Coffee Percolators: An Explanation and Roast

Do you like your coffee to have a little kick? Then try a percolator! It's like tasting a shoe!
Seriously. Why are these still a thing? I don't know but let's talk about them!
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[@TechnologyConnections]

Well. I'm sure publicly expressing an opinion about coffee will be one of the least regrettable things I've done! Note: *American percolators are not Moka pots* so please rest assured this isn't about those

[@scj643]

Technology Connections I don’t even drink coffee yet I can’t resist your puns.

[@scj643]

Also BROWN!!!

[@corwin881]

LOL ;) I like that you are still going there with open eyes ;) Also, MILK in coffee? SUGAR? ;) ;) See,we are already there ;)

[@K-o-R]

When you say "cream", what are you actually using? This appears to refer to any of the coffee-whitening products commonly used. I don't tend to _make_ coffee for myself; I'll have tea with milk. When we had a coffee machine at work I would typically have its "latte" option with semi-skimmed milk. Later (after I figured out how to program using its useless, *_useless_* interface) I was able to have it make what we would consider a "typical" coffee (espresso shot, extra hot water, cold milk), which is what I would make if we were out of tea (but that's rare; this _is_ the UK after all). A couple of restaurants offer coffee on their dessert menu, and that's where I _would_ have a "typical" coffee, but with single cream instead of milk. Very nice, and the texture difference is quite interesting too.

[@TechnologyConnections]

@@K-o-R I personally use half and half (which, in case this isn't a universally known thing, is half cream and half milk) but yes, "cream" can broadly refer to any whitener

[@StephenDangerHoward]

Tip: if you find yourself experiencing pain in your right eye when drinking coffee, try taking the spoon out of the cup.

[@vxicepickxv]

I didn't experience pain, but there was definitely a weird clank when I was drinking, because glasses.

[@carlangelo653]

Is it the same for the left eye?

[@StephenDangerHoward]

@@carlangelo653 Only for left handed people.

[@FijiAC]

@@StephenDangerHoward explain

[@StephenDangerHoward]

@@FijiAC 17:50

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

“Hot brown” more like “hot contextual orange”

[@albearmistizio]

This Is underrated

[@liamjames-hendriks4895]

This made me laugh hahahaha

[@visualaudio22]

Yes cause brown is just in actuality a dark orange 😆

[@introvertairways6380]

@@visualaudio22 yes that happens to be the joke

[@deathsheadknight2137]

Don't,

[@sittaman]

the more I watch this channel the more I get amazed by this guy's ability to produce such a good content over the most mundane and weird subjects

[@sourcerandom346]

Thank you for this, exactly what I think

[@SeanQuinn4]

You have me in pieces with arabica-dabra. I've worked in coffee for ten years and that was my first time hearing that one.

[@PlayerZeroStart]

Oh, is it a coffee pun? I thought he was just saying abracadabra in a funny way.

[@i-dont-know-a-name]

IN COFFEE?! HOW?!

[@spicesmuggler2452]

@@i-dont-know-a-name I picture a random guy swimming in a pool of coffee beans without a care in the world, lol

[@lonestarr1490]

@@PlayerZeroStart Since no one bothered to answer your question in three months, let me take care of that now: Arabica is a coffee variety (the most popular one).

[@jeremylindemann5117]

You've worked IN coffee for ten years? That makes you the Bane of coffee. You didn't just drink coffee, you were born in it.

[@RegularCars]

Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown

[@Camka427]

Brown

[@mgonza1350]

I think you'd like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZmXkoqQh9mHrbc

[@jasonirwin4631]

Did not expect to wild rcr to appear. I am quiet happy with it though.

[@yeetusdeleti2948]

Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown Hot brown

[@Prussia1867]

Danger Bear me too

[@FWLTYTWRS]

My introduction to this channel was a 40 minute video about dishwashers when I don't even own one, now I'm watching this even though I never planned on getting a percolator... best channel ever.

[@lynnmahlmeister5744]

I agree!

[@3456gameplayer]

This has literally been me today, amazing channel

[@elemaioh]

This also is my path.

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

You should buy a dishwasher, it has changed my life. I was reticent at first bc I expected it to be an energy sink, but it turns out they use less energy than washing by hand

[@JDLupus]

I'm in the UK and didn't even know what a percolator was!

[@NymphettEcho]

I hate percolator coffee too. However, my mom grew up with percolator coffee and had nostalgia about it. When her coffee maker gave out she tossed it - said it always tasted burnt anyway (she’d leave it on 6-8 hours a day). Probably led to the machine failure now that i think about it. I told her you have to turn off her machine once it’s finished brewing and microwave a cup as needed to avoid it burning on the hot plate. But microwaving coffee was apparently sacrilegious. So she got a percolator and uses that. And if it gets cold - she’ll reheat it on the stove top (it’s a stove top percolater). I get acid reflux just thinking about it. I’m over here with a drip-coffee maker loving the smell and taste. She loves the coffee I make at home (drip) but says I just make it better and refuses to accept that it’s just not burnt in a percolator or hot plate 😂 I’m not magic - it’s the method.

[@mrcryptozoic817]

Cowboy coffee is better than percolator coffee. Put the ground coffee in the pot, fill it with water. Bring to a boil and immediately take it off the fire. Let the grounds settle then pour a cup. It's very strong but not burned. Kind of similar to Turkish coffee.

[@occamraiser]

Yep, I bought a percolator for myself a couple of Christmasses ago - if it goes cold I either turn the gas on under it or pour a cup and stuff it in the microwave. But, to be honest I still can't get a brew as consistently nice as from my one-cup filter machine.

[@solarnaut]

NymphettEcho . . . There are pills you can take for that acid reflux . . . . . . but there's no prescription for mom-burn ! B-)

[@InXLsisDeo]

I am surprised you guysdon't have Bialetti Moka express percolators. The Bialetti, as we call it in Europe, is an italian brand (there are many other brands that make it, but Bialetti is the inventor), is a percolator where the coffee doesn't drip back to the water, but instead there are two separate chambers: the bottom one which holds the water, and the top one which receives the coffee. Because the bottom chamber is hermetically closed, there is a pressure valve to avoid explosion in case the perrcolating tube gets occluded. This century old design solves some issues with the models shown in the video and has been sold in the hundreds of millions of units, so until now I thought all percolators were designed like that; I was really surprised to see this design where the coffee drips back to the water and gets burnt. With the Bialetti, the coffee doesn't get mixed with the boiling water. Now here is the trick to avoid burnt coffee: preboil the water so that the percolator stays as little time as possible on the stove top.

[@mrcryptozoic817]

@@InXLsisDeo That sounds just like the Cory we had in the 60's

[@Mythraen]

Based on the sounds when you left the percolator, I believe there was a tiny laser battle going on inside.

[@sovietshnuckums2357]

hot coffee drinker's philosophy: it cant taste burnt if my taste buds are gone

[@DemeDemetre]

I hate coffee

[@andrewvillarreal6609]

@@DemeDemetre coffee hates you :p

[@DemeDemetre]

@@andrewvillarreal6609 well... true.

[@mitchellwodach2215]

I hate boiling hot burnt coffee 😂

[@BruceS42]

Kind of like how mass-produced American beer should be kept super-cold. If you completely deaden your taste buds, it's not awful!

[@RonanNotRyan]

Alec: "You guys keep watch of this." Me: **Completely ignores what he'd said and immediately starts staring at the lava lamp**

[@kahlzun]

Any idea what type of lamp those are? They look good.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@kahlzun The lava type

[@RonanNotRyan]

@@kahlzun Honestly I don't know... Seems like a regular ol' lava lamp to me.

[@NitrousBanshee]

Omg. I think we all did. Lol

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@RonanNotRyan HEY! THAT'S MY JOKE...

[@matsopelle]

I love how the percolator somewhat resembles a chemistry instrument called Soxhlet extractor. I would guess the percolator was invented on the basis of chemical instruments, as coffee making is basically an extraction process.

[@georgeparkins777]

There are also vacuum filters designed for coffee that greatly resemble vacuum filtering setups used in labs. They're usually called syphons or vacuum pots. It's actually really interesting how they work.

[@tashmoore5498]

O O O O O O O O O O O O

[@frostchain2362]

@@tashmoore5498 12?

[@tashmoore5498]

@@frostchain2362 pocket comment I assume

[@MrDarren690]

You might like the Chemex brewer also for this reason. It uses double bonded paper folded into quarters, for a filter, and a glass decanter -- heavily inspired by the inventor's experience with chemistry.

[@michaelandrew677]

The trick for using a percolator on the stove is: 1. Use at least 4 cups of filtered water. 2. Use 1 tbsp of coffee per cup of water 3. Heat on High until percolation begins. 3. Reduce heat to low. 4. Allow to percolate no more than 5 minutes.

[@hedvigjenson4902]

Would this method work for camping environment where I can use my enameled pot over the small morning fire or Coleman stove?

[@michaelandrew677]

@@hedvigjenson4902 It will indeed. Just remember to not brew the coffee at a rolling boil, and for no more than 5 minutes. It will get too strong in a big hurry if you do.

[@nobody2021]

The trick for using a percolator on the stove is to just use a moka pot instead

[@YaBoiDallin]

"I'm not a coffee snob" in a 25 minute video about how coffee should be made.

[@jonathandevries2828]

Haha, if you weigh your coffee every morning..... you are a coffee snob, lol

[@TechnologyConnections]

@@jonathandevries2828 Objection! I keep a jar of instant coffee on hand and will even use powdered creamer without complaining. I'm just... particular when it comes to my favorite whole bean coffee. Anything else is just "eh" and I'll drink it because caffeine

[@JuanDi_SDK]

He can't be a coffee snob because he puts cream and sugar on it. See? That was much more of a coffee snob comment on my part

[@alexanderudolf]

... how coffee should not be made

[@PhilippeCarphin]

A coffee snob is someone who calls you an idiot for not weighing your coffee or for daring to say that moka pot coffee is even drinkable. Just write something like "I make my espresso with a moka pot" and you're gonna get hit with real coffee snobbery. Mind you, the people who would correct you that moka pot coffee is not espresso would be right. It's the people who get real fired up about it that are the coffee snobs.

[@latenightmechtech4532]

Alec : Watch this unattended percolator. Me : * Stares at sped up lava lamps. *

[@melinewaller1129]

Made me miss having a lava lamp as a young teen honestly

[@BoomShard17]

Same

[@tremorchrist84]

Same...

[@thewingedporpoise]

Thank you for this

[@Thesupremeone34]

@@melinewaller1129 well you're in luck because the new vid is entirely about lava lamps

[@Guildedsin]

ive never watched your content before, it is the PERFECT amount informative vs silly comedy. love it also just the FULL effort in your scripts and videos is amazing

[@DannyArbeiter]

Came for the content, stayed for the jokes. That maintenance service elevator certainly does require a different kind of introduction - Rod would be proud.

[@SSDD_NYC]

Wait 'til you see the other videos. He's great at what he does.

[@annasteffens7348]

I deeply appreciate the care and effort you put into the captions for these videos. I always have subtitles on (I tend to have audio processing issues), and while I am a hearing person, I know there are likely deaf members of your fan base who also appreciate this effort and the 'hidden gems' that accompany it. Thank you!

[@acestapp1884]

"For those of us who can taste things, burnt coffee is bad." Wise words.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

That's why we have irish coffee.

[@emanonymous]

chain smokers can't tell the difference

[@lajya01]

It's important to specify nowadays. Covid19 makes you lose your sense of smell

[@notelliot70]

We're looking at you Starbucks.

[@QuixoteX]

7-11 coffee that's been on the burner so long it's as thick as molasses. People who say Starbucks is burnt have no idea how bad coffee can get. The "burntness" of Starbucks has more to do with the roast. Not liking that is fine, but it's a whole different world from truly burnt coffee.

[@Fantafaust]

"Arabica-dabra" You sir, have created a thing of beauty

[@aJoats]

Robusta-cadabara just doesn't have the same feel on the tongue...

[@aurumtheend]

Timestamp?

[@frogz]

i caught this and i was like....bravo

[@frogz]

@@aJoats it feels much thicker on the tongue tbh

[@ORflycaster]

I've owned and tried most (almost all) means of brewing coffee, and used a percolators for a few years exclusively. I much prefer stovetop models because I can control the heat. The secret is to keep the heat at the lowest level that will still cause percolation. Ideally about one squirt every 1.5 seconds. I learned the heat settings on my stove, and then the total perc time that gave the desired taste I was after. This process filled the house with the warm aroma of coffee that will bring back great morning memories for many of us born anywhere before the 1980's. I also found that percolators do a much better job of extracting everything from the beans, so much so that even cheaper pre-ground coffee ends up making a strong cup. While I normally drink my coffee black, I did cut percolator coffee with a little milk. It created a full-bodied, flavorful drink that also cut down on the cooling time a little (I'd already waited several minutes for the brew). Overall, I still feel that percolators have their place, but I'm sure they'll die off as the generation who uses them does too. But they shouldn't be discounted as worthless until you've spent some time learning what they can accomplish....................same for the percolators. 😁

[@sgrdddyshaves]

Well said!

[@G0RSHK0V]

Why do you prefer percolator over Moka pot?

[@sgrdddyshaves]

@@G0RSHK0V I have never tried the moka pot, but I understand that they are very good

[@sgrdddyshaves]

Jeep, I finally got around to buying some whole bean coffee, even a mainstream brand, and grinding it using the machine at the store. I used the coarsest setting and it was much better than the stuff ground for drip machines!

[@ORflycaster]

Sgrdaddy, congratulations! It takes some experimentation because of the several variables, but the results are worth it in my opinion. IF you’ve learned your heat setting and can maintain a very slow and steady drip, you can also try adding a filter to your grounds basket. You can use finer grounds then, but it takes longer for the water to return/drain through so it will build up and start to overflow a little if you’re not watching. Just something to consider once your comfortable with it. Enjoy the process, and enjoy the results. Sometimes the “lower tech” methods are better. 😉

[@froozen1]

When I was growing up - back in the late 40s and 50s - my folks made coffee with a stove top percolator so I'm quite familiar with them. I noticed when you poured your coffee from the stove top percolator you left the tube and basket (and grounds) in. We always took the 'guts' out before pouring the coffee. I'm sure this had an effect on the taste of your coffee. Also, with experience you learn how to adjust the amount of coffee and water and perc time so that the result is a decent cup.

[@vigilantradiance]

this guy is single-handedly keeping thrift stores alive

[@qotsawhiskey86]

Haha. I just bought the same electric percolator from a thrift store earlier today and happened to find this video afterwards.

[@bobjeaniejoey]

If I could find a working Sunbeam toaster, I'd snap it up in a second. I used to have my mom's Sunbeam toaster which was no longer functional. Years ago, I attempted to refurbish it with the knowledge and skill that I had at the time. I wasn't successful and ultimately trashed it. After watching the Technology Connections video on Sunbeam toasters I'm sure that if I still had it, it could be resurrected. Oh, well.

[@de7073]

2nd vid by this guy & find him pretentious & irritating. Many prefer percolated, don't care for this idiots insults to those of us who do.

[@elangomattab]

My local Goodwill store would never have anything useful like an actual coffee pot unless maybe it was missing a key part like the coffee basket or something.

[@femboichik]

Don't forget LGR!

[@MilesKubicki]

“Arabicadabra” please tell me I wasn’t the only one who appreciated that one

[@jekasolomon]

Thanks Capt! Didnt catch it.

[@faupsy1012]

Yes, I heard it. I LOL'ed.

[@RaindropsBleeding]

Nah that one never slipped past me. Puntastic

[@GiuseppeRedscarf]

You are not alone

[@RogerBarraud]

Snap :-)

[@nissanslut7870]

I’m Swedish and my grandparents always made coffee on the stove in a pot. No boiling but basically water, grounds, and a couple raw eggs, shells and all, the egg cooks and holds the shell and grounds together, and the shell take the acid taste away. You should try it sometime. Especially if you have a lot of people for breakfast

[@breewaldenwomanizerforlife9341]

They really take away the acidity of the coffee? Also wouldn't the cooking time of the eggs be much longer than that of the coffee? Unless you don't expect to eat the eggs afterwards

[@Antroid2302]

congratulations, you now have chicken poop coffee

[@nissanslut7870]

@@Antroid2302 you wash eggs… no poop inside it… but i bet you will pay top price for weasel puke coffee

[@nissanslut7870]

@@breewaldenwomanizerforlife9341 yes! It really does, no no no you don’t eat the eggs bc it’s full with coffee grounds

[@DanWasAlreadyHere]

This makes sense: acidic burnt coffee is partly neutralized for alkaline eggshells

[@petesporsche8098]

Stove top percolators actually work at well below boiling temperature. It takes some time but the trick is to be gentle with it. Electric coffeepots get quite a bit hotter at the heating element and make scorched coffee compared to properly made stovetop. Also, one usually removes the basket before serving to reduce the grounds in the cup.

[@lightningdemolition1964]

"And once it gets near boiling point it switches into a warming mode" ooh ooh. I know this, just like the rice cooker shuts off when its allowed to go above a certain temp. See I've been paying attention.

[@Reddotzebra]

Anything that has to do with electric heating: **Exists** Me: "Oooh, ooh, does it use a bimetallic strip?"

[@vincentmuyo]

Good! This will be on the test! :D

[@rpavlik1]

@@Reddotzebra the rice cooker is actually even more clever, no bimetallic strip needed. Worth watching his video on it, it's nifty. (And yes I've done the same "ooh bimetallic strip" thing you describe for years 😁)

[@SarahRWilson]

Ooh, this whole convo! ☕

[@kenbarnett9415]

Actually... A percolator boils the water (212 degrees) causing it to pump up and over the grounds, a drip maker works the exact same way to pump the water over the grounds, cheap drip makers and expensive use the same principle to move the boiling water up and over the grounds...A percolator repeats the process, without burning the coffee, as long as you don't leave it on too long!

[@Groenkjaer]

Using Comic Sans for the “A Message from the Centers for Good Taste” title screen: Absolute perfection

[@eriklindberg3974]

I came to the comments just for this

[@buddyclem7328]

Thanks, Windows Bob! (If only I could have rendered that in Comic Sans!)

[@ingenfestbrems]

GrQnkjaer i think he’s overboiled and burned

[@bartjoboy]

It also have to do a lot with nostalgia I think. If you used to drink coffee from an old fashioned percolator, where your mom used to make it in the old farmhouse on a saturday morning. You were chilling outside in the fields while dad was working on the house.. the heat of the morning sun on your face while you all had a cup of great percolator coffee together. You mostly remember the good times, the actual taste of the coffee is then.. well kinda irrelevant. :P

[@gosnooky]

Man, this brings back childhood memories for me - not the coffee aspect, but the fact that my grandmother used a percolator up until she died, and was constantly criticized by her children who had no choice but to drink it when visiting. Perhaps it was her for her affinity for depression-era coffee standards that prevented her from switching to drip, but it was invariably a topic of conversation among my mom, aunts and uncles once out of earshot. I remember not really understanding (or caring) about ones coffee brewing preference as a kid, but this extra context really puts it into perspective.

[@Uruz2012]

Depression era coffee=use 1/4 the grounds and boil it until it's midnight black anyway...

[@smith507]

Don’t you mean: “Hot dark orange” ?

[@RichardBronosky]

Ricardo Alzaga shut up and take my thumbs up.

[@bobby_greene]

@@RichardBronosky you too, shall accept thumbs.

[@amicloud_yt]

Gotta love a good cuppa orange in the morning

[@CRT.v]

Aw heck. I knew someone was gonna beat me to the punchline

[@MikaTheNerd]

Dark orange With context

[@ClinicalAnatomyExplained]

"A Message from the Centers for Good Taste" written in comic sans. That joke fills my heart with joy and my brain with rage.

[@8bitpixelbreakin]

Agreed. The usage of a great font on a great channel is truly the goodest of good taste.

[@Christopher-N]

And the flashing of 'satire' on screen, reminiscent of Monty Python sketches.

[@joelhollingsworth2374]

This is absolutely hilarious and now I kind of want Hoffmann to do a video where he experiments and finds the least-horrible method to brew with such a machine: his reactions to bad coffee are equally funny, just a little different.

[@byrondio]

I thought the same! The negative reactions are equally hilarious

[@chrisamies2141]

he's certainly done similar to that: "Can you actually make decent coffee with x"

[@blakksheep736]

Then Hames Joffmann will come by and edit all the funny reactions together, and it'll be glorious.

[@gnerus1972]

imagine a TechCons x JH collab

[@cooperredmon3430]

I too am sponsored by Too Many Small Kitchen Appliances, as well as its sister company, Too Much Random Shit From Goodwill. That fake ad really called me out

[@39XenonD]

_"It is coffee, but it doesn't have any of the pleasant aspects of coffee."_ Made me chuckle.

[@Ten2]

r/mademesmile

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

ねむネコ I liked this just because of you’re profile name and picture.

[@TheAnonymousrogue]

He just channeled James Hoffmann with that quote.

[@adamsfusion]

Too Many Small Kitchen Appliances? Never heard of that VPN.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Pretty sure it's the new mobile game. The one that sucks.

[@Shiruvan]

@@DonVigaDeFierro RAID : toaster legends

[@psirvent8]

Yeah, we're more used to NordVPN or Skillshare actually (And Harry's or Dollar Shave Club on Kipkay's videos)

[@fun_ghoul]

@@psirvent8 Is that where my prick brother got the idea to buy me a shaving kit I didn't want? Sumumabidge!

[@eddie826]

How many meals come in each shipment? Do they have vegetarian or no pork options?

[@shrinkwrapsupreme5569]

i've gotten so used to two hour video essays i was actually surprised when a 24 minute video was described as "long-form content"

[@byrondio]

I love the “James Hoffman” vibes of the coffee tasting at the end.

[@brarschulz3386]

I wanna see a video of James drinking bad percolator coffee but I’m concerned that it might kill him!

[@gnerus1972]

@@brarschulz3386 he did drink ~60 year old coffee liqueurs and that didn't kill him, so he would be fine... probably

[@wheelz-2997]

Alec's slurping is way less annoying.

[@escher10000]

The "Centers for Good Taste" using Comic Sans is a beautiful detail.

[@jamesslick4790]

IKR?😛

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

I hate the Young Lady font almost as much as I love Comic Sans

[@ian_b]

"Burnt coffee" sounds like a 1970s kitchen appliance colour. It would be an insufficiently saturated, slightly too yellow, brown that would never look clean.

[@Ildskalli]

Underrated comment!

[@iluzonik]

Dark brown , you mean?

[@Rav0000000]

I know that color well. Grew up with it on my parent's refrigerator in the 80s.

[@billkeithchannel]

_Burnt Orange_ is a real *Crayola Crayon* color from the 1970's.

[@robcohen7678]

and a color choice for a 1970s Chevy Nova, with 3 on the tree

[@theadventuresofcletus2334]

I have had the 12 cup version of the presto Percolator for years. Actually I had two. The first one I got for work because my work because the commercial Bunn coffee maker died and they were not going to replace it. I use regular grind for drip coffee makers in mine and I found that not only is it not a problem to use but the coffee comes out very flavorful. I bought the second one for home because the coffee it made was so much better than what my drip coffee maker made. I actually just discovered your channel last night and watched several episodes. Keep up the good work. Also try regular grind in the presto, give it another chance 🤣

[@amyconger]

In addition to the advice to "get the electric one" if you need a percolator, I'd say "get the smallest electric one". From personal experience I can vouch for the results from the 4 cup size Farberware Electric Percolator. I'm a tiny bit more snobbish than you, Mr. Connections, and I really like it. It's definitely better than the results you got here, and very convenient. I'm really curious why it's specifically the smallest percolator that makes the best coffee. The bigger pots are not as good. Maybe the smaller volume means the coffee is cooked less?

[@someonespadre]

I used a thrift store Faberware percolator for years until it died. It made the best coffee.

[@rickajho]

Get an OLD Farberware percolator. The new ones are intellectual property crap made in China, die an early death and make crap coffee.

[@jaked4135]

Am I the only one that really enjoyed seeing his personality come through in unscripted part? It’s not a huge difference, but it’s definitely there

[@ThisIndio]

Homie got them nerd jokes that make me feel less awkward

[@jdniedner]

Then you'd like his second channel

[@superluig164]

If ya like that, go check out Technology Connextras.

[@atinysoftbean1645]

You are not the only one, seeing him unscripted is honestly pretty cute.

[@birgit-austria]

Cute and funny guy

[@KyleFN]

I just want to say thank you for doing the Closed Captions. As someone with only one good ear, I can hear, but I rely on CC to make sure I heard correctly, and you're one of the only creators that takes the time to actually write up your Closed Captions ... also I love the extra humor you put in there :)

[@DerSim688]

Tom Scott makes similar content and has CCs for all of it, so maybe you are intrested :) : kzbin.info?search_query=tom+scott

[@MarcoPoloMeza]

The close Captions is one of the greats things in this channel. My hearing is ok, and I always turn on close Captions in this channel.

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

I use closed captions in case I have to do something that will make a lot of noise, so I can still follow what’s happening in the video. I’m very happy this channel has good captions. Edit: I wrote this at night and only just realized that I struggled with sentences apparently.

[@niiiiiiiiiiiia]

I would like to stop and say thanks to the author for these close captions, too. I have no problems with hearing, but English is not my native language, and my listening skills are... especially bad. That's why I always keep CC enabled on videos in English. And this is soooo great that I'm not left with clumsy Google's automatic subtitles, which sometimes are more obstruction than help! So thank you TC, I appreciate your efforts and time you put into writing and syncing them so much! And nice bonus humour, too 😀

[@NFSHeld]

One of the benefits of making scripted video is that you already wrote the closed captions. You "just" need to insert them at the appropiate time stamp, which is about 1/3 of the time according to my experience.

[@thevoidstalker]

Generally, percolators & Moka pots are common for camping purposes. When there's no electricity, being able to essentially shove the pot directly into the hot coals & get a cup of coffee relatively fast definitely improves your outdoor experience.

[@croaklikeatoad4384]

I always camped with my parents hipster friends and they’d boil water in a pan and do French press 😂

[@lordporkchop55]

Moka pots are fantastic devices they are just percolators that fix everything wrong with percolators

[@ZleFox]

@@lordporkchop55 moka pots are to perculators as espresso machines are to drip over coffee makers. I am amazed there are people who choose the latter

[@ryan92084]

and here we are just using an aeropress laughing at all the rest

[@gnerus1972]

The biggest difference is that Moka pots actually make good and unique coffee.

[@Sobieski1]

I find your approach to coffee very refreshing. I can’t stand snobbery, and even if you put cream and sugar in your coffee that doesn’t mean you don’t want the base product to taste good.

[@kylewilley9535]

"Arabicadabra" was pretty impressive.

[@herojh]

I was heading into the comments to say the same! Quite a robusto pun.

[@SkaterDeeVlog]

My ears percolated up as soon as I heard it.

[@chasebarber6154]

There's a delightful coffee stout made by Bell's named Arabicadabra.

[@someguy2135]

@@chasebarber6154 A different kind of brew.

[@BambinoPinguino]

This pun is what made me just like and subscribe

[@EitanRieger]

In Germany they have a term: Blümchen Kaffee or flowers coffee. It’s when you make coffee which is light as tea, and you can see the decorative flowers printed on the bottom of the cup through it

[@GabesHacks]

I call that "dirty laundry water".

[@pady0994]

Ossi detected

[@haraldniesche4573]

@@pady0994 Nope, was used in the West, too.

[@mrcvry]

Bodenseekaffee

[@RobertoFischer]

In Brazil, we call it chafé, which is the mash of two words, chá (tea) and café (coffee).

[@samanthab3292]

Alternative title: guy ruins perfectly good coffee using outdated appliances.

[@walmi328]

I mean he literally said it was basically useless in the beginning of the video😂😂😂 nice try tho

[@cuber9320]

I wish all KZbinrs had this level of integrity on making videos. You’re a keeper good sir.

[@lindagood3091]

I am an oldie (but goodie ;-) and I used a percolator for a number of years before Mr. Coffee got introduced. Just a couple hints to anyone who wishes to try the percolator way of making coffee. On the stove top model, NEVER let the coffee/water continue to boil that hard. Once it comes up to a boil, turn down the heat to a nice gentle simmer. The coffee will still percolate and you will get a much milder coffee. Also, very importantly, before you pour the coffee from any percolator (especially the ones with the pour spout on the top), you must remove the internal parts of the pot. Remove the stem, basket, coffee grounds, diffuser top, etc. When you leave them inside the pot and pour the coffee, the finished coffee is being poured through the grounds, from the bottom to the top of the grounds basket, making for a bitter cup of coffee and also putting grounds into your cup. Even the pots with the pour spout a little lower, will get some of the backwash from the grounds basket when you pour the coffee. Now with all that being said, I am not recommending using a percolator. Once the drip method was introduced, I switched and have only rarely used a percolator since then. But if you want to try it, these suggestions will really help the flavor of your coffee.

[@pxldsilz6828]

I knew there was a missing piece, there's no way it was this wide spread and tasted worse than hot ground eggshell water

[@Prophes0r]

​@@pxldsilz6828 I'm not sure whether or not you made the "eggshell" comment as a joke or not, but that is LITERALLY a thing. One of the problems with percolated coffee is the water temperature. Boiling water makes TERRIBLE coffee. The chemistry is complicated, but the tl;dr is that different stuff dissolves better/worse at different temperatures of water. It just so happens that most of the stuff that makes coffee taste bad, dissolves well, above 208ish F (97 C). Coffee brewed with boiling water is more bitter, and MUCH more sour than coffee brewed with hot (200-205 F [93-95 C]) but not boiling water. Now, since percolators rely on the water boiling, they don't really have the option of lowering the brewing temperature. So, people tried other ways of "fixing" the end-product. Since sour stuff is acidic, one way to "fix" it is to try to neutralize some of the acid. Egg shells are mostly Calcium Carbonate, which reacts with acids. And people often eat eggs with breakfast, which was also when they brewed coffee. So...they took the egg shells and threw them in with the ground coffee before brewing. And it does sort of work. I've had a LOT of percolated coffee over the years. It is much more convenient when brewing multiple gallons on big camping trips. That breakfast coffee made with egg shells is noticeably less acidic than when brewed without. This doesn't make percolated coffee GOOD. But it DOES make it less bad.

[@pxldsilz6828]

@@Prophes0r My problems are with the simmering coffee/water mix for ten or twenty minutes. I was taught the hardboiled eggshells thing as a way to catch grounds from cowboy coffee.

[@chitlitlah]

@@Prophes0r Sounds like I need to start putting baking soda in my coffee. That'll neutralize the acid, plus baking soda is good for your teeth, right? It'll be like I'm drinking coffee and toothpaste at the same time.

[@grigorigahan]

Funny enough it took my father to explain to me how old a percolator actually was. I use an electric percolator and I vastly prefer it to a drip machine. As an 80's baby I wasn't even alive when they were ubiquitous and thought it was a relatively new concept at the time I bought one as an adult. As to the grounds, I use a filter in the basket, but we also have a handheld reusuable filter that put on the cup as we are pouring coffee into it. Have never had a problem, even without removing the internals before pouring as I was apparently supposed to do.

[@leekazan556]

Love this episode!! I am a coffee snob and was working in a shop with a bunch of ex navy guys that never, ever cleaned the coffee pot out claiming that the black film inside gave it the best taste. Well, one day I went in early and scrubbed it clean. They didn’t notice and in the morning meeting everyone said that the coffee tasted really good that day. I spoke up and said that I cleaned the pot. Immediately after, they said it was weak and tasteless!! Go figure!!

[@Kryptnyt]

Those microbes were keeping everybody's immune system up to date, you monster.

[@andresscott1086]

Those guys are such Hippocrites they are probably pyramid schemes with legs instead of normal humans

[@SeanLaMontagne]

"Black mold tastes delicious"

[@JettBlast]

Many military coffee drinkers subscribe that to their personal coffee cups also...

[@1Thunderfire]

I hope you called them out on their hypocrisy to be honest.

[@rgruenhaus]

When in the Navy on a watch/shift from midnight to 7am a 30 cup percolator was started as fresh, but by 3am it was mud that needed to be masked with sugar and creamer, but that didn't make it any easier to drink so I'm glad the single serve came along!

[@hedvigjenson4902]

Yes…I do own an electric Presto percolator. And it sits on my kitchen counter purely for nostalgic reasons. I lived with my grandmother throughout the 1960’s and 70’s and every weekday morning she promptly arose at 6am, came out of her bedroom in bathrobe and slippers and immediately started her percolator right up. While that was going, she spent the time on hygiene, putting on her nurses dress ( yes, the white dress and cap before medical scrubs), and putting on just a dab of lipstick 💄. Then she was ready for her one cup of coffee as she sat at the kitchen table with her treasured cup of coffee, toast,and the morning newspaper 🗞 . That was her routine for decades until she retired. Very fond memories for me. I’ve never used my percolator, so I wouldn’t know about the taste. When I struck out on my own in the mid 70’s, I bought a drip machine. Now I’m down to using a pour-over cone that sits on top of my mug. It works just fine for me. So, I would personally like to know what your favorite brewing method is?

[@user-nw8ho8hb6z]

I have tested many methods. And for me a pour over cone with paper filter is my favorite when at home using medium ground dark roast using water temp slightly below boiling. (the temp does seem to make a difference) When camping the AeroPress, used inverted with 2 minutes of steep time, courser grind dark roast. If you need 2 cups per brew, just use twice the grounds then after brewing then add hot water to taste. (I use 1 to 1 ratio)

[@TheSwartz]

Thankfully my first coffee was in the Army. Everything since has tasted like an exquisite luxury in comparison.

[@dtiydr]

Same for me, but the coffee we got was the best of the best since the officers used it as well, but I was in the airforce.

[@howardwayne3974]

My dad was a kid in the great depression in southeast Texas , and he grew up on boiled coffee . percerlator coffee was a luxury and always had the electric percerlator plugged in .

[@dustinjef]

I feel you i started drinking coffee when I was working the graveyard shift at a warehouse. 12 hour shifts and the coffee had been sitting in the drip machine since the morning 20 hours prior

[@Ornithopter470]

@@dustinjef I started drinking coffee doing shift work in the navy, nothing better than rehydrated black tar.

[@rat488]

lets get this on a tray.... Nice.

[@seanm7445]

Why am I watching a 25min video of a man comparing coffee? I should be studying. I don’t even drink coffee!

[@chaomatic5328]

Welcome to the orange juice gang

[@garrafa517]

Now watch it with cc enabled specially from 13:34 It is amazing.

[@letsgobrandon416]

I don't drink coffee either, but he's entertaining.

[@erickelizondo789]

same here

[@MrFarnanonical]

you should learn to drink it. it will help broaden your palette, most people who don't drink it haven't developed any tolerance for bitterness. Once you do, black coffee doesn't even taste bitter anymore, a lot of food ends up tasting better as a result. What I recommend is getting a little teacup, about half the size of a normal coffee cup, and force yourself to drink a cup in the morning. it won't take more than a few days for you to acclimate. Then again, if you don't care then don't worry about it.

[@thecrimsonraven707]

Listening to this video with the subtitles is hilarious! Good job, Mr. Technology Connections.

[@combat514]

I love your videos. Sometimes I need to hear good content but can’t focus so it helps to rewatch your videos

[@anthonyperez319]

The amount of sass this man is giving off is off the charts

[@crackedemerald4930]

Oh is it?

[@potterfanz6780]

4:30

[@novafawks]

It's one of his best qualities!

[@evlo8059]

what is sass?

[@novafawks]

@@evlo8059 what is google?

[@moncef0147]

"I'm not a coffee snob" -- Technology connections

[@jelleverest]

He adds auger and creamer, of course he's not a coffee snob haha

[@Gameboygenius]

You forgot one word... :) "I'm not a coffee snob, but..."

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@jelleverest Psst: people can enjoy coffee how they like, regardless of what you consider "coffee".

[@hectorcorona9536]

@@vaelophisnyx9873 would you consider "instant coffee" as coffee? I drink it black and no sugar though

[@jksmellie]

​@@hectorcorona9536 Instant coffee is like the coffee equivalent of tinned meat: It's TECHNICALLY coffee in the same way that mechanically separated chicken is TECHNICALLY chicken but in the end you're still drinking cheap, nasty brown gunk. But hey, since it IS damn cheap and still satisfies that caffeine addiction I'm still gonna drink the shit.

[@reillywalker195]

I recently started using a stovetop percolator out of curiosity, and I can honestly say I have yet to burn my coffee with it. The trick is to not let it go for too long once it starts brewing. Once water starts splashing up from the siphon tube against the knob, time it for about 10 minutes and then get it off the heat.

[@deadlyquestion]

I know it's a 2 years old video but all of the comedic timing is just 💯💯

[@sethlievense8371]

The percolators we have in europe, the 'italian' percolators have two sections and dont re-use water. Perfect for camping!

[@TheDiner50]

Yea, only bad thing about them was the need for 2 or 3 for a group of ppl. Plus side was the small size and that there was multiple cans on the long table so everyone was in reach of a pot of black. There was some clean up but then I never remember having stacks of coffee filers in the trash. Everything go to the bottom of the trash and you do not have to see the ugly things. Sweden. Ow the sound of them Percolat in the teachers brake room is a found memory :) They where so nice and due to there brake room being also used for allot of outer things we where allowed to be in there. I grew up with the Percolator. I miss it for the sound and water splashing at the top.

[@hugovangalen]

These used to be my go-to way to make coffee after discovering them. I normally had drip coffee but the Italian percolator taste so much better! Now I have a fancy machine that grounds the beans and stuff. Tastes even better. :-)

[@LucienHughes]

@@TheDiner50 You can make very strong coffee with a moka pot and just make less for each person.

[@mystray]

A Bialetti (italien perculator) or a French Press fulfills all your coffee needs. Both make are simple, inexpensive and make great coffee. You only need hot water for the French Press or a heat source for the Bialetti.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

I'm guessing you meean the moka pots?

[@chiaragibbs1693]

"For those of us who can taste things" has aged brilliantly 😂

[@EddieHart]

That’s the joke

[@froderickalabaster]

i lost my taste it aint fun

[@Techn1kal]

tf do you mean "aged brilliantly", covid was a thing in april 2020

[@WingMaster562]

@@Techn1kal the best part (or worse, depends on how you look at it) of this is the amount of people who liked the comment

[@Puffcroc]

The video is literally only 9 months old 😂 that was the joke he was going for

[@brianriley9055]

I'm surprised there was no mention of two-chamber percolators. They eliminate the recirculation problem, and the brewed coffee isn't on the heating element, so it doesn't burn either. Comes out just as good as drop coffee, just with a bit more hassle.

[@keiyakins]

Isn't that effectively just a modern drip machine with an external heat source?

[@christianseibold3369]

This is just drip coffee, is it not?

[@Zack-xz1ph]

@@christianseibold3369 the coffee is more concentrated, like an espresso

[@rorywall7331]

In a moka pot the steam is pressurised to a degree and forced up through a bed of coffee grounds. It then goes up to the coffee chamber.

[@hustoncarver9979]

I can not stress how much I love your enthusiasm

[@campaug]

I’m gonna go upstairs. You guys watch this. Coffee maker: “pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pewpewpewpewpewpew”

[@estherstreet4582]

They might burn the coffee and make it taste funny, but at least they make a cool noise

[@ReverendTed]

I guess I listen to too much electronic music, because I was starting to anticipate the drop.

[@thenasadude6878]

I was half expecting a steam train whistle

[@El-Berto]

@@thenasadude6878 A train went by my house as i read this....timing.

[@Gunnberg85]

It went from tiny choo-choo train to machine gun!

[@ThePzwilson]

"Well, this percolator burns the coffee WHILE it brews!" Perfection.

[@crye_o]

thanks for taking one for the team, I've always been curious about the taste difference. Curiosity satisfied and taste buds saved.

[@geeshta]

It's very common in my country to just put the ground coffee right into your cup and let it infuse (it sinks to the bottom after a while). Based on your reaction, percolators must be even worse than that.

[@rais1953]

Are you Indonesian? That's what we did when I spent several years studying in Indonesia and it's still quite common there. The flavour is good if you don't mind getting some coffee grounds in your mouth when the glass is nearly empty.

[@MatthewKiehl]

I hear that this is only possible with certain types of beans. I use a French press because about 1/3 of the beans float.

[@piotrgoacki9070]

Are you from Poland?

[@geeshta]

@@MatthewKiehl You need a very fine grind, espresso like or more, definitely not like for drip. After you pour in the hot water and let it sit for 5 minutes, you stir and all the coffee sinks to the bottom

[@geeshta]

@@piotrgoacki9070 no český Pepík lol

[@SparxI0]

I appreciate that the message for the Centers for Good Taste is in comic sans

[@TechnologyConnections]

more like comic cyans amirite?

[@toxiccan175]

@Technology Connections Irrefutable argument

[@monolith253]

Heh

[@radishpineapple74]

@@TechnologyConnections Oh my goodness, I never noticed that you embedded a joke... WITHIN another joke 😆

[@EndrChe]

You know, labor practices aren’t actually exploitative as long as you put a picture of a farmer on the package. They have to be smiling though or it doesn’t count.

[@kazooduck]

I feel like wrapping Teslas in a smiling farmer isn't really gonna make that impression though

[@vangard9725]

Hahaha PERC(30)OLATOR

[@SteveWebbbb]

"for those of us who can taste things, burnt coffee is bad" LOL

[@isibma]

Ohhh! I love your channel. You are sassy funny and with the knowledge shared in every video is the perfect combo! Thanks so much for keeping with the channel. 100% entertainment😃🤟

[@Born2bwire]

"Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home." Now we know why.

[@ollieb9875]

Wow, there's an ancient reference hardly anyone will get.. nice, I remember that advert 😀

[@JrGoonior]

I know, but surely I'm not going to say, because I am serious....

[@peteranderson037]

Jim never vomits at home.

[@TechnologyConnections]

We're gonna need to find someone who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.

[@3bydacreekside]

The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading only; There is no parking in the red zone.

[@BRUXXUS]

Arabicadabra is possibly the best thing you have EVER written. 🤣

[@Thereal111t]

BRUXXUS I agree. That was amazing.

[@Lanthanideification]

These videos just keep getting better and better.

[@azayles]

I had to rewind it, like "wait, did he just?" 🤣

[@andrew_ray]

I was laughing for a full minute.

[@ryanlange6766]

That phrase alone earned my like on this video

[@THPOOKY]

This man's rage knows no bounds...

[@SytRReD]

I'm amazed that the most rewatched moment is the tasting bit and not the rapid succession of puns and jokes at the beginning(arabicadabra and your addiction impression amirite really got me)

[@sixtinydogs5097]

"tastes worse than vending machine coffee" - now there's a video I'd like to see! how do hot drink vending machines work exactly? damn now I'm curious

[@EebstertheGreat]

It depends on the machine. Some use instant coffee, which tastes about how you would expect. Some drip-brew coffee on demand one mug at a time, which should taste just fine if it's coffee beans you like and the machine is well serviced. Some even apparently freshly grind the beans. So if you have a good machine selling good coffee, there's no reason it should taste bad. But in my experience, it always does taste bad, so maybe there is a lot lost in cost-saving measures.

[@frogz]

look up the show "how it's made" probably here on youtube, there is the construction of a rather fancy machine and how it works

[@planned_obsolescence]

Most common are those super quick ones, they use bags of "coffee sirup", mixed with boiled water.

[@Maplaplaplapla]

I've maintained one that brewed the coffee for every cup with a metal filter. The limiting factor was mostly the coffee that was in it. You could even adjust the strength of the coffee. It made the special coffees (espresso and everything) with instant coffee. Biggest issue was the "milk", which it added by mixing in a white powder of various plant fats. Edit: different elements (grouped as hot chocolate/milk thing/special coffees, coffee and clean hot water) were also dispensed through different pipes in the machine.

[@aabsc]

I have a home "superautomatic" espresso machine, at the press of a button, it will grind the coffee beans (amount and grind are adjustable), dump them in the brewing chamber, tamp them with a piston, pump the selected amount of water through the beans and then directly into your cup, then the piston comes out of the brewing chamber and the puck of used coffee is pushed out and into a built in waste bin that holds 14 pucks. Here's a video of mine making 2 espressos, you can tell from the sound that as it brews the first one, it grinds the beans for the next one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYC1e2OLa7edeLM

[@SakuraNyan]

24:35 "I've grounded the coffee" My first thought: "Why did you put the green wire in it?"

[@IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony]

Mine was "Oh, you wont let it leave the house."

[@metalwhere]

Where I went with, how does one coarsely (earth) coffee? And why do you need to to discharge to ground to start with...(oh, right!)

[@xyjames]

Lol. If his other videos have taught us anything, safety first!

[@TTWEEDER]

@@metalwhere coffee taste like dirt? What do you expect? It was ground this morning. Quoting Tommy Lee Jones from "a movie"... I don't remember what movie, but I'm sure it was good

[@skyevergreen3855]

@@TTWEEDER its men in black 3

[@chelseajordan5752]

I always have captions on and I'm 2 years late to this party but I appreciate the extra jokes you put in the captions!!

[@Tyler-mp7kh]

Would be interesting to see you review/compare them with the European style percolators which don’t recycle the coffee/water

[@jeo1812]

I felt so attacked with the passive aggressive "Yes, I take my coffee with cream and sugar... Because I love myself" xD

[@asherdie]

If one takes creme and/or sugar in their coffee, they don't like coffee.

[@Bu7MaiD075]

grumpybill adds creme and sugar then proceeds to compare them.

[@asherdie]

@@Bu7MaiD075 his creme may have been rancid or accidentally put salt instead of sugar. We will never know the truth now. Lol

[@Bu7MaiD075]

grumpybill true.

[@JaxMerrick]

@@asherdie I treat coffee the way I do whisky. From Dan Whittington: "Good whisky is whisky you like to drink. The best way to drink whisky is the way you like it."

[@alencarbernardes9475]

Here in Brazil, when I was a child, my grandmother ground and roasted the coffee seeds every morning and mixed boiling water with cold water, so as not to burn the coffee, to make coffee in a cloth filter, called a 'coador'. Nowadays I don't know any coffee as good as what I used to drink on the farm.

[@rolu9345]

that sounds amazing

[@luizeduardomagalhaesferrei1265]

Yep, same here friend, though my mother started experimenting with the italian roast method, I prefer the drip coffee.

[@cloviscareca]

Caralho, um brasileiro vendo o vídeo do meu gordinho favorito kkkk. Lembre-se: no "coador" é mais forte kkk

[@alencarbernardes9475]

@@cloviscareca kkkkk issai meu piá.

[@cloviscareca]

@@alencarbernardes9475 tu acredita que eu sou Patreon do gordinho? 🤣

[@philrab]

I bring a stovetop percolator on camping trips, and they work well for that application. Also comes in handy for home use when we have a power outage.

[@Khaljiit]

the cc for this video are my favorite, coffee noises are so darn great :3

[@TheMaskedGamer]

"Arabica-dabra!" Solid gold.

[@artrose1717]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2rEp516btqajsU

[@chipgw]

Why am I watching this when I don't drink or care about coffee at all? Because it's a Technology Connections video, that's why.

[@zerge83]

same.

[@TeddyThePlaya1]

I Love you and your videos so much. Please never stop!

[@eoinwalsh3716]

Most interesting/not interesting thing I have watched in a while . Great job 👍

[@Scum42]

4:27 "Arabicadabra!" Now that's the subtle and not even acknowledged puns I like to see from this channel

[@BobWiersema]

A salute to the arabica bean.

[@andrewkovnat]

The word "coffee" comes from an Arabic root so... Fitting?

[@aidwin85]

"Keep watch of this." I immediately started watching the lava lamp.

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

Same.

[@fun_ghoul]

I mean, it was already -percolating...-

[@marshallemmet1366]

It is so mesmerizing

[@Archgeek0]

So did we all.

[@abc-wv4in]

That electric percolator has an elegant retro look even if it doesn't make the best coffee. It's still kind'a cool looking. Btw, I don't think the water is supposed to be at a full boil on the stovetop, just barely hot enough for the coffee to "perk." It takes some finesse. Btw, back then no one had ever heard of a "coffee filter." My parents had some kind of "drip" coffee maker when I was a child but I don't remember any details other than it had two sections, one on top of the other. Maybe you could find an old (1950s to 60s) one?

[@brwsb]

i love your satire and tone keep it up man :)

[@irwinisidro]

"This is a percolator, for some reason you can still buy these!" If there was an ad for one this should be the opening sentence.

[@SenshiSunPower]

We use one for camping.

[@ruthbolton2361]

We just make cowboy coffee when camping. Heat your water to nearly boiling, remove from the heat, add coffee grounds to pot, let grounds settle, and pour your coffee after about 4 minutes. No more burnt coffee!

[@rlj151]

I have one at home for my daily coffee G maker. Love it. Taste better than the drop in my opinion. And yes, I've owned many drip machines, still prefer the perc. And way better than a press.

[@Leo9ine]

You could literally upload anything and we will keep loving it. Your range of extremely dry to extremely comic is incredible. Never change.

[@_.Leo_.]

Hello, me of the past..... 👋

[@redyau_]

@@_.Leo_. Uh, what?

[@l3p3]

I totally agree. Not as dry as I am but still very enjoyable.

[@grandmasgopnik9642]

This just reminded me of my great grandmother cooking on her wood stove. We were quite rural through so even in the early 2000s/late 90s she was without electricity and many of us used quite uh outdated items I would say (I had a tape deck most of my childhood). I will say she sometimes made it in a pot for a big group of people but for smaller groups the percolator was used but usually she was pretty careful with the coffee’s temp on the stove and she also removed the little basket before pouring. My papa (her son) actually didn’t like any coffee other than gas station and percolator coffee. She loved the drip coffee the minute she moved to a house with electricity 😂 she just was glad she didn’t have to baby sit it.

[@clem304]

I would love to see you try some of the home espresso machines. Like, the ones that make espresso and have a steamer. Anyway, thanks for all the content you make!

[@SailorMaxie]

TC: This episode of Technology Connections has been brought to you by... Me: *RAID SHADOW LEGENDS* TC: _Too Many Small Kitchen Appliances!_ Me: oh thank goodness

[@Mike-77-YT]

Tbh. That "too many small kitchen appliances " sponsor was a skit, but yeah, RSL are probably too desperate for sponsors...

[@antipoti]

Exactly my toughts!! I actually skipped it and the rewinded.

[@adrianmardianto7681]

@@Mike-77-YT Not a real product.

[@Shadowflare6]

I love how you're explaining this as if you're an alien explaining coffee to other aliens, like humans are some sort of strange zoo exhibit

[@liquidwombat]

I mean honestly, that is how I view most of humanity on a daily basis

[@a52productions]

I've never drunk nor made coffee, so the explanations for all but the most basic stuff actually really helped me 🤷

[@rockie8254]

@@a52productions where do you live? No coffee ever?

[@Ktulu789]

@@a52productions You what?

[@beliasphyre3497]

I've never had a cup either.

[@markwiygul6356]

I use peculated coffee every day because it tastes way better, and because you can completely clean the peculator (with Drip Coffee, they are way harder to keep sparkling clean. Also, I use my favorite coffee grinds for Drip Coffee Makers (by far the most common at grocery stores). No need to search for "Course Ground Perculator" grinds: simply poke a hole in the middle of the filter and stick the perk tube up the center of it. That works perfect! Great Coffee! Favorite Grinds! Clean Pot! Toss the dirty drip coffee maker in the garbage can!