PrimulaToday Aluminum Stove Top Percolator Maker Durable, Brew Coffee On Stovetop, 9 Cup, Silver

I love this little percolator! It’s pretty easy to clean, and I just use some baking soda on a dish cloth to get staining off. It does pretty well, my only wish is that it was made of stainless steel. It’s mostly for making coffee just for me and my BF, with some left over for afternoon ice coffee for me. I followed another’s idea of using a filter below and above the coffee. It helps minimize the grounds that get in the coffee, though some still gets in, I don’t mind it much. It takes around 10-12 minutes to start percolating on our old gas stove on high, and I turn it down to medium flame (3-4) and percolate for 7-10 minutes. It takes a while but the coffee is so good, it’s worth the wait! It’s the only coffee I will drink black if I’m out of creamer. I have no problems with it scratching or denting but I handle it with care.

This is the perfect perculator for camping! Easy to use and easy to clean. The last pot we had left dry coffee in the basket but this one evenly distributes the hot water and puts out that aromatic cup of coffee that camp mornings are all about

First off, as others have said high heat will melt it and distort the metal since it is thin aluminum.It does work it does make a good cup of coffee, you can make it a strong or as light of coffee as you want depending on the brewing time.Quality is questionable, this can bend, dent and nick very easily.Watch the handle due to the build quality and the clear plastic piece, the plastic looks like it will melt easily with too high heatTips for better brewing:The holes in the filter are too big.If you are grinding your own coffee use a medium grind.If you are using a finer grind or pre-ground finer grind like Kirkland Columbian, it will go through the holes and you will have grinds in your coffee.To avoid that, use a wraparound paper filter or reusable filter or like I did since I have a ton of basket filters, I punched holes in two filters and put the coffee between the filters..Brewing, since my stove settings are Off, Low,1 through 9 and High, I heat the water on around 8 just until it just starts to percolate then reduce the temperature to between 2 and 3 for around 15 minutes. I then turn off the stove and let it sit for a few minutes.Brewing times are subjective to individual tastes. Too long it will be bitter due to overextraction and under extraction will result in watery coffee.For my taste I make it with 24 oz water to 6 tbsp coffee, 8 tbsp if I want it stronger.I will eventually replace it with a steel one.

Nothing like aluminum. Ofc nothing is as good as being able to make a great pot of coffee! The coffee is piping hot and easy to clean. No stainless steel taste on this pot. Yayyyy!

Makes great coffee, cleaning is easy, love it for camping.

This percolator is made of very thin aluminum. I am Jerry of using it. It’s

Arrived on time with no damage. Nicely buffed. Your basic all-aluminum coffee pot. Plastic perk indicator at the top. Some scoff at plastic rather than glass, but that plastic doesn't get as hot nor is it as likely to break if you drop it on a hard surface. Reading the reviews on here was entertaining, so I'll try to put my two cents worth into the discussion.To begin with, a measured cup is 8 oz. That's a normal sized "mug" of coffee. A regular coffee cup, like mammaw has in her china cabinet, is only about 6 oz. IN THE MANUAL it says "do NOT fill above the lowest row of 3 holes in the spout". Using this as a guide, I measured water into the pot just touching the lowest row of 3 holes. It held 5 1/4 "mugs" or 42 oz to reach that level. They advertise this as a 9 cup model. Adding enough water to reach the top of the lowest row of three holes required just one more ounce of water so it took 43 oz to reach the upper limit. So bottom line is you can only brew just over five 8oz mugs of coffee or you can brew just over seven 6 oz grammaw size cups of coffee. Or you can brew 9 tiny little 4.7 ounce cups of coffee.Now that we know how much the thing holds lets talk a little about how to use it. Old style regular grind (or coarser) works best in a percolator. The finer grinds are meant for drip coffee makers and espresso. I use Maxwell House original, same as my mom and her mom did in their percolators 50 years ago, mainly because I don't want to have to pack a coffee grinder when I go camping, it's available everywhere, and it's not too expensive. But I'm not brand loyal so anytime I see a coarser grind available, I try them all. You're always going to get some sediment in perked coffee. You can buy and use paper filters inside the basket to eliminate them, but doing so changes the flavor and kind of defeats the purpose. So I don't use them at all.Using a percolator:Measure your water and add your ground coffee to the basket. You'll have to decide how many "mugs" you want, and then you'll have to experiment over several days to learn how much coffee to use to get it as strong as you like, according to your taste.Put it on the burner but be mindful, if you start it out on high to speed the process up, you have to be ready to turn the heat way down as soon as it starts percolating. You don't want to boil the water in the pot, just apply enough heat to keep the bubbling going with as little "steam" as possible coming out of the spout. Too much heat will make it taste burnt. On my gas range or Coleman stove, I have to turn the flame almost all the way down to get a slow perk.Once it starts perking slow and regular, start watching your clock or set a timer for three, no more than 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the pot sit for another 3-5 minutes to allow whatever sediment is in the coffee to settle out. Now you're ready to serve. I pour the entire pot into a thermos to keep it hot, but if you take the lid off and remove the basket and stem you can put the pot back on the stove on the lowest heat setting to keep it hot.The above advice applies to all percolators. This Primula Today model is economical, and does exactly what it's supposed to do, aside from brewing 9 cups of coffee.

If you’re going to use this occasionally it’s great! The problem we have is the top glass bubble won’t stay on all the tile. Love the taste of the coffee!