Every time I read about these things I get some sort of morbid curiosity about how coffee made with them tastes. Maybe I should check some second hand shops. Has the upside of saving someone from buying one to actually regularly make coffee…
It’s not bad if you actually pay attention and don’t just leave it percolating forever like a madman.
It just has a bad rep because people psychos will let it keep percolating for way too long and it over extracts the beans and gets really bitter and gross. If you use it like you should it tastes fine, maybe not as good as other forms of coffee making but it isn’t bad per se.
The Italians I’ve met would be mortified if you gave them a percolator and not a moka pot. They look similar on the outside but they are very much not the same thing
The big difference is basically that a moka pot only passes the water through the coffee once under considerable pressure, whereas a percolator does it repeatedly without pressure. A moka pot gets you something pretty similar to an espresso (though not the same, as the pressure is still far lower)
That said, if you are using a percolator and enjoy it, that’s what counts. I think the Italians are pretty good at coffee but it’s always going to be a personal preference deal
I know this is a joke, but you really haven’t had bad coffee until you’ve had percolated coffee. We live in enlightened times.
For people saying “it’s fine”, they are probably not talking about the same thing
I assume you mean this monstrosity:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_percolator
Which is indeed a crime against humanity. My parents used one and kept me from realizing that coffee is delicious until I was 18 years old or so.
The other people probably mean this simple yet effective device:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot
Especially the comment about 60 million Italians.
The moka pot is great and I use it to make my own latte every day.
YES! This is exactly what I was referring to, not the Moka pot. I guess the percolator has faded from our collective memories.
People would probably recognize it in its more common form
Every time I read about these things I get some sort of morbid curiosity about how coffee made with them tastes. Maybe I should check some second hand shops. Has the upside of saving someone from buying one to actually regularly make coffee…
Tastes like coffee.
It’s not bad if you actually pay attention and don’t just leave it percolating forever like a madman.
It just has a bad rep because
peoplepsychos will let it keep percolating for way too long and it over extracts the beans and gets really bitter and gross. If you use it like you should it tastes fine, maybe not as good as other forms of coffee making but it isn’t bad per se.I know 2 people who actually enjoy percolated coffee. They scare me.
Now you know 3.
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plus 60 million Italians
The Italians I’ve met would be mortified if you gave them a percolator and not a moka pot. They look similar on the outside but they are very much not the same thing
yea I was quite confused why op is so afraid of mocha pots. Turns out wasn’t…
Are you sure about that ? You can see a Moka pot in nearly every households over there but a percolator… ?
wait I always thought percolator and mocha pots are identical. I myself use a mocha pot, does that mean I am not a percolator user? Oh no…
The big difference is basically that a moka pot only passes the water through the coffee once under considerable pressure, whereas a percolator does it repeatedly without pressure. A moka pot gets you something pretty similar to an espresso (though not the same, as the pressure is still far lower)
That said, if you are using a percolator and enjoy it, that’s what counts. I think the Italians are pretty good at coffee but it’s always going to be a personal preference deal
AAAH!
Percolated coffee is totally fine?
you’re not a coffee snob. Sorry, “connoisseur”.
Are you confusing it with the Moka Pot ?
No, but do people actually use those? I thought they were mainly decoration and that’s why they end up at second hand