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Default Electric Coffee Percolator?

On Aug 16, 5:01*am, Gorio > wrote:

>
> The drippers are okay until, as you say, they cool and reheat
> continually. I think it tastes like styrofoam at the end.


We solved that by pouring it right into an airpot when it finished
dripping.

>
> If I press a large batch, I can nuke that, too. Thermal carafes are much
> better than the heating element.
>
> You may want to pursue the variety of coffeemakers they use in S.
> America, which really steams the coffee and yields this small amount of
> intense, condensed coffe. You can let it go cold and just add boiling
> water to it. It takes some time, though, to determine just how much you
> need. Most overdo it and end up staying awake for a week.


I know several people who make their breakfast coffee in a stovetop
Bialetti.