BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker

Subject: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 09:53 AM

I picked one up at a yard sale without a manual. No light. How do you know when the coffewe is done? Thanks.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Becca72
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 10:14 AM

when it pisses.




(you know...it goes pssssss) :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 10:40 AM

No PSSSS hole.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 11:15 AM

lol

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Becca72
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 12:22 PM

Yikes!

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: open mike
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 01:12 PM

when is stops being so perky?

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: jeffp
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 02:17 PM

I think open mike probably has it. If it's a percolator, it will go quiet when it's done.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 02:35 PM

Or, if it's a drip, when the carafe is full. If all else fails, if it's brown, it's coffee.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: artbrooks
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 03:06 PM

On of these? I think you're supposed to wait until the coffee blobs in the glass doohicky on top are the right color.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: gnu
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 03:39 PM

http://www.mirroparts.com might be able to help.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: open mike
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 04:11 PM

ahhh---blobs, doo-hickey
always get tech talk here
on the what-cha-ma-call-it

don't forget to unplug the
thing-a-ma-jiggy when it is done!

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Peace
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 05:46 PM

You might want to replace the plug with one that has three prongs. One ia a ground connection. Good to have.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Lady Hillary
Date: 11 Aug 06 - 11:01 PM

Put a picture in so we have an idea what we are talking about, unless you want this thread to stay foolish.

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Aug 06 - 01:13 AM

... and I haven't even posted yet!

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: Amos
Date: 12 Aug 06 - 02:25 AM

It's an electric percolator. The color in the top bubble is what tells you it is done. Or you can taste it. The water starts bubbling through the glass bulb a pale watery color and gradually gets browner.

They were invented before the integrated circuit -- you had to use eyes and such like.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Mirro-Matic Coffee Maker
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 12 Aug 06 - 03:11 AM

If you adjust the amount of coffee you put in the basket so that the coffee is "done" when all the "good" has been extracted from the coffee grounds, then it won't matter if it perks a little longer, since there's "nothin' left" for it to wring out of the grounds.

While some people object to having their "finished" coffee kept at "simmering temperature" as is necessary to keep it perking after it's effectively got all the good it's gonna get, their objections can be handled quite adequately with a terse

           - "SHUT UP YA SISSY!" -

Assuming that you actually have one of those old ones that doesn't switch itself back to a "keep warm" setting after it's perked "enough" it's probably best to just unplug it when you give up waitin' and start pourin'. If you can't drink one them 'bitty li'l pots 'fore it gets cold you ain't much of a coffee hound - so invite a friend to help whenever you make up a pot.

John