Coffee lovers and caffeine addicts all over have argued for years and years over which type of coffee maker makes the best coffee. The question will never been answered satisfactorily since it's merely a matter of personal choice. And there are many choices!
Originally, coffee beans were chewed like vitamins or even candy. The effects were well known by ancient civilizations as they fed them to warriors before battles. Their descendants, however, figured out a more pleasurable way to enjoy coffee beans, and thus was invented real brewed coffee.
Even cowboys came to love their coffee as they herded cattle and led wagon trains out West. Many still believe that the only true perfect cup of coffee can be achieved using a percolator over an open fire. Cowboys didn't care about sugar and milk, they drank their coffee black - and sometimes thick. The same percolators were used at home, over the open fire of a stove. And anyone who ever percolated a pot of coffee will tell you the same thing - percolators boil over and can cause quite the mess!
Fast forward to the late 1950s. A leading houseware manufacturer invented the electric percolator and women scooped them up by the thousands. These worked on the same principle - water boiling up through the coffee grounds - but they had built it controls and monitoring devices to virtually prevent any messy mishaps. Just follow the simple directions and within minutes you'll have very good cup of java.
In the early 1970s an even newer coffee maker - the "drip" model - was brought to market and, once again, housewives couldn't buy them fast enough. The results were the same but the technology differed a bit. Instead of the water boiling up through a holder where the coffee grounds were placed and turning into coffee as they flowed back down again, the water was boiled separately and dripped little by little from the top, through the grounds. The difference was that water only hit the coffee grounds once, as opposed to the percolator method where the coffee would keep recycling through the wet grounds.
The 1980s brought us gourmet coffee, and coffee houses began to flourish all over. No longer limiting their selections to plain coffee, java lovers learned how to enjoy the likes of latte and espresso on a daily basis. Manufacturers met the task of making espresso machines for household use and, once again, people couldn't buy them fast enough.
American technology didn't advance much further so we looked towards other cultures and borrowed from them. We became fascinated with the French press and what we call "the Cuban coffee maker". Both of these coffee makers tend to produce a very rich, and very strong cup of coffee, not always appreciated by the average American coffee lover. These two machines make coffee in the typical "drip" method, however, the grounds are very fine thereby holding onto the water for a longer time, increasing the strength of the ultimate brew.
Bottom line - no matter what kind of coffee you like, or how you prefer to make it, there are plenty of options available to choose from. - 30543
Originally, coffee beans were chewed like vitamins or even candy. The effects were well known by ancient civilizations as they fed them to warriors before battles. Their descendants, however, figured out a more pleasurable way to enjoy coffee beans, and thus was invented real brewed coffee.
Even cowboys came to love their coffee as they herded cattle and led wagon trains out West. Many still believe that the only true perfect cup of coffee can be achieved using a percolator over an open fire. Cowboys didn't care about sugar and milk, they drank their coffee black - and sometimes thick. The same percolators were used at home, over the open fire of a stove. And anyone who ever percolated a pot of coffee will tell you the same thing - percolators boil over and can cause quite the mess!
Fast forward to the late 1950s. A leading houseware manufacturer invented the electric percolator and women scooped them up by the thousands. These worked on the same principle - water boiling up through the coffee grounds - but they had built it controls and monitoring devices to virtually prevent any messy mishaps. Just follow the simple directions and within minutes you'll have very good cup of java.
In the early 1970s an even newer coffee maker - the "drip" model - was brought to market and, once again, housewives couldn't buy them fast enough. The results were the same but the technology differed a bit. Instead of the water boiling up through a holder where the coffee grounds were placed and turning into coffee as they flowed back down again, the water was boiled separately and dripped little by little from the top, through the grounds. The difference was that water only hit the coffee grounds once, as opposed to the percolator method where the coffee would keep recycling through the wet grounds.
The 1980s brought us gourmet coffee, and coffee houses began to flourish all over. No longer limiting their selections to plain coffee, java lovers learned how to enjoy the likes of latte and espresso on a daily basis. Manufacturers met the task of making espresso machines for household use and, once again, people couldn't buy them fast enough.
American technology didn't advance much further so we looked towards other cultures and borrowed from them. We became fascinated with the French press and what we call "the Cuban coffee maker". Both of these coffee makers tend to produce a very rich, and very strong cup of coffee, not always appreciated by the average American coffee lover. These two machines make coffee in the typical "drip" method, however, the grounds are very fine thereby holding onto the water for a longer time, increasing the strength of the ultimate brew.
Bottom line - no matter what kind of coffee you like, or how you prefer to make it, there are plenty of options available to choose from. - 30543
About the Author:
John McKain owns a restaurant. He also owns a few cooking blogs including a coffee makers reviews blog where you can find coffee maker consumer reviews and information about the best coffee makers.
