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Siphon Coffee, fad?

post #1 of 12
9/23/09 at 1:11am
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Siphon coffee making a come back? Will this just be a short lived novelty? It was fazed out in the 60's. Pretty interesting.There's a few of these bars in major markets. Anyone can vouch.

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post #2 of 12
9/23/09 at 1:25am
Seems similar to using a french press, but perhaps with better temperature control on the water? But I've never had coffee prepared like this, so I could be completely wrong. The yo-yo trick guy makes me want to kill myself. Coffee is serious business.
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post #3 of 12
9/23/09 at 4:33am
Oh my god! So that thing is making a come back. Several years ago I was cleaning out my grandmother's house and found a stove device just like that. Pot on the bottom with an open globe~glass pin in the top. I had no idea it was a coffee maker at the time. After some investigation I figured it out and tried it. Basically it does taste similar to french press coffee. However, I found several limitations with mine. First, it works best with corse ground coffee as finer ground coffee goes right through. Second, removing the hot upper globe is much harder that it appears. Third, you have to remove the lower pot from the heat quickly or the coffee burns resulting in a bitter taste as the water evaporates. Overall, a fun gimmick for parties but totally impractical for everyday use.
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post #4 of 12
9/23/09 at 5:01am
Looks interesting. Would love to try, once, but coffee without bitterness does not really appeal to me.
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post #5 of 12
9/23/09 at 5:23am
I've seen these in many Asian cafes for some reason. However, they are usually on display.
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post #6 of 12
9/23/09 at 11:17am
I've been using a Bodum maker like this for the last 5 years. It makes great coffee - it's "toothsome", much like the French press coffee. It also just doesn't sit on a heating pad and cook after it's been brewed.

I also love watching it in the morning - there's a zen to it in my early morning haze.

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post #7 of 12
9/23/09 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by HORNS View Post
I've been using a Bodum maker like this for the last 5 years. It makes great coffee - it's "toothsome", much like the French press coffee. It also just doesn't sit on a heating pad and cook after it's been brewed.

I also love watching it in the morning - there's a zen to it in my early morning haze.


I have the exact same one, it makes excellent coffee once you get the right roast and grind combination. This type of coffee makers are refered to as vaccum press. The concept is to get the water to boil at the bottom creating steam pressure that forces all the water up to the top where the grinds are. This creates a vaccum at the bottom that forces the water back down through the coffee grinds. The key is to remove the heat source as soon as the water gets to the top.
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post #8 of 12
9/23/09 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by my0gr81 View Post
The key is to remove the heat source as soon as the water gets to the top.

That is the key right there. I think for most people it isn't a problem. However, I had an electric stove and it was troublesome to move the whole unit once the water went into the globe. It was very top heavy.

Also my above comment was a little misleading. I shouldn't say the coffee became bitter on the heat, it was more of a burnt taste. Again, I attribute that to the electric stove. Removal of the heat would probably make it taste just like the french press.

Still a fun item though.
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post #9 of 12
9/23/09 at 6:36pm
I actually let mine bubble for about three minutes - not full-on boiling, but enough time to let the water mix with the coffee and make it appropriately strong. However, if you put enough coffee in, that wouldn't matter.

The bottom line is that it was a learning curve, though a short one, for me to make the type of coffee I liked with it.
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post #10 of 12
9/23/09 at 7:17pm
love it. would love to try it one day.
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post #11 of 12
9/24/09 at 10:09pm
Just witnessed a coffee siphoning earlier today. It didn't seem much more laborious than brewing a single cup of coffee but certainly looked much more spectacular. I unfortunately didn't have enough time to taste it.
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post #12 of 12
9/30/09 at 12:19am
I've been eyeing one of those for years...

Check out sunset blvd... get scene with one..
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