Coffee pot
A coffee pot is a vessel for preparing and serving coffee .
Before the invention of the coffee machine , coffee was mostly brewed and served in pots . Since the drink was previously thought to be at least harmful to health, these were originally much smaller than teapots . Coffee pots are usually made of porcelain, earthenware, metal or glass. Coffee warmers - textile coffee hoods that are put over the jug - improved insulation .
Since the preparation of coffee and tea are very different in the brewing process, coffee pots should dissipate less heat than teapots, as otherwise the coffee can cool down too much. When making tea, the entire amount of water is poured into the pot at once, while when making coffee, the coffee only slowly comes through the filter, drop by drop, into the pot and also begins to cool down in the filter.
Today coffee pots are also sold as part of the coffee machine . Cheaper models are made of glass and cool down relatively quickly, which is why the coffee machine usually has a hot plate. Alternatively, filter coffee machines with vacuum jugs are also offered.
As a serving vessel, coffee pots used to be the focus of every coffee table. They came in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes, purely factual and functional or figuratively kitsch. The coffee pot became a collector's item. One of the largest coffee pot collections in Europe with over 5000 exhibits can be found in the coffee pot museum in Schöppenstedt . Another collection with around 5000 coffee pots is located in Büchlberg .
variants
- Jabana
- Coffee pot from Ethiopia and Sudan
- Ibrik or cezve
- Mocha pot
- Crane jug
- Pear-shaped jug with tap and legs, between which a warmer can be placed
- Strainer
- Pot with attached coffee filter
- Press ram can
- Jug with a filter that presses the coffee grounds to the bottom
- Percolator
- Jug with a water container screwed on at the bottom, in which the water is pushed up when heated; a well-known representative is the espresso pot
Others
In Helmut Krausser's story The Dogs of Pompeii , the main character, a small Neapolitan dog, bears the name coffee pot .
Anne Kaffeekanne is the title of a children's song book by Fredrik Vahle (also as an audio book ), set to music with Dietlind Grabe .
Web links
- Coffee pot museum in Büchlberg
- Coffee pot museum in Schöppenstedt