THE PROS OF PERCOLATOR COFFEE

I love the silver one they use in the opening scene of Mommie Dearest.

Big perc pot fan here. I use an older electric perc pot on a daily basis, and when I travel for work and stay for more than a few days, I bring a smaller stovetop perc pot with me.

Do you have an adjustable strength brew setting on your percolator? I prefer the "strong" setting.

Ha! My power surged multiple times yesterday and seems it fried the coffeemaker.

Camping perc pot for me this morning. I could tell no difference except for the wait.

I still have my mom's great electric percolator from the 1950s. I use it only on the weekends. I grind the beans first,. The percolating takes 15-20 minutes but worth it. The taste is better than drip or store bought.

I love coffee percolators! On a daily basis I use a moka pot since it’s just for me, but whenever I have company I always break out the percolator. I love that for both the moka pot and the percolator there are no filters involved.

I don't have one but my grandmother had one of those old corningware stovetop percolators. I loved that smell as a kid, waking up to the smell of bacon and coffee percing away. My mother had one as a back up for years but finally got rid of it and I wish I had snagged it. The coffee was much better.

R6 - I love my moka pot, but I also need a percolator for when I have company. I bought a camp-style one but I don't like it. Anyone here have some recommendations for a good electric or stove top percolator brand? I've done my research but there are so many options and styles that my head is spinning a bit.

R8 Go vintage and metal. They last forever. Also I suggest electric, as they are easier than the stove models. My go-to is GE 1950s-1970s. I like the GE PotBelly Stainless Steel model from the 1950s and the GE Immersible Stainless Steel model from around the 1960s-1970s.

Farberware super-fast. Makes great coffee.

Thank you for those recommends. Looking into it now! I definitely would prefer an electric one.

R8, I also recommend Farberware. I have the 8-cup electric perc pot and I have had it for 15 years with no issue. It does get stained inside, but I also found this wonderful powder to run through the pot that descales it. The only problem I have had with the pot was that after about 13 years, the handle got a little loose, but I just tightened the screw and it's fine.

As for stovetop, I bought a Coletti Bozeman camping coffeepot. I have only used it for one trip (but for two months daily) and am taking it on another trip with me. I can highly recommend it.

The only thing I can say about electric over stovetop is that if you're in another room, electric is much easier to monitor and takes less time. When you plug in the electric, it starts perking. And you hear it. When you stop hearing it, the coffee is ready. With the stovetop, you put it on the burner, the water has to boil, and THEN it has to perk through for 7-10 minutes, so you have to keep an ear out for when the perk starts and time it.

The electric is also great because after it stops percolating and is ready, it will remain heating until you turn it off. It will still taste great even after 3 hours of heating.

After a little more research, I just ordered a Farberware 8 cup electric. It's exactly what I've been looking for and it has gotten mostly good reviews. I have a small studio apt, and the kitchen is, shall we say, compact, so it will work just fine.

I still have my electric countertop Corningware from the 70s, but haven’t used it in at least 30 years. When I was still working, coffee makers with a timer and auto-off were a necessity for me. I’ve used a Keurig for the last several years out of laziness.

Recently, I went to an estate sale and bought a stainless, electric West Bend “Flovo-Matic” percolator. It appears completely unused, and has all the original tags and packaging. According the tag on it, it originally sold for $13.50, which seems high for the late 50s/early 60s. Maybe I’ll try it out.

Do any DLers who have an induction range know of a good stovetop percolator?

I have learned to my dismay that all stainless steel is not magnetic. News to me!

I'm too young (and that is saying something) to ever have had percolator coffee, but I found this guys video interesting.

He was not a fan, and I probably wouldn't be either, but coffee is in itself, an acquired taste, so if you are used to using percolators, I could see why someone would prefer it.

I've always wanted to try one. I mainly use French presses. But thought of buying one. I heard it's still a popular brewing method in some European countries.

I wish I drank coffee. Is there a percolator tea maker?

At 86 my mom stills prefers Nescafé for herself, (dad didn’t drink coffee), so I still associate a percolator with having company over when I was a kid. I do hate Keurig coffee - it’s to damn cold as soon as you add milk. Since I’m in NYC I can always get deli coffee on the corner both at home and at work. I’m happy as long as it’s caffeinated and very hot, I don’t drink it for the taste.

I like percolator coffee, but I'm lazy and they're a pain to clean, so I'll stick with K-Cups.

Perc pots couldn't be easier to clean if you were paralyzed.

Nobody uses a coffee percolator on their induction cooktop?

Induction cooktops require a new special kind of cookware - percolators are pretty niche these days - the right kind may not exist.

PercUlator to you, bub.

R23, I just looked it up for you. You can use a stovetop perc pot on an induction stovetop, but you should use an induction plate between them. These are good for other kinds of stovetop cookware, as well. Amazon sells them for about $25.

Thanks, r26. I have one of those plates, but I was hoping to find a smooth bottom, magnetic, stainless steel percolator that will work directly on my induction range.

Sadly I've learned that not ALL stainless steel is magnetic and most of the stainless steel percolators I'm finding are made with non-magnetic stainless.

Currently I am checking European sellers and Japanese sellers where induction is more prevalent.

Yeah, you got me curious, R27, so I did a search. The closest thing I can find is from Bialetti, but it's closer to a Moka pot than a percolator, and I wouldn't want to recommend it to pass for true perked coffee. Let us know if you find anything!

[quote]THE PROS OF PERCOLATOR COFFEE

Pro: My maid Alice made coffee so strong, it always made me have to take a big shit.

Con: We had no toilets in the house, so I usually ended up squatting behind Tiger's dog house.

I Googled induction coffee percolator and got hits for stainless percolators that should work. I'd try the Coleman.

Richard got married to a figure skater, and he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator.

R30 Thanks. However the Coleman's glass knob on top is very prone to failure rendering the percolator useless.

I have a complete vintage Pyrex Flameware glass percolator, I know it's for the stovetop...and I've never used it due to not knowing how it works actually. It was my mother's, and she also had/used an electric percolator.

Anyone familiar with the Pyrex one? Hard for me to believe I could use it on a burner.

[quote] [R30] Thanks. However the Coleman's glass knob on top is very prone to failure rendering the percolator useless.

Well, try the Coletti, Elite Gourmet or Farberware, then.

r34 Already check their specs -- not induction capable. Thanks anyway.

R33 here...forget my question, of course there's youtube videos showing what to do.

Need more coffee.

I love my Percolator!

I prefer drip coffee. I'm not clicking on any links co then I'll be seeing fucking ads for those things for ages

Perc coffee just isn't as good. I don't mind the cloudiness but it's noticeably more bitter. And if it's electric and sits for more than ten minutes, it's undrinkable, no matter if it's drip or perc. Coffee needs to go into a thermal carafe immediately after brewing.

The most common complaint I heard about percolator coffee is it burns the coffee and creates bitterness..

R40: The joke about Starbucks is they burn half their beans and then blend in cheap Robusta beans.

Since you like Starbucks, I'm sure you'd like (possibly) burned-tasting percolator coffee.

Percolator coffee is the most consistently best coffee I've ever had.

Sure, you may get a single cup of great coffee here and there. But, I don't recall ever having a bad cup of percolator coffee.

I wish I had the patience for making it.

[quote]Coffee needs to go into a thermal carafe immediately after brewing.

I never like coffee that comes out of one of those carafes. I make pourover at home. I don't really like any coffee to go, most of which is stored in those carafes.

OP, I love the smell of percolator coffee - it makes me think of my grandma’s Lutheran church.

[quote] I wish I had the patience for making it.

I'm not sure what you mean. It doesn't take any more or less time to use one of those shitbox drip things.

A stovetop metal percolator on an induction hob would be crazy quick to start boiling and then power reduced to complete brewing.