the almost identical contents of cans lined up like fat little percolator-ready soldiers on supermarket shelves.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/02 - Iced Coffee Is Now Ready-To-Drink (#)

„Remember when iced coffee was leftover, cooled down, muddy brew from the percolator? After pouring it over ice, all that may have been needed was a little sugar and cream to liven it up. There will always be traditional iced coffee drinkers, those so frugal they can’t throw out a drop.“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„If it takes more than six minutes, grind your coffee coarser. If you're using a French press or percolator, the coffee should be ground coarse. And to get the best flavor in an espresso, the beans should be ground very fine, almost power-like with a slight grittiness. “

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: General Discussion, Definitive moments in your espresso-odyssey!! (#)

„I remember when I left home and started making my own coffee. I grew up with percolator coffee. Always a pot on the stove ready to be poured - or reheated and poured. "Eight'O'Clock" coffee bought at the local A&P from a large bin and ground right there.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Percolation.  Technically, any method of coffee brewing in which hot water percolates, or filters down through, a bed of ground coffee. The pumping percolator utilizes the power of boiling water to force water up a tube and over a bed of ground coffee. “

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Global Exchange : 442.html (#)

„"Roasters will say to me, why should I necessarily be the one to operate the fair-trade banner when the global position I can't influence at all." New Zealand's 150,000-bag intake is a drop in the percolator of the 104 million bags consumed globally each year.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„When we had any party or gathering, someone would make a pot of coffee. I associated the smells and sounds of my mother's old percolator with good times and comfort. No day ever started without those smells and sounds filling my favorite room, the kitchen.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Half an empty Pepsi can, punched with pinholes, hung by a string from a Meals-Ready-to-Eat packet served as his percolator. And he discovered plenty of sources of heat on a Bradley fighting vehicle, especially one that's been sitting in the desert sun.“

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Mr. Coffee® - History (#)

„Laurens, a Parisian metal smith invents the first coffee percolator. Meanwhile in America, settlers continue to prepare coffee the old-fashioned way, by boiling it. This universal coffee maker is christened the Cowboy Pot.“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com (#)

„The Japanese gentlemen buried me up to the chin in a shallow grave and left me to compost in 13 tons of soggy ground coffee. Fermentation, induced by pineapple pulp, had heated my pool-size percolator to a barely tolerable 140°F [60°C].“

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BBC - BBC THREE - Petey & Jaydee (#)

„But it's not always safety first for the little green guys - the electric razor, the coffee percolator, paper shredder and many other items are just way too tempting for Petey and Jaydee! Though for poor Petey it always ends in a green mess....“

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Soluble (#)

„The roast and ground is put into a series of extractor cells.  These do the same job as a domestic coffee percolator or filter coffee maker - extracting the coffee flavour, aroma and colour from the coffee ground into hot water.“

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CoffeeGeek - La Pavoni PA Grinder - Daniel Marsalone's Review (#)

„I bought this unit about a year ago as a house warming gift for my girlfriend who uses it daily with a Krups Novo Compact pump espresso machine (she also uses it to grind for her percolator when normal coffee people visit).“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Sludge is actually how she describes it, a substance that sprung forth from a dastardly foil package, dumped unceremoniously into a behemoth percolator and then left to sit and stew for the rest of the day.“

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View topic - Grocery Store Coffee Recommendations? - Coffee Forum (#)

„I tried and enjoyed this in our percolator at work a few years back. I think we made it too strong, because I could hear my teeth buzzing and my eyes were twitching slightly... YAY!“

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The CoffeeCrew Q&A - Amy interviews Colin - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Amy: I was brought up that coffee was something you make in a percolator or in a drip coffee machine, I think many of us were, but in an interview you did several years ago in The“

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Amazon.com: Home & Garden / Kitchen & Housewares / Categories / Coffee, Tea & Espresso / Coffee Machines / Percolators & Urns (#)

„Farberware FCP512S Stainless Steel Cordless Programmable Percolator “

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Hamilton Beach 40616 Stainless Steel 12 Cup Percolator (#)

„Home > Products > 40616 Stainless Steel 12 Cup Percolator“

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VillaWare Product Catalogs (#)

„Classic Coffee Percolator - Maxi-Perk “

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