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The Age Of The Automatic Coffee Makers At about the time that a piece of technology becomes so changed society. Think about how different the world would be without elevators (no tall buildings), indoor plumbing (no cities), or cars (no life as we know it). Welcome to the age of the automatic coffee makers. By automatic coffee makers, I mean the ubiquitous drip machines found in most homes. If you think they haven t changed the world, think again. Drip, Drip, Drip Before the drip automatic coffee makers became affordable and available, most coffee was made at
home using a percolator. If you re too young to remember those coffee pots, then you don t realize how lucky you are. The old coffee pots came in several pieces: the outside pot that held the water and sat on the stove, the basket with holes that sat above the water and held the ground coffee and the piece that fit inside the pot with a hollow stem-like structure to support the coffee basket. There was also a tight-fitting lid with a glass tube on top to show the coffee squirting up. The coffee was prepared by boiling the water causing pressure to build and force the hot water up through the grounds in the basket and then back down. The process occurred over and over until the stove top pot was removed or the electric percolator reached the end of the timed period. Either way, repeated exposure of the hot water to the grounds often resulted in bitterness and keeping a pot of coffee warm usually broke down the taste. The automatic coffee makers of today use a drip method in which the water is heated in one compartment then filtered through the finer coffee grounds once before gravity forces it into the pot below. The first, most evident change is that good-tasting coffee is ready in no time without having to resort to trial and error to find the right heat and time and without forgetting to remove a percolating pot from the flame before it burns. Since coffee is no longer one-size fits all, there are more varieties of coffee available. Since more people enjoy more coffee, there are many more knowledgeable aficionados. Since the automatic coffee makers need a finer grind which can become stale more easily, home coffee grinders and fresh whole beans are everywhere. Since coffee no longer burns on the stove, microwave popcorn was developed as a substitute horrible odor for home and office. This is truly the age of the automatic coffee makers. Pull up a chair and enjoy.
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