Presto 02822 6-Cup Stainless-Steel Coffee Percolator Import To Shop ×Product customization General Description Gallery Reviews

Best Perked Coffee YetI really have trouble with reading others reviews because it’s so subjective. You have to read the poor ratings and compare them with the overly hyped ones that sound like the manufacture paid someone to write it. But I can assure you I’m not paid, but am extremely happy with my choice of this wonderful coffee pot. It’s the best perked coffee I’ve had since I was a kid and used our old fashioned percolator on the stove every morning. I loved watching the coffee in the glass top. So when choosing this particular one, I wanted one that was not so big since it’s just my wife and I but big enough. This one is perfect, gives us both two cups of coffee and makes it in five minutes, so if you had company, it would still do the job.I have to say however that they include filters which to me makes no sense in a percolator, but trust me it’s like stuffing paper bags into a tiny tin with some grounds in the bottom. And the filters they provide make no sense, good luck trying to make to make them fit. You can’t keep the lid on, it’s ridiculous. I’ve used it without filters like I did when I was a kid, and unless you use a finely ground coffee I get no grounds in the bottom at all. But if I do use something where some does get into the coffee, in sinks to the bottom and doesn’t come out in your cup ever, unless you fill your cup with every drop in the bottom of the pot, but who does that anyway? So if you’re concerned about the coffee grounds with this pot, don’t worry, you’ll never have any in your cup, the holes in the strainer are very small, and most important, if you use filters, you lose the oils that make coffee taste smooth, which is what filters do… filters. It look nice on the counter, and it’s not huge like the large one that also is a nice coffee pot. I chose the one without the glass viewing top because they tend to leak and break, and this one does not…but you can hear it perking and the smell of fresh perked coffee is the best. I’ll never use the electric again, you’ll see how much better your coffee tastes when it’s fresh perked.The only down side I have is you have to be careful when cleaning it that it’s not submerged or a lot of water drips down the side and could leak into the pot base. It’s not that water can’t run a little down the side, but if you were to submerge the pot you’d short it out and probably have problems, but that’s true with all electric coffee pots. It also doesn’t have an automatic shut off, which to me makes no sense, how hard would it have been to add that, and I do worry that if I forget to shut it off when I leave and there’s only a tad of coffee in the bottom….well, you get the picture. But to be honest, I bought this coffee pot for two of us or just me since it makes two to six cups and both levels tastes as good. So I unplug it as soon as were done with our coffee because after it’s brewed it’s extra hot, and will stay that way unplugged for at least an hour. So regardless, I would buy this pot again any day. Hope this helps in your decision. Oh by the way, they recommend a level table spoon per cup, but for me it is a tad strong unless you like it that way. Five table spoons for six cups is perfect like you get in a nice restaurant, and about a table spoon and a half or less for two cups. Just my preference, you can experience on your own. Hope this helps with your decision. Presto also had a very good reputation and stands behind their products….service after the sale is the most important to me.

Add extra coffeeNice attractive percolator. The coffee is good. but Takes extra coffee to get full flavor. MUST use percolator filter discs. The wraparound filters that come with are hard to use and make the coffee weaker.The best part is it does not leak from the bottom like others I tried.Great for anyone who just needs 2 full size cups.

Died after 13 months.I love the look of this coffee maker. Takes up less room on my counter than my old Mr. Coffee which finally stopped working after a number of years. Just a nice, clean, slim look. Does take a little more effort to put together than a French press or drip coffee maker, I’m getting more efficient at that. But I can’t get the flavor of my favorite coffee that I was getting with the Mr. Coffee.There is a taste I do not care for and do not know what is causing it. Instead of a smooth cup of coffee, this produces more of a harsh, not quite metallic taste. I have tried a number of different combinations: using a different brand filter, folding the filter over the outer edge of the basket rather than over the coffee, adjusting the number of tablespoons of ground coffee, using very cold water right out of the refrigerator, or putting water in the maker the night before as I always did with my Mr. Coffee so it is at room temperature. But that taste is always there no matter how strong or how weak the coffee is. I have made coffee at the same time in a French press, or put the basket from my Mr. Coffee over the Mr. Coffee pot and slowly poured hot water over the grounds. These two approaches do not end up with that taste that I get from the percolator. The flavor I love is just not there.Maybe the water is too hot? Another reviewer mentioned that a course grind coffee works best. Unfortunately, my current favorite coffee only comes in one grind which works great for drip coffee makers or a French press. I will see if I can find a coffee I like that is available in a coarse grind to see if that takes care of the problem.At any rate, I do like that this does not have an automatic shut off, which was something I did not care for on my Mr. Coffee. So, on days I drink tea or make an instant cappuccino (I always have more than one cup of either), I won’t have to reheat the water in my stove-top kettle. The water will stay hot until I unplug the percolator. Very nice.—————————OK, tried another coffee favorite, in a drip grind, this is a flavored coffee. I didn’t use a paper filter this time, as recommended by one poster. The first cup was very good, the last cup was mud – a courser grind is needed to use without a filter. Next pot I used a Mr. Coffee filter, cut a small hole to fit snuggly around the stem and pressed firmly in the basket folding over the top edge of the basket. Made a very nice cup of coffee. However, it does keep cooking the coffee (the Mr. Coffee does not). By the last cup maybe 1-1/2 hrs later I had to add hot water to dilute and the taste had changed.I still like the pot but unless I make 2 cups at a time instead of 6 I will use it to keep water hot during the day to make tea, instant cappuccinos, and coffee in my French Press. Wanted to buy another Mr. Coffee but from reviews, they don’t appear to be made as well as the one I had for years.============================Update: the Presto died about 1 month after the 1-yr warranty expired. Warranty says “designed and built to provide many years of satisfactory performance under normal household use”. I only used it to heat water after using it for a short time to make coffee, did not care for how coffee tasted when percolated. So, heated water and used a French press. Now back to using my stovetop tea kettle. I have not had luck with any electric coffee product since the Mr. Coffee I had for many years died. They just no longer manufacture products to last.

ReliableEasy to use. Use your favorite coffee blend and this will do the job. Simple. To sometimes old fashioned works the best.

Surprisingly excellentI remember percolators from years ago but they seemed to get superceded first by drip makers and then pod machines. I wanted to re-visit them with this one and it has worked out fantastically. 3 table spoons of humble Maxwell House for one cup / 5 for two cups – and it tastes like expensive, rich Sumatra.It makes it a bit too hot but I add milk anyway and need a bit more than for a pod maker since it’s nice and strong. Dead easy to use and brews fast too.Key thing is never to wash it, just rinse it out with water. It also needs several uses to build up a film inside. Both of these points are important to get rid of the metallic taste when new.