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Percolator! They were big in the 50’s~60’s, and the process gave a distinct taste, different than Melitta drip style, maybe akin to bath-versus-shower. Coarser grind coffee recommended too, no filter involved, which is a plus.

Maybe I’ll score one of those, preferably metal, I do tend to do in our glass carafes about once a decade.

my grannie only ever made tea (that I can recall). She had one of these, which I found fascinating:

 

didn't they once think that aluminum coffee pots led to alzheimers?

i understand that french press are bad for your health

 

There are still Skeptics regarding aluminum cookware, as well as Teflon coating etc. But aluminum? Whoever thought that was a good idea. Remember these ridiculous things from my youth?



Talk about a bad idea & an easy way to scald your hand if you pour a hot beverages in it .... or you give a kid a frosty cold beverage & you simultaneously get cold hands while you quickly warm the beverage up with your own body heat LOL

 

Hey, I still use those. I just chug from them so the liquid doesn't have time to change temperature, and I hold them with just the fingertips. Agree though, bad idea for kids, but hey, we lived through those years just fine.