OMG, I grew up during the "peculator" days. Coffee in those days was very cheap quality and usually served weak. Peculating really ruined the bad coffee sold at the time. Mr. Coffee drip machines were a blessing compared to percolators, when they came out in the early 70's. American coffee in the 1950's and 1960's was really very bad. Although I love old things, 1960's American coffee was an example of private enterprise selling you pure crap for a purpose.
I downloaded "This Is Coffee" about 3 years ago from the same website you mentioned. It's one of my favorite films on that site. I especially like the Capitol Production Music soundtrack. Some of the tracks used in this film are also in the film "Shopping Can Be Fun" also on Archive dot org.
I thought you cleaned the coffee pot "thoroughly"? It looked not clean to me when it was on the cook top. I think it was on the bottom of the pot, so no harm. But if you want to know the best way to clean it, use Dip-It. Some stores still might carry it, but not many. And I'm talking about the powder kind, not the liquid (liquid is for automatic drip makers). In a bigger pan you can put the coffee pot in it with Dip-It to clean the bottom. Also works excellent on thermos's; makes them like new.
I noticed you don't use a heat grid under your percolator--aren't you supposed to use one so the glass doesn't break from the heat of the stove coils?
Use an electric 1000 watt coffee perculator ,an older one, perked coffee in 3 minutes,done when the red light comes on, and it keeps it hot, remember to unplug these when you leave the house, they dont turn off by themselves. And try coffee with chickory, really strong black coffee with those oily little bubbles on top. Luizziane makes a good one, half the caffine too. Those glass perculators , you have to stay in the kitchen and watch them till there done.
@austin881000 That stove is built a heck of alot better then any modern stove, its built with alot heaver steel so it takes alot less electric to get it hot and KEEP it hot.
I've just found a Pyrex percolator among all my mom stuffs but couldn't find any instruction in spanish until I decided to look it after in you tube and found yr video. I have just finished to use it for the 1st time the percolator and was great. Tks for yr support, greetings from Lima, Peru
Chad you need to place a wire grid between the bottom of your Pyrex percolator and the Calrod burner on your stove. If you do not it will eventually cause your Pyrex percolator to break. You can make one out of a wire coat hanger.You only need to do this on an electric stove with a coil burner...a smooth top electric or a gas r stove do not require this.....other than that I think your video is awesome
I love your video!!!!! I hope you do more of them. I am waiting with anticipation for my Sunbeam CoffeeMaster C30A vacuum pot, and Farberware #208 percolator to arrive. I can hardly wait!
Percolated, drip, I don't care. As long as it isn't instant, it's good. I had some Folgers Crystals and it tastes like crap.
Either way, I love vintage, and retro media is timeless. It was a much simpler time. And the taste of brewing it yourself (I use Folgers, but I have had Cafe du Monde and it's great) is better than buying it, because you made it yourself. I would rather have a coffee pot in my kitchen over a Starbucks any day.
Great video! Just bought my pyrex percolator today and can't wait to use it in the morning. Your instructions and demonstration really helped...Thank you!
Seriously, stick with drip. Like all of us old farts, I was raised on percolated coffee. It was always a bit hit or miss. Also, it's strong partly due to the cup measurements on the pot being way off. It's the same now with coffee pots. I think they do it on purpose to get us to use more coffee. LOL If you like it strong, go with straight espresso or a french press. French press is gooood.
One thing. you should first pour the water in 2) place stem with coffee basket in pot 3) measure coffee 4)THEN you turn burner on. Let water come to a boil then reduce heat to where it perks without boiling over 1min/cup
Thankies so much for posting this. :) I have been trying to work out how to use my pyrex perculator for ages!!Um one thing though pyrex in the 70's was designed for gas stoves.. To use on the coil stoves etc (electric) there was a little heat spreader to use.. I dont know if you can still get them though... Mum gave me manuals on using pyrex that said this :) Once again Thankyou!
There are several videos here that come up when I search for "This is Coffee". Can you put the link you used in your description, please? This is really interesting!
I use a percolator every morning for my coffee. I hate the modern auto drip ones because they shut off after 2 hours and it takes me about 3 hours to go through a pot. It also keeps it very hot. Mine is an electric GE Percolator from the 1950's and works fine every day. It belonged to my grandmother who bought it new.
After watching your video, I had to try it.... Went and watched This is Coffee, and followed their instructions, using a Corning Ware 9 cup stove top percolator, and got good results. Many thanks, you just got another subscriber, and keep the videos coming!
That's so good! Before I followed the directions of "This Is Coffee" I ended up with burned-tasting or too-strong coffee sometimes from the percolator.
Do you suppose this would have been shown in a home economics class? Or "Life Skills" as it might be called in today's politically correct terminology.
It might have been! I still use some of the recipes I learned in home economics class in middle school (all students, both boys and girls, took both home ec. and shop class). The school later did away with both those classes which is sad. Cooking, sewing, woodworking and metalworking are such valuable skills.
Here in Arkansas, at that time, the Clintons didn't require us to take Home Ec or Shop, I took Shop, wanted to take Home Ec, but my dad said "That's for girls"! Should have done it anyway! Where did you find the stove? I love it, and the Frigidaire you heve as well.
My Grandma still uses one...she would make coffee in it for breakfast and then tea for dinner. My mom and I were always on the lookout for replacement Pyrex parts at the flea market as Grandma and Grandpa liked the taste of the Pyrex-made coffee so much.
ya, they sure knew how to make things back then. In those days, quality meant QUALITY, but now, quality means QUANTITY. Same deal with cars. My '74 Ford LTD may not have air conditioning, power windows, an on-board computer, or any of that other useless crap like what new cars have, but chances are, it'll last longer than a lot of the crap coming off the assembly line, and my car's allready got 34 years on them!
OMG, I grew up during the "peculator" days. Coffee in those days was very cheap quality and usually served weak. Peculating really ruined the bad coffee sold at the time. Mr. Coffee drip machines were a blessing compared to percolators, when they came out in the early 70's. American coffee in the 1950's and 1960's was really very bad. Although I love old things, 1960's American coffee was an example of private enterprise selling you pure crap for a purpose.
SlackJones1 1 week ago
Whats that stove?? that's really neat too
DELTA912420 1 week ago
@DELTA912420 Thank you, This is a late 1940's Hotpoint.
retrochad 1 week ago
I found this same percolator among my grandparents old things recently. Now I know how to use it! (but maybe with a heat grid added) Thanks!
PS: I'm dying for that cool stove for my 1940s house! Electric ranges from that period are hard to find.
VolkswagenNut1969 4 months ago
I downloaded "This Is Coffee" about 3 years ago from the same website you mentioned. It's one of my favorite films on that site. I especially like the Capitol Production Music soundtrack. Some of the tracks used in this film are also in the film "Shopping Can Be Fun" also on Archive dot org.
tallboyyyy 4 months ago
I thought you cleaned the coffee pot "thoroughly"? It looked not clean to me when it was on the cook top. I think it was on the bottom of the pot, so no harm. But if you want to know the best way to clean it, use Dip-It. Some stores still might carry it, but not many. And I'm talking about the powder kind, not the liquid (liquid is for automatic drip makers). In a bigger pan you can put the coffee pot in it with Dip-It to clean the bottom. Also works excellent on thermos's; makes them like new.
jbranstetter04 7 months ago
I noticed you don't use a heat grid under your percolator--aren't you supposed to use one so the glass doesn't break from the heat of the stove coils?
kennyt1230 9 months ago
Use an electric 1000 watt coffee perculator ,an older one, perked coffee in 3 minutes,done when the red light comes on, and it keeps it hot, remember to unplug these when you leave the house, they dont turn off by themselves. And try coffee with chickory, really strong black coffee with those oily little bubbles on top. Luizziane makes a good one, half the caffine too. Those glass perculators , you have to stay in the kitchen and watch them till there done.
1952kid 10 months ago
You think too much to make coffee.
wake UP!!
germadorian 10 months ago
Made coffee today with my Pyrex. So good. This for the demo.
1STESQUIRESS 1 year ago
thank you for this video..it was very informative
soldier4j 1 year ago
...AND CAFE DU MONDE! WOOOHOOO!!!
rainbowfrogs77 1 year ago
What a fantastic stove as well!!!!!!!
rainbowfrogs77 1 year ago 2
holy old ghetto stove!!
austin881000 1 year ago
@austin881000 That stove is built a heck of alot better then any modern stove, its built with alot heaver steel so it takes alot less electric to get it hot and KEEP it hot.
360deeman 8 months ago
its time for the percolator!!
JIMex2010 1 year ago
Love it! Thank you, I had no idea what to do with this fabulous looking coffee pot.
jennifah07 1 year ago
I've just found a Pyrex percolator among all my mom stuffs but couldn't find any instruction in spanish until I decided to look it after in you tube and found yr video. I have just finished to use it for the 1st time the percolator and was great. Tks for yr support, greetings from Lima, Peru
wiccarelia 1 year ago
Retrochad is right! Love the retro stove, & all!
amaroq69 1 year ago
Chad you need to place a wire grid between the bottom of your Pyrex percolator and the Calrod burner on your stove. If you do not it will eventually cause your Pyrex percolator to break. You can make one out of a wire coat hanger.You only need to do this on an electric stove with a coil burner...a smooth top electric or a gas r stove do not require this.....other than that I think your video is awesome
vintageappliguy 1 year ago
I love your video!!!!! I hope you do more of them. I am waiting with anticipation for my Sunbeam CoffeeMaster C30A vacuum pot, and Farberware #208 percolator to arrive. I can hardly wait!
cathycva 2 years ago
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cathycva 2 years ago
Nice vid. Coffee sounds very good.
youthnotlost 2 years ago
great video retrochad, your style is really original, not like all the other crap on youtube (back and forth jump edits).
Peteworth 2 years ago
I used two different types of percolators...plug in electric and camp stove. The differences are amazing, but both brewed great coffee.
pcwalker 2 years ago
Percolated, drip, I don't care. As long as it isn't instant, it's good. I had some Folgers Crystals and it tastes like crap.
Either way, I love vintage, and retro media is timeless. It was a much simpler time. And the taste of brewing it yourself (I use Folgers, but I have had Cafe du Monde and it's great) is better than buying it, because you made it yourself. I would rather have a coffee pot in my kitchen over a Starbucks any day.
brtshstel 2 years ago
You get major bonus points for brewing Cafe du Monde.
Represent!
rootinator 2 years ago
awesome retro stove!
toothpik00 2 years ago
try french press. so much better
DevBlazed 2 years ago
Great video! Just bought my pyrex percolator today and can't wait to use it in the morning. Your instructions and demonstration really helped...Thank you!
motocat1 2 years ago 2
Thanks! glad I could help! I really like the taste of the coffee brewed in it.
retrochad 2 years ago
I didn't know you could put the percolator directly on an electric burner. Throughout the entire video, I was waiting for something to explode!
Knayno 2 years ago
Seriously, stick with drip. Like all of us old farts, I was raised on percolated coffee. It was always a bit hit or miss. Also, it's strong partly due to the cup measurements on the pot being way off. It's the same now with coffee pots. I think they do it on purpose to get us to use more coffee. LOL If you like it strong, go with straight espresso or a french press. French press is gooood.
eiwaz 2 years ago
The featured documentary about coffee is on YouTube. Keep watching. William Shatner is supposed to have narrated it around 1960.
planetiowa 3 years ago
Thats an awesome stove!
yamajammer76 3 years ago
I cleaned a coffee pot at 13th Ordinance DSP and was ordered never to make coffee again.. They complained it came out like tea.
desertbard 3 years ago
One thing. you should first pour the water in 2) place stem with coffee basket in pot 3) measure coffee 4)THEN you turn burner on. Let water come to a boil then reduce heat to where it perks without boiling over 1min/cup
hdwell 3 years ago
Thankies so much for posting this. :) I have been trying to work out how to use my pyrex perculator for ages!!Um one thing though pyrex in the 70's was designed for gas stoves.. To use on the coil stoves etc (electric) there was a little heat spreader to use.. I dont know if you can still get them though... Mum gave me manuals on using pyrex that said this :) Once again Thankyou!
missusmaczi 3 years ago
thanks for posting the video and also the original vintage video of how to make the proper coffee..
however i would like to know some things:
where can i shop for that kettle and that wine glass cup like yours?
does brewing in ur method give out the coffee shop smell ?
justlikethat6789 3 years ago
By the way, I like how you played the each step, then performed it. It was neat to see the old with the new. :)
gardenwife 3 years ago
There are several videos here that come up when I search for "This is Coffee". Can you put the link you used in your description, please? This is really interesting!
gardenwife 3 years ago
Hello...the entire coffee video is available at the "archive" "dot" "o.r.g." website (youtube won't let me put the entire link in there).
You can download a higher quality version of "This is Coffee" or view it instantly like youtube.
retrochad 3 years ago
I use a percolator every morning for my coffee. I hate the modern auto drip ones because they shut off after 2 hours and it takes me about 3 hours to go through a pot. It also keeps it very hot. Mine is an electric GE Percolator from the 1950's and works fine every day. It belonged to my grandmother who bought it new.
storrs19 3 years ago
After watching your video, I had to try it.... Went and watched This is Coffee, and followed their instructions, using a Corning Ware 9 cup stove top percolator, and got good results. Many thanks, you just got another subscriber, and keep the videos coming!
moonraiser63 3 years ago
That's so good! Before I followed the directions of "This Is Coffee" I ended up with burned-tasting or too-strong coffee sometimes from the percolator.
retrochad 3 years ago
Do you suppose this would have been shown in a home economics class? Or "Life Skills" as it might be called in today's politically correct terminology.
moonraiser63 3 years ago
It might have been! I still use some of the recipes I learned in home economics class in middle school (all students, both boys and girls, took both home ec. and shop class). The school later did away with both those classes which is sad. Cooking, sewing, woodworking and metalworking are such valuable skills.
retrochad 3 years ago
Here in Arkansas, at that time, the Clintons didn't require us to take Home Ec or Shop, I took Shop, wanted to take Home Ec, but my dad said "That's for girls"! Should have done it anyway! Where did you find the stove? I love it, and the Frigidaire you heve as well.
moonraiser63 3 years ago
@moonraiser63 yes
wtbsfan 1 year ago
My grandmother always used a Pyrex coffee pot to make coffee. I had one for years til I became addicted to espresso.
Nalora 3 years ago
My Grandma still uses one...she would make coffee in it for breakfast and then tea for dinner. My mom and I were always on the lookout for replacement Pyrex parts at the flea market as Grandma and Grandpa liked the taste of the Pyrex-made coffee so much.
retrochad 3 years ago
that coffee looks great. I also like New Orleans type coffee
southjk 3 years ago
that's gonna be some strong-ass coffee. 7 minutes of passing and repassing the coffee through the grounds? yeek.
And that percolator is a dangerous contraption. You practically have to stick your hand in boiling water to use it.
Doggieman1111 3 years ago
I am a tea drinker, coffee is too bitter tasting for me. But that old 1950's add makes my mouth water.
KT88seamp 3 years ago
Very cool. Neat old stove!
dburrigh 3 years ago
Nice!
Love your stove as well!
spatsbear2 3 years ago
Cafe Du Monde! You do have taste.
jasonlava 3 years ago
The Louisiana coffees with chicory are my favorite types of coffee. I used to use CDM but for some reason our store doesn't carry it any more.
retrochad 3 years ago
You can get Community New Orleans Blend here in Tennessee which I was surprised.
jasonlava 3 years ago
HAIL TO A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
mechanicwarrior20 3 years ago
hey thats awesome! and I got a vintage perculator too, but mine's electric, and it's from the '70s.
But that old method of making coffee is always the best.
wilkes85 3 years ago
We've also got an old electric percolator, a CorningWare from the early 1950's. It still gets used every day and works perfectly.
dburrigh 3 years ago
ya, they sure knew how to make things back then. In those days, quality meant QUALITY, but now, quality means QUANTITY. Same deal with cars. My '74 Ford LTD may not have air conditioning, power windows, an on-board computer, or any of that other useless crap like what new cars have, but chances are, it'll last longer than a lot of the crap coming off the assembly line, and my car's allready got 34 years on them!
wilkes85 3 years ago