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.
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.