 "Love it, but do not buy the suggested glass top" | 2009-11-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A19INIARGIQ1UZ |
I have had the percolator for about a week now and absolutely love it. It is so much cuter than those beasty drip machines. Easy to keep clean and shiny, again unlike the drip machines that always look dirty. The coffee is very smooth and much hotter than with the drip machines. The cats had a little trouble with the "noise" of the perking at first.
I would like to point out that Amazon suggests you purchase a glass top as part of the order. I thought that would be great to be able to see the coffee perking, just as I did when I saw my mom and dad's old Corningware stovetop percolator when I was kid. The item they suggest from a partner, thepartsbiz, DOES NOT fit this percolator. It was under $3.00, but had nearly $5.00 in S&H. I felt $7.74 would be OK, but now that I know it won't work, I am out $7.74 and it isn't cost effective to return it. |
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| "brews (perks) the best coffee every time" | 2009-11-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2Q0HFD30MQG60 |
| I want a hot cup of coffee and this electric percolator makes delicious hot coffee every single time |
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| "Still the best little pot out there" | 2009-10-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1SQW9H85UVYNU |
After over 15 years of more than faithful service without a hitch, my parents' Farberware percolator finally went out of commission by way of a broken handle nearly two years ago. Since then they have gone through at least 7 drip pots and percolators of all different makes and models and no one, and I mean NO one can match this pot. Some of them have broken, some just have an off taste, and ALL of them failed to brew and keep the coffee as hot as we all were used to from the old pot. For one reason or another, all were returned in hopes something would match the old pot.
I myself inherited their love for the Farberware brand, after buying my first 8 cup which proved too big for me 4 years ago. I passed it on to my brother, and bought myself the dinky 4 cup model 2 years ago. Both have been performing hot and strong without a hitch since then, and after the latest failed pot purchase (a GE brand 12 cup percolator, their second try for this brand) my parents were delighted to learn that Amazon sells the 12 cup pot that broke on them. Apparently they don't sell them in the stores anymore, at least not in any store I can find.
After trying Cuisinart, Kitchenaide, GE, Mr. Coffee, and I don't even WANT to name how many others, there is still no other pot that makes coffee quite like the Farberware. I am a customer for life |
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| "Farberware Coffee Maker" | 2009-10-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A19VSY64RLQP8I |
| Excellent small coffee pot. Purchased because of all stainless steel construction. No plastic parts. I actually own three (3) of them. Home, and both offices at work. |
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| "Farberware 2-4 cup works well" | 2009-10-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2P1UGQKRW9Z4M |
| Coffee pot works well and makes good, flavorful coffee. The Amazon price is the best one you'll find on this item; all the others were at least $20 more. Coffee pot is cheerfully noisy, as all percolators are, and gets the job done fairly fast (percs always take longer than drip, remember). The only thing missing from this unit is a light that goes on while you are percolating, and either goes off or changes color when it's done. You simply have to listen to tell when it's finished. But other than that, no complaints! I've found Farberware to be a good brand, and as long as you keep the pot and its components clean (free of oily coffee buildup) and don't get water in the electricals, you should be fine. Also, to get the best flavor, you might want to use a non-chlorinated bottled water (rather than tap, if you are running city water). I have found that to make a decided difference in any coffee making. |
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 "Perkie" | 2009-09-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3O1JGEPGJ49AK |
I bought this little Farberware FCP280 8-Cup Percolator due to it's 8 cup feature; it would take up less space and I needed a new coffeemaker since I broke the glass decanter to my old one which was impossible to replace. I tried the perkie for 1 month and the gave up, went back and bought another drip coffeemaker. I'm a bit dissapointed with the coffee it made, although very hot, the coffee was practically flavorless. I used the same ammount of coffee that I would use for 8 cup drip, yet to get flavor out of the percolator, I needed to use another scoop. It wasted coffee and still didn't have that "bite" of flavor I love. Also, percolators are messier to clean.
I read online in a coffee blog to never use a percolator, they make the coffee too hot and kill the flavor. I think there is truth to that concept as now that I'm back to using a drip coffeemaker, I can use less coffee for a fuller, flavored cup of brew.
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