Olds go nostalgic for the good old days of tech

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I learned English by playing games and reading Finnish - English - Finnish dictionary.

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Mr Coffee (1971)

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Technivorm Moccamaster (1968)


Technivorm Moccamaster KBG 741 AO since 1974.

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The old design looked nicer

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The new one is a classic nevertheless. I use one at work every day. I don’t think there’s an office in Norway that doesn’t have at least one, and very few homes, probably.

But yeah, a retro version would be great. Maybe adapted to the standard filter shape of today that the new one uses, though

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The old design looks harder to clean.

Full disclosure: I inherited (literally) one like the second option. Have replaced most of the parts at this point. There’s a lot to be said for maintaining consistency for decades.

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I think the visual aesthetic looks nicer in the older version, anything past that I can’t comment on because I’ve never seen one but I do know the brand is well liked :smiling_face:

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They have innovated too:




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The one downside, I will say, not for myself but for when I have guests: “10 cups” is only 40 ounces (barely over a liter). Yes, a new pot can be brewed almost instantaneously, but it does seem rather small by U.S. standards.

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Moccamaster CD Grand 1,8 litre (60.8652409 US fluid ounces)


Moccamaster Thermoking 3000 Manual 3 litres (101.442068 US fluid ounces)

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The first one would do well in a conventional U.S. household. The second is probably better for an office?

If I ever need to upgrade! But, I do like the small countertop footprint of the one I have now.

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Here in Germany and, as far as I can tell, in the rest of Europe the official standard coffee cup is 125ml (ca. 4.2 ounces). In real life most people use mugs or substantially bigger cups these days, but it accurately reflects the traditional cups from the good china elderly people use when they have visitors.

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100% on the carafe, and probably the base, the rest of it has a nice '60s vibe, but isn’t that special.

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I vote for the new one.

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Yes, but not when having guests. Then the old fashioned coffee cups come out. I can’t really imagine a situation where a coffeemaker like this isn’t enough for entertaining, tbh. Sure, if you have, like, 30 guests, but then you have to think in terms of catering equipment anyway.

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Our Mellita carafe is marked in 2, 4, and 6 cup increments. The 4 cup line is enough for two 250-300ml mugs, which is what we normally make.

My great-grandmother’s willow pattern cups, well over 100 years old, are tiny by today’s standards. I would guess they are about 125ml.

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It’s true here as well, if you’re talking about sets from the ‘50s or earlier.

We use the sweet little cups for serving pudding, ice cream, etc. when we’re not using them for espresso.

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Entertaining, around here, means they’re staying for the weekend or even week, not that I throw formal dinner parties!

4 ounces is fine for an after-dinner coffee; not so great for “we’ve got a full day ahead of us, so where’s the coffee?”!

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Provides you with a pot of tea on waking, if the ten minutes of huffing, puffing and wheezing haven’t woken you already. Having an ancient pressure cooker next to my head combined with ancient wiring with water vapour escaping was an “exciting*” way of starting the day. Eventually had to go, it is now used for clock and decorative purposes, although the pot is sometimes used for nostalgia.

*Exciting in a Russian roulette kind of way.

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Also it’s apparently a goblin, which seems somehow appropriate after your description of it.

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