CAFÉ BREW COLLECTION High End Glass Stovetop Percolator Coffee Pot – Best 40 oz Borosilicate Glass Percolator Coffee Pot – Dishwasher Safe Coffee…

I bought this to replace my two quickly broken french presses (bodum brand). I like the clean modern glass look, its very easy to clean. Came with a chintzy looking wire frame to place on the burner for it to rest on but seems to do the job. grounds basket needs a handle or hook for you to pull it out of the hot coffee so you can pour, basket is starting to bend due to high heat

Now making the coffee turns out to be a bit tricky. You cant let it start to boil or it makes the coffee bitter, but its a very small window between drip and full boil and many times I go over. It also takes a full 15 minutes to make a pot even if you use warm/hot water from the tap [which wastes water as you wait for it to warm up in the tap]. In frustration I have resorted to using a tea kettle to preheat the water. While I wait for the tea kettle to boil I put the medelco on the stove with an inch of water on the bottom [to temper the glass to the boiling water coming] and turn the heat up to medium on the burner. add the coffee grounds to the basket and set aside, by then the tea kettle is boiling which I pour into the medelco and add the basket and lid. Within 1-3 min the coffee is ready. total time around 6min. Its just easier this way to prevent the long wait and boilover.

end result is a nice cup of joe.

pros: nice to look at, makes good coffee, easy to clean
cons: glass is a bit worrisome for shattering, takes a long while to make coffee from cold water, very small window from percolation to full boil, coffee ground basket is starting to bend perhaps due to pouring in boiling water? many a burnt finger trying to get the basket out so i can pour, if you leave the basket in the coffee resoaks the grounds and leaks bitter coffee back into the pot, i end up using a pair of scissors to clasp the basket tip and pull it out that way.

will buy this again

EDIT UPDATE:
It’s almost a year and half since I got this pot and its still going strong. The included trivet has rusted, which makes a mess tho. I would recommend not getting it wet at all to prevent that from happening. I have a new element-less stove so I dont need the trivet anymore, yey! with proper use and tempering the glass using my above procedure I expect this pot will last for years to come. Lets just say, other pots broke within weeks or months and this one is still ticking.

I seen this pot on a blog and decided to check it out. I had a percolator style pot years ago, but I could not remember how it performed nor tasted. I am currently using an old Mr. Coffee drip machine. I have used Keurig and a coffee Ninja. The Keurig while very convenient, I could never find a coffee I liked. Also so many of the pods had a funny taste to me. The Ninja came up with the clean me now light problem. A real PITA and also a POS machine for the price. Clean me now please only to return in a week or two again. It is a known problem and if you doubt me, Google it. I gave both to the local Goodwill.
So I decided to read some of the reviews here and then decide. Well after reading so many positive reviews, I decided I had to have one. Now all I needed to do was decide which one to order; the 8 cup or the 12 cup. The majority of the time, I am brewing a pot for just me. However on the weekends, I tend to make a bigger pot as my son will join me in drinking coffee. Reading through the description here I found where it states a cup is 4 oz. My Mr. Coffee manual has a cup as 5 oz. and I normally make 8 cups. So I did the math: 5 oz. x 8 = 40 oz. So 4 oz. x 10 = 40 oz. So I thought it best to order the 12 cup for a bit of room for the weekends. After using this pot a couple of times, I realized that I have a lot more coffee than my Mr. Coffee. So I decided to use an actual measuring cup to find out the truth. What I concluded is the Farberware cup is a 6 oz. cup and when I fill it to the 6 cup marking on the wall I have about 36 oz. for 6 cups. On the first few days I was making a bit more coffee than I normally do, and making it a bit too weak for me also. I measured the amount my favorite mug holds and it came to 12 oz. This pot when I make 6 cups will give me 3 good mugs of coffee. That is my intake for a normal morning of coffee.
I now fill to the 6 cup mark and add 6 good scoops (tablespoons) of my coffee. I have been adding a scant amount of salt to the basket as one reviewer suggested. She claims it helps to offset the acidity. I can’t swear to that, but I can swear that after using this pot for a week now, I will not be going back. The coffee is the best tasting I have made in my house. The smell in the morning is oh so delightful. I will say the coffee I use never tasted this good in my Mr. Coffee. I have a couple of brands and all taste better in the Farberware. The only drawback is the time needed to make a pot. I am retired so it doesn’t bother me. If you are a worker bee, you will probably not want to spend the extra time. My 6 cup brew takes about 9-10 minutes to start the perk (boil) cycle. I then turn the dial to 3 and set the timer for 7 minutes. I turn it to the lowest setting when the timer goes off. I normally wait a few minutes before I pour the first cup too. I leave my burner on warm.
I know this is getting lengthy but I also must say this; If you are like me, trying to decide between the 8 cup or the 12 cup, then here is a tip. If you read closely, you will notice the 8 cup comes with a plastic knob and the 12 cup comes with glass. I can attest to the 12 cup being glass. I can not attest to the 8 cup being plastic, however the descriptions validate my findings too. So if you decide to purchase the 8 cup and then buy the glass knob, you will be at the cost for the 12 cup pot anyway. Add to that if you compare the dimensions of the two closely, you will not find much of a size difference in the two pots. I would have chose the 8 cup if it had the glass knob.

Alright everyone, I’m not a coffee “expert” per say, however, most complaints about this product I read, were clearly people that have no idea how a perculator works.
1) COARSE grind coffee. You don’t arguably need any type of filters. Use as is.

2) You may get “sediment” and/ or oils in your coffee. Ummm…. ya thats called flavourful and full bodied coffee the way any coffee expert will tell ya. Don’t like a little bit of sediment? Then buy the filters and use a fine grind.

3) I found best method is once the perculator comes to a fast “perk” leave for aprx 1 min, then turn dial on stove all the way down to low or 1. Leave for aprx 3-5 min. Excellent coffee.

4) remove the basket/ stem etc after the 3-5 min slow perk. If you leave in there, coffee will just keep getting stronger and probably why some complain about “warping” ya… cause you don’t leave it in there on the stove as you drink the coffee!

I grind my own beans. Home grinder would be considered “coarse”. Perculator is usually considered a stronger coffee so experiment. I have had “zero” issues with plastic melting or warping. Clearly people also don’t know step 4! Immediately before serving…remove the filter and basket.

“ DO NOT PURCHASE “

Received wrong item, was sent the whistle kettle by mistake.
Then we had to repackage and bring it, fight with the website to get the return paper that the post office needed.

Item was then delivered.
So excited,,,finally.

After trying 5 different times to make coffee, I have given up and decided to write this review.
Who designed or thought of a plastic insert for percolation?
My husband made the holes for the top (right picture) larger
You will notice the basket (no holes)
The water stays on top, not enough force for the water to go through the teeny tiny holes that someone drilled.
Most horrible item for what it is supposed to be.
Coffee percolator it is not,,,,does boil water.

Holes in percolator are too small, the basket holes had Not been drilled out.

It’s a waste of money do not purchase item.

-100 on this item👎🏼

Esta cafetera hace uno de los mejores cafés que he probado, rápidamente se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas. Simplemente hay que leer algunas de las recomendaciones hechas por otros usuarios.
En primer lugar, el llenado de agua debe ser hasta donde termina el cintillo de metal, más arriba moja el café. Posteriormente se debe poner a hervir el agua sin el filtro y sin la tapa.
En cuanto haya hervido el agua, es necesario bajar la flama al mínimo ó apagarla. Enseguida se coloca lentamente el filtro con café y la tapa.
Volver a encender la flama, de preferencia al mínimo y esperar entre 5 y 7 minutos posteriores a la ebullición.
Hay dos detalles con la cafetera, durante la ebullición escapan algunos granos de café al interior y el segundo es que la tapa no embona con fuerza, por lo que al servir, debe sostenerse y de esta manera, solucionar ambos problemas.
Siguiendo estos pequeños tips, garantizo un magnífico café.