"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> >,
> phaeton > wrote:
>
>> electric percolator. I see them for around $40 at misc stores, such
>> as Sears.
>>
>> Anyone here use one of these?
>>
> Not for decades. They worked OK, but they boil the coffee. The problem
> with drip makers is that they need to keep the water in the filter long
> enough to extract the flavor from the coffee, but not so long that they
> overflow. A ten cup maker is not going to keep two or three cups of
> water with the coffee long enough.
>
>> 3) I know I can get another crappy drip model (like a 5-cup one) for
>> about $10 and it'll make coffee for a few years just fine before
>> blowing up. The percolators I'm looking at are 4 times as much.
>> However, it looks like the way percolators are made that they'll last
>> decades. Am I wrong?
>
> A nice four cup drip maker is US$20. If it lasts five years and then
> dies, that's one penny a day. When you look at what coffee costs,
> that's nothing. It's been a long time, but I don't remember the
> electric percolators lasting all that long.
>
>> Thanks for any help and advice.
>
> HTH.
>
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> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>
Have you tried the French Press type? I have one that I use quite a bit of
the time, makes a lovely cuppa
Peaches