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does anyone know of a coffee maker that you put the water in at the top?

Onceler

Onceler

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preferably 14 cup capacity. I am sick of makers that use a pump to make the coffee. I want one that you can just pour the water through a grill at the top and coffee comes out.
 
mine keep getting stopped up from the water here, and we can't stand the kind that use a pump.
My mom had two that you would pour water into the top and it would instantly start to brew.
It was not no 275$ one either.
 
I had one of these for years and years which I bought at Dollar General. It was from China obviously, had no brand name and was extremely basic (which is why it lasted so long). I think it was $4.99. It was I think 12 cup. I finally pitched it after I had to re-solder the burner wireing for the third time.
 
Onceler said:
mine keep getting stopped up from the water here, and we can't stand the kind that use a pump.
My mom had two that you would pour water into the top and it would instantly start to brew.
It was not no 275$ one either.
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Perhaps the issue then is your water, and not the coffee maker? Maybe you need a water softener for the house, or a whole house filter for your water, or even reverse osmosis under the sink so you get good clean water.
 
DrPizza said:
Perhaps the issue then is your water, and not the coffee maker? Maybe you need a water softener for the house, or a whole house filter for your water, or even reverse osmosis under the sink so you get good clean water.
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We have a whole home water filter.
 
Onceler said:
We have a whole home water filter.
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You should test your water to see what's in it, and maybe change your filter method, or just replace the media. I've lived in places with varying water particulates, and never had an issue with coffee makers just stopping. I got some hellacious scale on occasion, but nothing that couldn't be dealt with.
 
Apparently you can buy electronic water softeners these days. It doesn't use salt pellets or anything. I guess it's kind of similar to using an electrostatic air cleaner instead of a filtered air cleaner. That might be worth looking into.

Option B is to get a percolator. It's the simplest kind of coffee maker imaginable. It's a pot with coffee grounds at the top and water at the bottom. Water boils, it condenses at the top and the condensed water drips through the coffee and back to the bottom. No pumps, no moving parts. You can put it on a camp fire and it will work. The good or bad thing about a percolator is that it's possible to make super condensed coffee with one of these. The technical name for boiling and condensing repeatedly is reflux, and using tiny amounts of pure water to extract something instead of one large amount is called partitioning.

I came up with the idea for a percolator in high school during the unit on partitioning and I asked the teacher if such a thing would work. He said yeah - that's what we did before we had modern coffee makers :biggrin:
I think he said the reason we got away from percolators was that it made coffee taste a bit shitty. The percolator extracts things using water that is at boiling temperature, but a drip coffee maker can use colder water that might be only 90C or 80C. Apparently that lower temperature can make a big difference. He said percolated coffee tends to have a much stronger, more bitter taste.
 
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Spungo said:
Option B is to get a percolator. It's the simplest kind of coffee maker imaginable. It's a pot with coffee grounds at the top and water at the bottom. Water boils, it condenses at the top and the condensed water drips through the coffee and back to the bottom. No pumps, no moving parts. You can put it on a camp fire and it will work. The good or bad thing about a percolator is that it's possible to make super condensed coffee with one of these. The technical name for boiling and condensing repeatedly is reflux, and using tiny amounts of pure water to extract something instead of one large amount is called partitioning.

I came up with the idea for a percolator in high school during the unit on partitioning and I asked the teacher if such a thing would work. He said yeah - that's what we did before we had modern coffee makers :biggrin:
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I've used an electric perc for more than ten years now. I got it from the thrift shop. for flavor, I like it as well as autodrip, and it's easy to deal with.
 
Another thing - clean your coffee maker. If it clogs up due to minerals, try getting rid of the minerals. Run some CLR through it or some watered down muriatic acid followed by lots and lots of water. That would suck if we had to throw out things like water heaters just because they had mineral buildup.
 
iamwiz82 said:
Bunn makes them for commercial.

http://www.amazon.com/13300-0001-VP1.../dp/B0000DIWZC
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I have one of those at work. It works by keeping a reserve tank full of hot water at all times, so it's fast. You better have the pot on the burner when pouring water into it, because it immediately ejects a fast stream of coffee when you start. Probably takes no more than 2-3 minutes to brew a pot with it.

Edit: We also use clean drinking water purchased for the purpose of making coffee rather than municipal water. Cleaning hasn't been a problem with that.
 
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lxskllr said:
I've used an electric perc for more than ten years now. I got it from the thrift shop. for flavor, I like it as well as autodrip, and it's easy to deal with.
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I love using a perc to make coffee. I'm not sure if it tastes better than drip (I think it does, but I'm no expert) but that's the way we always made it growing up and the sound of a percolator going in the morning just seems right.
 
Bunn makes one that works the same way for the house, only 10 cups though.

http://www.amazon.com/Velocity-10-Cu...+velocity+brew

Downside is that it keeps the water reservoir full of the right temp water at all times, probably costs a little more electricity. It pushes the water through via displacement. Every time you pour your water in for current brew, it displaces that amount of water into your grounds. Upside: 3 min coffee. Downside: Electricity

I agree with others, it sounds like a water problem to me. Run vinegar through your machine every two weeks.
 
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