tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post6171331402679083676..comments2023-12-07T13:40:13.020-08:00Comments on Culinary Alchemy: Coffee Talk - Cory Vacuum Pot (The Vac-u-lator)Shane T. Wingerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16888895986379282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-87969260320745145562022-05-18T17:53:30.799-07:002022-05-18T17:53:30.799-07:00Yes indeed, Lee is still in business!Yes indeed, Lee is still in business!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-23091828297197840702022-05-18T17:52:29.917-07:002022-05-18T17:52:29.917-07:00Yes indeed Lee is still in business!Yes indeed Lee is still in business!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-306049593115602562021-05-24T14:56:04.663-07:002021-05-24T14:56:04.663-07:00A few Vac Pot comments.
I am a Vac Pot collector ...A few Vac Pot comments.<br /><br />I am a Vac Pot collector and have about 60-70 different makes and models in my collection. A really good on-line source for info about Vac Pots is a web page by another collector, Bryan Harris - https://baharris.org/coffee/<br /><br />Vaculator is actually a trade name of the Hill-Shaw Company of Chicago, which also made the JAVAC brand in addition to the Hill-Shaw brand.<br /><br />Over the heyday of the Vac Pot - 1930-1955 - there were probably 20-30 companies in the US making Vac Pots, though the vast majority of the glass was manufactured by the Pyrex division of Corning Glass on contract. They invented the boro-silicate heat resistant glass that made the Vac Pot practical.<br /><br />The grind recommended by Cory is usually described as medium fine. My Cory DEG coffee grinder has a setting called "Cory" that is finer than drip but not as fine as espresso. And if you look at those lovely Hobart behemoths that used to grace grocery stores, the "Vac Pot" setting is between "Fine" and "Drip".<br /><br /> If you get the grind too fine, the filter will plug and the brewed coffee will not fully return to the lower pot. I've found that the inexpensive chopper/spice grinder coffee grinders produce to wide a range of coffee ground sizes - too many fines and big chunks, too, so I use a burr grinder. The Cory DEG is actually made by Hobart.<br /><br />GE (and others) made automatic Vac Pots. My daily brewer is a GE automatic. You plug in the special hot plate, put on the filled pot and press a button that switches the hot plate to high mode. When the water rushes up to the upper chamber, a piston in the bottom of the dip tube lifts and turns off the hot plate allowing the coffee to "come on down". When the hot plate cools to the keep warm temp it switches to low mode and thermostatically keeps the coffee at a nice drinking temp. It is quite an elegant design, both technically and aesthetically.<br /><br />Cory, Sunbeam, Westinghouse and Knapp-Monoarch all made automatic chrome plated copper Vac Pots. Cory, Silex, Nicro, Bloomfield and others made stainless manual vac pots. I have three different size Cory's that are my go to camping and motel room pots. Duralux, ABCO, Mirro and others made manual aluminum pots and Cory made an aluminum automatic pot.<br /><br />I have taught myself and purchased the equipment necessary to cast replacement silicone gaskets for my collection.<br /><br />I remember when I was a very young lad in the early 50's there were diners that had batteries of Vac Pot brewers. In larger joints, there was a "girl" during the breakfast and linch rushes whose job it was to keep the all the Vac Pots going.<br /><br /><br />-Gray Haertig<br />Downriver in PortlandAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115476476215507851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-57836836317164273532021-03-28T17:37:33.900-07:002021-03-28T17:37:33.900-07:00Does anyone know if dayseal is still in business?Does anyone know if dayseal is still in business?Jeff Kindgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774295778897050059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-10922297081070645532021-02-27T22:57:41.057-08:002021-02-27T22:57:41.057-08:00I just took out my very old Bodum Santos Electric ...I just took out my very old Bodum Santos Electric Vacuum Coffee Maker and decided to check online who is still using it. LOL.... I just brew water in it. It is still working.....Praise the Lord :D :D :D<br />conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374535641922455124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-5969505025292903872021-02-04T05:07:57.579-08:002021-02-04T05:07:57.579-08:00I have both the Cory DCL and a Silex. The Silex ha...I have both the Cory DCL and a Silex. The Silex has an extra glass filter and original cloth strainers. I am looking to sell both as I am remodeling and will never use them. 336-407-5859. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737728624836220011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-13744700365721319362020-10-15T16:31:32.535-07:002020-10-15T16:31:32.535-07:00I have one but it doesn't have all the pieces....I have one but it doesn't have all the pieces. Can you tell me what to sell it forAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05104608017751121740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-90190891471044713782019-11-12T06:53:24.290-08:002019-11-12T06:53:24.290-08:00Hi, I have a small collection of vacuum pots, 67 I...Hi, I have a small collection of vacuum pots, 67 I think. I love my Cory DCU/DCL rubberless pots, I have 7 of that model. SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190803491898362226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-25686886175070650852017-09-22T18:13:58.964-07:002017-09-22T18:13:58.964-07:00I found one of these in a thrift store many years ...I found one of these in a thrift store many years ago, and bought it to add to my collection of Cory coffee pots. I am distantly related to the Cory family that started this company. I had no idea how to use it until I met an older gentleman whose father worked for at the Cory factory. He explained how to make it work, and it still makes the best coffee I've ever tasted!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349004730070932102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-73544969901667325012016-04-23T09:15:11.959-07:002016-04-23T09:15:11.959-07:00Yes, the Dayseal gasket works beautifully. Made o...Yes, the Dayseal gasket works beautifully. Made of food grade silicon. Soft and very flexible. Beanie and Cecilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119292366662993920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-88136341071554316242016-04-21T17:18:47.990-07:002016-04-21T17:18:47.990-07:00I'm happy to have found this post. I just rec...I'm happy to have found this post. I just recevied mine from shopgoodwill and it worked quite well. Wonderful info, thanks for putting it together!notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-16276464896794509232016-03-17T21:57:56.606-07:002016-03-17T21:57:56.606-07:00You can still find replacement gaskets at Dayseal ...You can still find replacement gaskets at Dayseal - here: http://dayseal.net/productsShane T. Wingerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888895986379282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-11904621197414444972016-03-14T21:04:34.490-07:002016-03-14T21:04:34.490-07:00Where can I fill out $25 for a gasket instead of u...Where can I fill out $25 for a gasket instead of using rubber bandsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06336868470779980483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-71710884338827937042015-01-15T18:49:59.926-08:002015-01-15T18:49:59.926-08:00Sure... I see the rods listed on eBay all the time...Sure... I see the rods listed on eBay all the time. :)<br />Shane T. Wingerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888895986379282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-76095023068586759582015-01-15T13:27:47.061-08:002015-01-15T13:27:47.061-08:00Is there a market for the rod today?Is there a market for the rod today?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073860339427622418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-34772860411534148222014-07-26T09:43:34.397-07:002014-07-26T09:43:34.397-07:00Ah, but it DOES "filter" the coffee - it...Ah, but it DOES "filter" the coffee - it holds the grounds while letting the water pass.<br /><br />Fortunately, my Cory is a slightly later model which has no rubber seal - sealed only with vacuum pressure. I love mine, too; but I only use it when entertaining - I never make coffee in the evening any other time. However, it's quite the conversation piece! The Vinyl Frontiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-30859748227383084942014-03-20T17:12:36.066-07:002014-03-20T17:12:36.066-07:00I just found a New Cory Rod with 3 U.S. patents on...I just found a New Cory Rod with 3 U.S. patents on it in the bottom of a box in the pole barn and googled those 3 words that are on it to find out what it's for. I had a hunch that Cory was something to do with coffee. BUT this rod cannot filter coffee because it is solid glass! I know that for sure because the rod part below the bottom square is broken. So I'll mend it and it would work in a wine or fancy perfume bottle, the rod part being only 2 1/2" long. Do you know why it is a solid glass rod?<br />Thanks for help. Bernice in ORBernice Petersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942946300793285698.post-47403496656980651662012-08-03T09:24:32.559-07:002012-08-03T09:24:32.559-07:00Pass that beautiful vacuum pot over here so I can ...Pass that beautiful vacuum pot over here so I can pour myself a cup. I can't even imagine how good it must taste.Patti T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00203629964623921179noreply@blogger.com