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Date: 06 Sep 2006 03:07:14
From: Alan
Subject: Early German domestic espresso/moka device --- any more info?
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I'm posting on alt.binaries.coffee some very poor quality pictures of an
early (1890's?) German espresso/moka device which I recently acquired. The
water was heated in the larger boiler chamber (which has a screw-in plug
with a spring-loaded safety valve very similar to those found on the
"Atomic" espresso/moka pot) by an alcohol lamp with a weighted snuffer.
When sufficient pressure was reached, the water would pass thru the pipe
into the smaller brass "sleeve" which holds a coffee basket topped with a
perforated cover. The prepared coffee would then exit through the bottom
hole into a carafe or pot placed below it. The weight of the water in the
smaller chamber (and the decrease of water in the "boiler") would cause the
balance to shift, raising the boiler, and allowing the weighted snuffer to
snuff out the no longer needed heating lamp. Pretty ingenious. Stamped on
the boiler in an oval are "H.EICKE BERLIN". Above the oval is the number
"2". Anyway, all I've found out about it so far is that H. Eicke got a
patent on it in 1878.
If anyone else has more information, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
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Date: 06 Sep 2006 13:49:47
From: Mathew Hargreaves
Subject: Re: Early German domestic espresso/moka device --- any more info?
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The Eicke brewer is a pressure pot. an alternative to the vacuum brewers
of the period. It was electrified in the 1920's in both 110 and 220 or
240. A friend has one in the scarcer 110v version. They seem to have
been fairly popular and made into the 1930's. There were four sizes
designated 1 to 4. They pop up on ebay in Germany fairly often in the
alcohol version. The electric versions are harder to find. A fun toy if
your inclined to use it occasionally.
CHEERS...Matt
Alan wrote:
>
> I'm posting on alt.binaries.coffee some very poor quality pictures of an
> early (1890's?) German espresso/moka device which I recently acquired. The
> water was heated in the larger boiler chamber (which has a screw-in plug
> with a spring-loaded safety valve very similar to those found on the
> "Atomic" espresso/moka pot) by an alcohol lamp with a weighted snuffer.
> When sufficient pressure was reached, the water would pass thru the pipe
> into the smaller brass "sleeve" which holds a coffee basket topped with a
> perforated cover. The prepared coffee would then exit through the bottom
> hole into a carafe or pot placed below it. The weight of the water in the
> smaller chamber (and the decrease of water in the "boiler") would cause the
> balance to shift, raising the boiler, and allowing the weighted snuffer to
> snuff out the no longer needed heating lamp. Pretty ingenious. Stamped on
> the boiler in an oval are "H.EICKE BERLIN". Above the oval is the number
> "2". Anyway, all I've found out about it so far is that H. Eicke got a
> patent on it in 1878.
> If anyone else has more information, I'd appreciate it.
> Thanks.
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Date: 08 Sep 2006 02:00:51
From: Alan
Subject: Re: Early German domestic espresso/moka device --- any more info?
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"Mathew Hargreaves" wrote
> The Eicke brewer is a pressure pot. an alternative to the vacuum brewers
> of the period. It was electrified in the 1920's in both 110 and 220 or
> 240. A friend has one in the scarcer 110v version. They seem to have
> been fairly popular and made into the 1930's. There were four sizes
> designated 1 to 4. They pop up on ebay in Germany fairly often in the
> alcohol version. The electric versions are harder to find. A fun toy if
> your inclined to use it occasionally.
>
> CHEERS...Matt
Thanks for the info, Matt
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