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There are so many different kinds of coffee makers. Different people have different preferences and when it comes to the java, that is no different either! Read on to learn more about these different kinds of coffee machines.
People have been making coffee for hundreds of years using roasted and ground coffee beans. The first style of drip brewing method is over 130 years old. There have been various versions since then throughout the world, early percolators began to appear in the mid nine-teenth century and one of the early designs was patented by James Nason, of Massachusetts , USA in 1865. However, it is widely accepted that Hanson Goodrich of Illinois, USA was the person that patented the modern Percolator in 1889. Hanson's design of this period has little difference to todays stove-top style percolators that are available.
The percolator system works by heating water to boiling point in a coffee pot that features a removable lid, so it can be removed and poured when required. In the percolator the heated water begins to be forced through a metal pipe continuing on into a basket which holds the coffee grounds. The liquid then, once in the basket begins to drip back into the pot where it began its journey. The flow of the liquid then repeats continuously until the liquid is brewed to a satisfactory level to the user depending also on taste. There is usually an area on the percolator in which the user can see the level of strength of the coffee, so as they can see how far along in the brewing cycle the coffee is.
With the introduction of electricity in homes new electric percolators were introduced that had their own heating elements, thereby decreasing the popularity and need for stove-top percolators. They also changed from being made from glass to being made largely of metal.
Electric Drip Coffee makers are widely available and largely popular. These coffee makers contain a cold water reservoir which lets the water flow through a pipe at the base of it into an aluminum pipe where it is then heated by a surrounding heating element. The heated water is then directed into a spray head which is above the brew basket, containing the ground coffee. The liquid coffee is then filtered down into the carafe. The temperature of the coffee maker is heat controlled and turns on and off as it is required to keep it hot without over heating
