Customer Reviews

Cuisinart PRC-4 Classic 4-Cup Percolator, Stainless/ Black

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I hadn't used an old-fashioned percolator-type coffee maker for many, many years. I mainly bought this one to take on a cruise (cruise ship coffee is undrinkable sludge)and gave it a couple of dry runs over the weekend. It couldn't be easier to use, and made four (small) cups of great coffee in the same time it took to brew a full pot in our $200 Capresso machine. Its size is perfect for packing away and using in a hotel room or cruise ship cabin, for a dorm room, office or anywhere else where space is limited.

Top portion of pot is not well attached to base; after a few months use they separated, had to glue them back together. The advertised "glass" bubble on top is made of plastic, broke off soon after the base separated. Probably costs them a couple of bucks each to manufacture these pots in China, then they sell for $50.

I like 2 or 3 cups of hot coffee in the morning only. I like to hear the percolator and smell the coffee. The size is right for me, the coffee is excellent, and I like the shape of the pot. The electrical parts work fine. I recomend it; if you want a small amount of good coffee.

Works fine, satifies my need but only my wife can clean it. My hand is too big to get down into it to clean.

I bought mine at a second hand store. Was searching online for a solution & thought I might as well share my experience here. The pot looked new and I love percolated coffee. I own two 10 cup Pyrex electrics and two clear glass stove top percolators. All of them make a smooth, rich cup of coffee. The electrics are a lot easier to manage.

My Cuisinart 4 cup heats the coffee too much during percolation, and that causes the coffee to be bitter. I can see the water frothing in the little plastic sight glass. Preserved Killick survived storm and battle, but nearly lost his life at the hands of Captain Jack Aubrey because he boiled the coffee. I agree with the good Captain and humbly disagree with Louis L'Amour's cowboys. Boiling a pot of coffee is a crime. Can the temperature can be adjusted on this machine?

On the plus side, the PRC-4 is easy to set up, makes the coffee quickly and easy to clean. If I could just cool it down a bit.

My base fell off, too, many months ago. I tried gluing mine back on too just to wind up with glue all over the base. I think the only reason my plastic bubble is still intact is that my experience with plastic tops on percolators gave me the knowledge not to pull it without adding leverage by lifting the side at the same time.

I loved it so much, I stuck it in a closet hoping to replace it some day and using the old one for spare parts, but after reading these other posts, I'll try the 4 cup Farberware instead and chalk this up as yet another cheaply-made, overpriced, modern-day Cuisinart product.

First, I'm a real coffee hound, and very fussy about my coffee...use a lot of different blends and brands just for fun. Short learning curve if you've not used a percolator b/f or for a while; works better with the lid on the basket, for instance, ha,ha! Also, I lost the coffee measure when I opened the box...hope it turns up someday. Uses more coffee per cup (I think) than my old so-called 10 cup drip, and took me 3 pots to resolve that issue. Once I did, tho, what a STUPENDOUS cup of coffee! Rich, full-bodied and all that stuff.

Makes Good coffee.

Makes Good coffee Quick.

That's all I need.

Very Happy.
BUT,
My cat knocked my PRC-4 off the shelf.
Fell about 5 feet to the floor.
Still made quick coffee, but very weak.
Ordered another one from Amazon.
Number 2 made coffee quick,
but too weak to drink.
Same coffee,
Same bottled water,
Same amount of water and coffee.
Doesn't seem to percolate long enough.
Now have about a hundred dollars of watering pots.