Welcome To Coffee Corner

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Here's our little "Coffee Corner", featuring a 1940 West Bend 8 cup Electric Percolator, for special occasions!:cool:
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That's great, Meanderer, very cozy and inviting! That percolator is jazzy. I bought an electric Farberware perco at a thrift shop; don't think it was ever used, just a 4 cup. I cleaned it thoroughly, but the coffee didn't taste very good at all. Honestly, do you enjoy percolated coffee?

I wanted to replicate the days of my parent's pots of Maxwell House coffee smelling so good in the house and it did smell good, but that's all. I used Folgers, which I like, apart from Starbuck's and Dean's Beans.

Even though I had read the 50's coffee our parents drank was the worst quality and perking was the worst way to make it, I was hoping.

But the percolator sure looks nice in your Corner.
 
RadishRose said:
That's great, Meanderer, very cozy and inviting! That percolator is jazzy. I bought an electric Farberware perco at a thrift shop; don't think it was ever used, just a 4 cup. I cleaned it thoroughly, but the coffee didn't taste very good at all. Honestly, do you enjoy percolated coffee?

I wanted to replicate the days of my parent's pots of Maxwell House coffee smelling so good in the house and it did smell good, but that's all. I used Folgers, which I like, apart from Starbuck's and Dean's Beans.

Even though I had read the 50's coffee our parents drank was the worst quality and perking was the worst way to make it, I was hoping.

But the percolator sure looks nice in your Corner.
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Thanks, Rose, I bought it on Amazon for 29 dollars. It came with a new cord. We use Eight O'Clock 100% Columbian Coffee beans and use a coffee grinder the size of a small thermos. It can grind up to 12 cups. It takes 20 minutes to make 8 cups but makes the best coffee. We use a Mr Coffee 12 cup drip for every day use, and the 1940 West Bend, on waffle or pancake mornings. It is a lot of fun to use! The little "waitress" is a napkin holder and the cafe background is a placemat. The windup timer adds to the effect.
 
Meanderer said:
Thanks, Rose, I bought it on Amazon for 29 dollars. It came with a new cord. We use Eight O'Clock 100% Columbian Coffee beans and use a coffee grinder the size of a small thermos. It can grind up to 12 cups. It takes 20 minutes to make 8 cups but makes the best coffee. We use a Mr Coffee 12 cup drip for every day use, and the 1940 West Bend, on waffle or pancake mornings. It is a lot of fun to use! The little "waitress" is a napkin holder and the cafe background is a placemat. The windup timer adds to the effect.
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I did notice the timer but didn't realize the lady was a napkin holder. Cute.

So, you really do like the perked coffee. I usually prefer the press or drip. Maybe I'll give it another try. My parents timed it 7 minutes from the first perk. So I don't know what the entire time for 4 cups would be. I'll just hover.

Isn't this a nice coffee cup ring?

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Meanderer said:
Thanks, Rose, I bought it on Amazon for 29 dollars. It came with a new cord. We use Eight O'Clock 100% Columbian Coffee beans and use a coffee grinder the size of a small thermos. It can grind up to 12 cups. It takes 20 minutes to make 8 cups but makes the best coffee. We use a Mr Coffee 12 cup drip for every day use, and the 1940 West Bend, on waffle or pancake mornings. It is a lot of fun to use! The little "waitress" is a napkin holder and the cafe background is a placemat. The windup timer adds to the effect.
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Those old electric percolators do make great coffee and if you pair them with an electric lamp timer you can set them to begin perking just before your alarm goes off in the morning!

I remember burning up one of these stove top percolators back in the seventies, it boiled dry, melted the plastic lid and filled the kitchen with fine particles of floating ash from the plastic!

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Aunt Bea, I had one of those Corningware pots a very long time ago! How nostalgic to see one again.

(My aunt set an egg to boil to take to work, but forgot about it and left the house. It boiled dry.)
 
The Coffee Boat Man of Middle Harbour

"For those who don't know Sydney's Harbour's intricacies, Middle Harbour is the next big bay north of Sydney's main harbour".

"People who have been boating in this area over the years all know about Garry the Coffee Boat Man. Visitors to the Bay are pleasantly surprised and soon work out that he's here to supply them with some great coffee and other refreshments".
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This front door is in Brazil. Check out more photos of the inside and their story in this link:
http://sprudge.com/cafeteria-will-coffee-112832.html

The couple turned their living room into a coffee cafe and then it took over their bedroom. He designed and built most of the equipment and decor himself including lamps made from coffee filters. They currently live in their basement but "are happy to be close to work".

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