I find this percolator to be helpful in reducing use of plastic like the drip style. The only thing is please DO NOT follow the directions it came with because the coffee has to perk the directions say to take off when it starts perking making for colored water. And depending on how strong you like it , it needs more time to perk. It took me a few tries to get it right but it does make a good cup of coffee. It also is cleaner since it needs to be washed after use. Read more
I am 73 yrs old and gotta say..... This makes the best coffee I've ever had. Stainless steel, no plastic in the brewing process, no filters to buy. Wish I had found this years ago. Great coffee maker, simple and reasonably priced. I reckon I will have this the rest of my life. Nothing to wear out. Read more
I really like it took me a little bit to learn how long to leave it percolating for for me it's 4 and 1/2 to 5 minutes after it starts to percolate. My only complaint is a fill line inside is very hard to see. Other than that no complaints at all I really seem to like it and it seems like it should last. Percolated coffee taste really good and I do use it with filtered water and a coffee filter. I would say a coffee filter for me to keep settlement out is a must. Read more
I've had this percolator for a week now. I like it, but it could be improved, though maybe at a higher price point. I use it on a gas range. The one I have is electroplated copper-colored (I think it's electroplating, but not sure), and its copper plating on the bottom is already flaking off a bit. Not a big area, but still ... Kind of disappointing, but, again, price point issue. Also, the percolator top, knob, globe, or whatever you want to call it, is plastic, not glass. I was hoping for glass. The handle is plastic, too. It does remain relatively cool to the touch immediately after perking. It's not cool, per se, but it's not hot and can be comfortably handled without gloves. It works very well. It makes good coffee. The coffee basket that holds the grounds takes a while to drain back into the pot after perking. I percolate the coffee for eight minutes then wait at least another five minutes for the coffee in the basket to drain back into the pot. Even then there's still liquid coffee sloshing around in the grounds, but it's not a lot. The holes are really slots that are punched into the metal basket. It's their design that makes the draining slow, but what the design also does is prevent bits of grounds from making their way into the coffee pot, and it's very good at that. There's very little sediment at the bottom of the pot, and that's what slows down the draining. Fair tradeoff. However, the way the slots are punched in the metal makes cleaning the basket and its top a bit trickier. I like to use a brush, but the slots catch and tear the bristles. Still, I like the pot. It's a good deal at the price. It does what it's supposed to do, and that's to make great coffee. Read more
So a few things: (1) I'm trying to get away from plastics and aluminum in my food, (2) I'm a coffee fanatic and am mastering different ways to make perfect coffee, and (3) I just bought an induction range, a cooking breakthrough! Water boils twice as fast as any other method IF your cookware supports it! So I had been mastering the art of percolated coffee (rather difficult without burning the coffee!) and wanted an induction percolator that was all steel. I found this guy - it's beautiful, stunning even. It supports an honest 4x large coffee mugs worth (it says up to 10 on the side), two each for me and the missus. - Great handle design! Plenty of distance and strength from the hot surfaces. - Ingenious internal design that allows pouring a clean cup without grounds (in my practice percolator I literally had to pull out the coffee grounds mechanism before pouring); - Cute little resin cap to watch the percolation in action! Not needed but fun 😊 With the press sealed lid, it actually stays hot in the percolator for 15+ minutes (although on an induction top, it's trivial to fire it up and warm everything in 45 seconds, as fast as a microwave) Really terrific little percolator - good looking, functional and super easy to clean; you can be sipping your 3rd cup while the poor Frenchman are still dismantling and regrouting their press pots! Highly recommended, particularly for induction cooktops. Read more
Makes very good coffee and washing is very easy and comes out very clean Read more
This coffee percolator IS NOT SUITABLE for the heat of a gas stove. I've had two within a year. Within months, the the top warped and the top would explode (talking about coffee on the ceiling exploding) upwards. This was not a one-off event and I luckily was not near the pot when this happened. The second pot developed a leak along the rim of the bottom where it meets the sides of the pot. Read more
I love it. Simplistic beauty. I use it for camping and occasionally. in the house. It's well made, noting flimsy about it. It cleans up easily. Read more
