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Percolated Coffee

The percolator is a popular apparatus for making coffee. The coffee itself is placed in a strainer in the upper part of the pot and the water boils up through a tube , percolating through the coffee into the lower part, where it is sent boiling to the tube again. The glass top renders it easy to see when the coffee is strong enough. Flame can be turned low, so as to keep the coffee hot but not boiling. When it is not boiling the grounds are above the coffee, so that the strength remains the same , the bitter qualities not being drawn from the grounds.