If anyone cares wanted to pass along my coffee-pot adventure of late. It started last year...when our drip coffee-pot died. We were ready for the first cup, Sunday a.m. and it was DOA. So, I pulled out the old Farberware Percolator I'd had since 1979...dusted it off and proceeded to enjoy best cup I'd had in years. The coffee was HOT and rich. I had forgotten what HOT coffee tasted like, except when camping and DH makes his (in)famous 'cowboy coffee' over the camp-fire. He does this thing with a extra large tin can and coat hanger (for handle) and leather gloves and grounds, etc. Pretty awful looking stuff, have to allow grounds to settle, etc. Well, it makes him happy...so...
ANYWAY, we used that old Farberware Perc till it finally died. We will never go back to drip method. So the adventure started. I searched high and low, internet/friends/everywhere for an American-made Percolator (stainless steel, not aluminum) to no avail. ONLY if I purchased a vintage model online could I get this. I did buy a nice 12 cup stainless (looked like a bullet, no names) online from Walmart with a two year warranty. I'd read folks were unhappy theirs did not last 6 mo, etc. but thought that must have been isolated events. well, mine lasted 5 months 17 days...I do keep receipts and register new stuff. Yes, Walmart refunded me...
Again, searched for American made stainless steel, electric, etc. to no avail...unless I bought vintage. I checked out the "camping" models. No reason cannot be used on stove-top, right? But most were aluminum (NOT HAPPENING!) and flimsy so would not last.
OK, I finally found a 'good-un' so am passing along my find if anyone cares: Farberware 8 cup (stove-top) Percolator. Walmart has a stainless steel (insides too, no aluminum) percolator, and it's only $20 (free to ship to store). We've been using it for a few weeks. Even took it on a camping trip...PTL-NO GROUNDS! (DH even admitted he likes it better than his 'cowboy coffee' method.) The interior grounds basket edge rolls "out" vs. "in" Yea! That "bullet" model I had to return to Wally-world had it turned in towards interior so grounds could catch inside...kinda turned me off. I like stuff CLEAN. Anyway, this ends my coffee-saga. Hope you enjoyed the journey. Come for a great cup-a-joe anytime! :thumbup: