Vacuum Electric Coffee Maker

Object/Artifact

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Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Vacuum Electric Coffee Maker

Entry/Object ID

1000.2171.138

Description

Coffee Maker, Electric, Vacuum

Collection

Jim Adams

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Silex Co.

Date made

1937

Notes

where made: Hartford, CT model number: LE-12

Material

Metal Glass

Color

Black

General Notes

Note

Electric Base Heater. Glass fitted piece between top and bottom canisters. Artifact label reads: Vacuum Coffee Maker The Silex Co., Hartford, CT 1937 Also known as a siphon coffee maker, this brews coffee by having the heated water vapor from the lower chamber pushing up into the upper chamber. The hot water vapor mixes with the coffee grounds and then as it cools slightly, the hot coffee liquid drips back down into the lower serving pot. This process was invented (using flame) 100 years before this electrically heated one was manufactured.