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northoftheborder

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6. Percolator coffee: makes me shudder just remembering it's taste

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 07:36 PM

Jul 2013

That's probably why I didn't start drinking coffee until I was in my late 30's, and drip coffee makers were available. I never liked instant coffee either.

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Reconsidering the Percolator: Lost American Technologies [View all] JCMach1 Jul 2013 OP

I remember them well. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #1

They did tend to burn the coffee, but I do remember them well... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #3

one of the reasons people moved away from them... you had to pay attention JCMach1 Jul 2013 #4

I like perked coffee better than drip..... Little Star Jul 2013 #2

I suppose that the convenience of drip models Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #5

Pyrex Percolator seems to eliminate some of those problems... JCMach1 Jul 2013 #7

Percolator coffee: makes me shudder just remembering it's taste northoftheborder Jul 2013 #6