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

I've had this little percolator since early December and LOVE it. It's true, you really can't get a better tasting cup of coffee than from a percolator (just like grandma and great-grandma used to make!). There's no burnt or bitter taste and the temp is super hot (as coffee should be)! Yes, a percolator takes a little more time and effort but the results are SO enjoyable! I take my coffee black, so I can really taste the difference since I'm not adding creamer and flavors which can help mask any bitter/burnt taste. After pouring the first cup, I transfer the coffee from the percolator into a thermal carafe for my next cup of fresh, hot coffee. Seriously, better taste than Keurig or Mr. Coffee.Years ago, I was loyal to the original Mr. Coffee style brewer but the 'warmer' cooked the coffee after that first cup. I was happy when Keurig came around because I could get a fresh cup of coffee at any time .... UNTIL .... my Keurig stopped working ... just as the warranty expired!!! Keurig customer service would not replace my unit even though they admitted to the known issue of water not pumping ??? Keurig was only interested in offering a $20 coupon to purchase another of their products. Sorry Keurig, your machines are not cheap and I've been a loyal customer for many years but no more. In fairness, this was my 3rd Keurig, previous 2 units worked fine. The 3rd unit was an upgrade to a slim version for brewing either a pod or a pot (no bells & whistles).I want a coffee appliance that will NOT fail and this percolator is IT! I percolate my coffee on an electric stove since my appliances are not gas, and the coffee is perfect if you follow the included directions. I have a whole house generator so even without a gas stove, I can make good coffee. As another reviewer suggested, I emptied my unused coffee pods into my coffee container, so no waste there. And I'm SAVING MONEY by not buying coffee pods. Suppose I should thank Keurig for not backing their product and pushing me over the edge .... otherwise, I wouldn't have this fabulous percolator!! If you're sitting on the fence, jump, and buy the percolator! The icing on the cake is the stainless steel is beautiful ... so shiny and elegant!

I was lucky enough to be born in an earlier time – when things worked and lasted. Except for the Corvair and the Ford Pinto, that is. I find as I have matured into middle age that much modern “technology” such as the latest high-tech pots and pans, cookware, and coffee apparatus tend to complicate the obvious instead of improving the original. They are designed to take my money and not much else. For years, I would keep an open mind, spend a lot more money for a “better mousetrap” that overcomplicates but doesn’t do the job any better, and many times, worse than the original concept. For instance, I rediscovered cast iron cookware that my folks used when I was younger, which when treated properly, is ten times better than any Teflon non-stick gadgetry that only lasts a year or two and sends cooked chemical remnants into your body. Yes, cast iron is non-stick – the best. And it cleans up so quickly. Properly cared for (which is easy) cast iron never sticks and lasts forever and will outlast me.So when I got tired of lukewarm, luke-brewed coffee from machines that are terribly expensive and last just a couple of years, and all plastic, I again went back to my roots. I have an expensive Keurig and a $1700.00 combo expresso machine. But I can’t get a decent cup of coffee that I am fortunate enough to remember from earlier days. That is until I again went back to the basics, which has never failed me. They all have their uses and none of them are “wrong”. If I want a cup of coffee as I’m running out the door, Keurig fits the bill. I want an expresso after dinner, my Italian combo machine that cost a fortune works for me. Not judging.Have there been improvements and innovation? Certainly yes. Electric percolators of today do a much better job of regulating heat and brew time, for instance. That controls bitterness and overbrewing. But many of them don’t last longer than a couple of years. With a stove top percolator, you are in total control, you are back to basics and back to the best cup of coffee you will ever have if you like a full-flavored and slightly robust (not burnt or bitter) cup of coffee. Sadly, many people don’t know how good it can be.If you like your coffee apparatus now and what it does for you, fantastic, you are in the sweet spot, but don’t be afraid to try what has worked for decades. You might be pleasantly surprised. You may not know what you’re missing.This stove top percolator is top quality, never fails and will last for decades if cared for properly. It doesn’t take much. But if you just want to press a button and have “instant coffee”, or coffee instantly with no care or time involved, If you want a brew where the water barely touches the coffee before it touches your cup, If you want to pay a lot of money for things that never make it into your cup (k-cups, pods, filters, cleaners, etc), if you want to “clean” parts of your “apparatus” you will never see, and trust that, if you want to replace that thing every few years, if you like lots of buttons, lights, beeps, timers, scrolling LED readouts, warning after warning to clean this and replace that, If you want coffee out of a Star Trek replicator, don’t buy this. But if you just want the best cup of Joe on the planet, enjoy the brewing experience, slow it down and enjoy…this Faberware piece of simple magic can be yours, forever. Take the pace down a little bit, get the plastic and chemicals out of your life, save a whole bunch of bucks and don’t let your coffee pot order you around…and get back to basic mountain grown fresh HOT coffee, and I do mean HOT. My advice for what it’s worth, you will never go back, save a ton of money, and really, really enjoy coffee as it was meant to be. Whatever you decide, take your time to enjoy your coffee experience. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. Enjoy what you have left.I’ve never had to replace anything on this pot, and it is certain to outlast me! So simple, so good.