Larry if we can get enough interest in this group and get enough people on board for an order, I believe there is a place back east who will make silicone...
Hi All, I was just browsing on another coffee site. A fellow had ask how to make decent coffee from Starbucks beans. He got lots of replys, none of which...
Roland, Your idea was about right. I used some vegetable spray around the lip of the pot. Then I held it down about knee level and pried up on the upper...
Hello all. New here but not to vacpot collecting. I was referred here by Earl, thanks for the invite. ;) I've been collecting vacpots for about 11 years now....
Hi Friends, Our group is still growing! Nice to see some more new members aboard. I am wondering how many of us use the cloth style filter on our vac's. At...
Hi Gabe, Glad to have you as a new member of our growing group. Look forward to your being a part of our conversations on vacuum coffee brewers and related...
Hi all, With all the various reports of whats good for you and whats bad, you hardly know who to believe anymore. When I had my by pass surgery they told me to...
Hi Friends, We are about a little over a week old now. Holding now at 19 members. While I am not suggesting that any one has to post a message or a reply, and...
Hello Friends, Hope we can get some responses going here on which of your collection are your favorites and why. For me I started with the cory and narrow...
I acquired a Silex narrow neck vac pot at an estate sale a while back and it's apparently from an old restaurant. It came with two glass lowers and one...
Ian, I agree with you. I think a lot depends on the bean, the roast, and exposure time for the grounds (including bloom time). Would you agree? I've had...
Tony, Thanks for the great knowledge of where to find the stove diagram. Do you know if there is an adjustment to the high heat as in some of the other...
Hi David, Glad to see you got your account working now. I recently sold off a Robot for the same reason. I purchased it as working but it wasn't. Then the...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the vacuumcoffeepotcollector group. File...
This is an interesting resource, some group members may already know about. http://www.coffeekid.com/coffee/vacpots/vacpotfaq#auto It also has a little...
Hi All, I am going to make one last observation about my silex stove. I remember reading somewhere to cut the power as the water starts to raise in the upper...
You guys got me pulling the stoves off the shelf and trying different coffee pots and well as water temperatures. Not exactly sure of what I found, but it...
Roland, I added the Knapp Monarch to the photo album along with a close up of the adjustment ports we were talking about. This Knapp Monarch came with a metal...
Roland, Yes I am going to get a photo of the Knapp Monarch into my album as soon as the weather permits, its pretty dark here the past few days, might get a...
The "Home" page shows 12 members but the list shows 16, so we are doing quite well for the second full day of being around. We picked up a lot of new people...
I just checked out your latest additions and you have some great looking items. The Ruby Silex is outstanding! Makes me wish I hadn't sold off some of the...
Thanks to "HV_Bean" for sending us the first photos for our group. I also added some things from my collection. We are up to 16 members which I don't think is...
Hi guys, Apols for just dropping into this group. Perhaps I'm not a real 'collector' (depends on the definition, I guess), but I do have the odd vac pot lying...
Were glad to have three more members of our group, that takes us to 11 so far. Not bad for a few days. I hope you will wish to share in our conversations, and...
When I first tried using some cory metal pots I found that they brought the water up way to quickly and made weak coffee when that happened. It wasn't till I...
Randy, Nice to see you have joined our growing group. Look forward to having your input on the topics and perhaps some photos for our enjoyment. Larry...
James its great to see your now among the founding members of our Vacuum Coffee Collectors goup. Look forward to your experiences. Are you still mainly a Cory...
We have more than one member so perhaps were on our way. I know it will take some time. I would encourage any member to consider adding photos to the photo...
