Farberware 47053 Classic Stainless Steel Yosemite 12-Cup Coffee Percolator, 12 Cup Coffee Maker, Silver

I seen this pot on a blog and decided to check it out. I had a percolator style pot years ago, but I could not remember how it performed nor tasted. I am currently using an old Mr. Coffee drip machine. I have used Keurig and a coffee Ninja. The Keurig while very convenient, I could never find a coffee I liked. Also so many of the pods had a funny taste to me. The Ninja came up with the clean me now light problem. A real PITA and also a POS machine for the price. Clean me now please only to return in a week or two again. It is a known problem and if you doubt me, Google it. I gave both to the local Goodwill. So I decided to read some of the reviews here and then decide. Well after reading so many positive reviews, I decided I had to have one. Now all I needed to do was decide which one to order; the 8 cup or the 12 cup. The majority of the time, I am brewing a pot for just me. However on the weekends, I tend to make a bigger pot as my son will join me in drinking coffee. Reading through the description here I found where it states a cup is 4 oz. My Mr. Coffee manual has a cup as 5 oz. and I normally make 8 cups. So I did the math: 5 oz. x 8 = 40 oz. So 4 oz. x 10 = 40 oz. So I thought it best to order the 12 cup for a bit of room for the weekends. After using this pot a couple of times, I realized that I have a lot more coffee than my Mr. Coffee. So I decided to use an actual measuring cup to find out the truth. What I concluded is the Farberware cup is a 6 oz. cup and when I fill it to the 6 cup marking on the wall I have about 36 oz. for 6 cups. On the first few days I was making a bit more coffee than I normally do, and making it a bit too weak for me also. I measured the amount my favorite mug holds and it came to 12 oz. This pot when I make 6 cups will give me 3 good mugs of coffee. That is my intake for a normal morning of coffee.I now fill to the 6 cup mark and add 6 good scoops (tablespoons) of my coffee. I have been adding a scant amount of salt to the basket as one reviewer suggested. She claims it helps to offset the acidity. I can't swear to that, but I can swear that after using this pot for a week now, I will not be going back. The coffee is the best tasting I have made in my house. The smell in the morning is oh so delightful. I will say the coffee I use never tasted this good in my Mr. Coffee. I have a couple of brands and all taste better in the Farberware. The only drawback is the time needed to make a pot. I am retired so it doesn't bother me. If you are a worker bee, you will probably not want to spend the extra time. My 6 cup brew takes about 9-10 minutes to start the perk (boil) cycle. I then turn the dial to 3 and set the timer for 7 minutes. I turn it to the lowest setting when the timer goes off. I normally wait a few minutes before I pour the first cup too. I leave my burner on warm. I know this is getting lengthy but I also must say this; If you are like me, trying to decide between the 8 cup or the 12 cup, then here is a tip. If you read closely, you will notice the 8 cup comes with a plastic knob and the 12 cup comes with glass. I can attest to the 12 cup being glass. I can not attest to the 8 cup being plastic, however the descriptions validate my findings too. So if you decide to purchase the 8 cup and then buy the glass knob, you will be at the cost for the 12 cup pot anyway. Add to that if you compare the dimensions of the two closely, you will not find much of a size difference in the two pots. I would have chose the 8 cup if it had the glass knob. I hope this reviews helps to clarify these points for others out there. I will close by saying that I am very happy with my Farberware 12 cup percolator. I have put a cover over the Mr. Coffee for now. I will not be going back to the weak and lukewarm drip coffee any time soon.Signed; Spoiled in PA

For about 5 years I have been simplifying my life, some would call it (and do) going retro, or ludite, but percolated coffee seemed the next thing to do. This is a great little pot. It’s only problem is heating too fast - no no no. Too fast nd the coffee is bitter. The spirit of the whole affair is in the waiting - the coffee has to properly steam. Start out with cold water and don’t be in a rush. It might take five extra minutes - wash the dishes or pet the cat! Use 1 to 2 tablespoons of very coarse ground coffee, really its up to your own taste, and ajusting will take a couple of times, maybe 3. Are you in such a rush? Put the kettle on medium heat and when it starts to percolate, turn the heat down more until you get the slowest perk your stove will allow. On my stove that is the lowest setting. Turn the timer on: 5 minutes at the least, 10 at the most. Again, it will take a couple of perks for you to get it perfect. For me that is 7 minutes, Imlike a medium brew. And that’s the beauty of percolated coffee, not just the timing or the heavenly aroma that fills the house, but getting it just right. I remember my grandma and aunties discussing coffee for an hour in the mornings, everyone had a secret method! Enjoy your life. Get back to basics. Like real coffee your way.

Bought this to replace my 4 cup percolator.It looks nice...its bright and shiny. In my 4 cup percolator i was able to use 2.5 of my scoops to make perfect coffee.So it stands to reason that i should use 5 of my scoops to make 8 cups of coffee with this perculator...right? Am i wrong about that?It seems i am wrong. Using the same coffee/water ratio creates a very weak cup of coffee. Poured the results diwn the drain and started over, only this time adding an extra scoop to the 8 cups...the results were a weak cup of coffee.I cant explain why. And this makes absolutely no sense at all to me.So i tried several times and was never able to make a good cup of coffee. Trial and error you know!!So i concluded that i can not make a good of coffee with this perculator.So ...examining the brewer i see that the coffee basket allows 1 full inch of space between the basket and the perculators side wall where my 4 cup allows about 5/8"....hmmm. And the basket has a greater diameter...meaning a larger drip area for better drainage. So i tried my old basket in the new perculator...resulting another pot of coffee being poured down the drain.I tried the experiments and conclude that the other reviews i have read are not accurately portraying this coffee maker.If you want a weak cup of coffee then yes, go ahead and purchase this perculator. But recommend that you get something smaller. As for me i will continue using my 20 yr old 4 cup perculator because i like a good cup of coffee.I used up a weeks worth of coffee to learn this.Oh yes by the way....1 of the pots of coffee i made in this "new" perculator i tried something different, after perculating the 8 cups through 5 of my scoops in the "old" basket...i poured 4 cups of the weak coffee into my old perculator, removed 50% of used grounds from the old basket and perculated this for another 3-4 minutes in the 4 cup perculator and had a good cup of coffee...I realize this makes no sense. Afterall both units operate in the exact fashion...hot water dripping though coffee repeatedly.I cant explain why either...i tried to enjoy this perculator with poor results.This i very real review you have read. Not falsified or exaggerated in any way. And written by a man who has been making coffee for 40 years.Thanks for reading and i hope this helps!

Bought this coffee percolator everything was fine until the knob on the lid shattered while percolating, the shop did not have a replacement knob so offered me half price refund i agreed then i went searching for a knob to fit little known to me the only place i can get them is in US which cost $6 + $50 postage absolute joke, coffee pot as been sitting in my pantry since, if you do buy one of these make sure you know where you can obtain a lid knob locally because it will shatter trust me, very disappointed customer

Arrived quite a bit earlier than indicated, which pleased me. The percolator pleased me even more. Delighted with it- everything about it performs well; it seems to be well made; it handles nicely. I would buy it again, should the need ever arise!