Farberware 50124 Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: FarberwareBrand: Farberware
Model: 50124
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Sleek percolator brews 4 to 8 cups coffee
- Permanent filter basket; no messy paper filters needed
- Made of 18/10 stainless steel polished to mirror-finish
- Stay-cool synthetic handle; dishwasher safe
- Measures 8-1/4 by 6-5/6 by 9 inches
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Farberware 50124 Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator
Customer Review: Beyond Drip Coffee
Summary: 5 Stars
For most of my life, I've not been a coffee drinker. I got hooked while working with a group of hardcore coffee-drinking computer programmers. Being too "busy" (read lazy) to bother with making coffee or dealing with at least minimal efforts at ptomaine prevention, one of them was always jumping into their car and making a coffee run. Invariably, generous souls that they were, they brought back large coffees for everyone in the department. At first, after a few "polite" sips, as soon as I was alone, most of mine went down the drain. But over time the amount sipped increased and the amount down the drain decreased until one day it became apparent; I had become a confirmed coffee drinker. When the company closed its doors after being in business for 90+ years, my 25 year career ended and, like so many others, I went into forced retirement. Along with the company's closure came the end of my free-coffee delivery service.
Now at home all day without the coffee delivery service, I continued to pick up a coffee from time-to-time, but as time-to-time became several times a day (at $2.00+/cup) I finally bought a drip coffee maker, but my home-brewed coffee was not nearly as good as what I bought at the store counter, even though I purchased my coffee beans from the same store. For a time I "settled". Periodically (most often when yet another carafe broke and I soon learned that replacing it often cost as much as buying a new coffee maker), I tried a variety of brands of drip coffee makers but they all had one problem in common: the coffee they made did not have the "body" that the store-brewed coffee had. Adding more coffee grounds did not increase the "body" of the coffee but simply made it stronger and more bitter (the very reasons I never cared for coffee in the first place.)
I'm not certain when the idea came to me (probably around the time I sprang for my umpty-umpth coffee maker, but I decided I needed a coffee pot that did not break. Something like the metal coffee pots my mother always had sitting on the left rear stove burner during the first 35 years of my life (each of which lasted for years.) I soon learned that buying a "classical (read old-fashioned) coffee pot" was not a task easily accomplished. I looked in nearly a dozen stores without success. One night, while reading book reviews on Amazon, it came to me, maybe Amazon sold coffee pots; they sold everything else. Bingo! All the varieties of coffee pots you could hope for. I chose the Farberware Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator based on several reviews and because all my pans are stainless steel and I wanted the coffee pot to be stainless.
I've not been disappointed in the least. Using the same brand of coffee (and actually somewhat less grounds/6-cup pot of coffee), I'm making coffee that has the same body as what I buy at the store counter. Also, though it was never part of the original equation, there's a certain pleasure and nostalgia in smelling and listening to a pot of coffee perking on the stove. (If you don't have as many birthdays behind you as I do, this might be lost on you, but trust me, it's great and is a great way to heat the kitchen on a cold, winter morning.)
Several of the Amazon reviews on this coffee pot spoke of a variety of issues with the transparent plastic top that inserts into the top metal cover and I elected to buy a spare (glass) top recommended by several people. I've been using the pot for only a short time and so far have had no issues with the original plastic top and have had no need to replace it, but I'm ready when the time comes.
So far, I've been very happy with this product. I give it five stars and, based on my experience, highly recommend it.
Description of Farberware 50124 Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator
Sleek percolator brews 4 to 8 cups coffee. A permanent filter basket (no messy paper filters needed) provides modern efficiency. The handle is synthetic (to stay cool) and slightly textured, a combination ensuring safe, comfortable pouring. Because the percolator is made of highly polished 18/10 stainless steel, the beauty of its gleaming mirror finish is long-lasting. To fully maintain the finish, the percolator should be hand washed, although the filter basket and glass cap can go into the dishwasher. The percolator stands 8-1/2 inches high on a 6-1/4-inch-diameter base.Sleek and contemporary, this gleaming percolator brews from four to eight cups of coffee on the stovetop for full, old-fashioned flavor. A permanent filter basket (no messy paper filters needed) provides modern efficiency. The handle is synthetic (to stay cool) and slightly textured, a combination ensuring safe, comfortable pouring. Because the percolator is made of highly polished 18/10 stainless steel, the beauty of its gleaming mirror finish is long-lasting. To fully maintain the finish, the percolator should be hand washed, although the filter basket and glass cap can go into the dishwasher. The percolator stands 8-1/2 inches high on a 6-1/4-inch-diameter base. --Fred Brack
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