17
May

Silex Vacuum Coffee Makers: A short history lesson

   Posted by: John   in vacuum brewer

I found this SILEX Vacuum Coffee Maker ad interesting and thought I would share, I love this old stuff. 

Silex coffee makers were first produced in 1915 and were made from Coming’s heat tempered class known as Pyrex. 

I especially got a kick out of the following:  SILEX is actually an acronym, anyone care to guess?…..anyone?…………Silex actually stands for “Sanitary and Interesting method of making Luscious coffee.  It is Easy to operate on the account of its being X-ray transparent.”  I’m dead serious here, you can’t make this stuff up!

I was also interested to know that the spring clip that holds the filter in place on vacuum brewers like the Bodum Santos were first invented for use in the Silex vacuum brewers way back in the 1920’s.  Good stuff

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Alex
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My roomate has a vacuum coffee maker. I have no idea how much coffee to put into it. I know how to work it, I just don’t the amount of coffeer per cup. Anyone know?

April 15th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

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