Back to the Vacuum Pot Coffee February 7th, 2006
Last year, I started brewing coffee via a Bodum vacuum pot. This became one of my regular brewing methods, along with my drip coffee maker, my espresso maker and my French press.
The vacuum pot is a step back to the past. Steam pressure from boiling water in a lower bowl pushes hot water into the top bowl, where it actually brews the coffee. Once you take the brewer off the heat (gas or electric), the temperature in the lower bowl drops. The steam cools, which lowers the pressure in the lower bowl — and sucks the coffee back from the top bowl to the lower bowl.
Well, just before Christmas, I oops’ed. While heating the water, I walked away and forgot it. I came back when I smelled burning coffee– after all the water had evaporated. Some time during the cooling process, the glass cracked.
One of my Christmas presents was a new vacuum pot to replace my older one — but Amazon had them back ordered. IT ARRIVED TODAY!
I use the Bodum Santos glass vacuum pot, not the electric model.
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