A Good Cup of Coffee

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larkim 27 May 10:02am, 27 May 2024 24,313 posts	0 larkim Nice!!
57.5 Degrees of Pain 27 May 10:58am, 27 May 2024 18,584 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Do you drink it or smoke it?
Cerrertonia 27 May 11:12am, 27 May 2024 21,165 posts	0 Cerrertonia I was expecting it to have dual use of transmuting lead to gold. It's nice to watch though - the water starts off below and the coffee grounds up top. The steam makes it way up to the top part until the top vessel is filled with coffee and the bottom one is nearly empty, then you turn off the heat and the coffee drips down to the bottom jug where you pour it from.
larkim 27 May 11:35am, 27 May 2024 24,315 posts	0 larkim I've got a stove top version made by Bodum (it was a £15 bargain at the time, I think prompted by some on here), it comes out at Christmas etc as it is fun to use and the coffee comes out quite nice. Works best from a time point of view if I put v hot water in the bottom flask first of all, as boiling it all from scratch takes a long while!!
Cerrertonia 27 May 12:35pm, 27 May 2024 21,166 posts	0 Cerrertonia Yes, using nearly boiling water to start speeds thing up. This is a 1960s Cona thing.
Red Squirrel 27 May 2:32pm, 27 May 2024 23,873 posts	0 Red Squirrel Wow - interesting. Would like to see one of those in action.
AndyJ57 27 May 2:47pm, 27 May 2024 468 posts	0 AndyJ57 Looks great Cerrertonia, reminds me of my mum's percolator from the 60's though that was electric and thus not totally see through to hide the heating parts etc.
Red Squirrel 27 May 2:51pm, 27 May 2024 23,875 posts	0 Red Squirrel I used to love the sound of my parents’ electric percolator.
larkim 27 May 3:04pm, 27 May 2024 24,317 posts	0 larkim Percolators are a bit different as they re-brew the coffee again and again, this just brews it once and then filters it down for drinking.
panad 29 May 5:40pm, 29 May 2024 3,799 posts	0 panad theguardian.com