gloria.p wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
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>> My parents used to have a Pyrex vacuum coffee pot. It looked like
>> something the Jetsons would use. From what I remember -- that was a
>> long time ago -- it made the best coffee of all. But maybe that was
>> just the novelty of it.
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> Those were a major status symbol (IME favored by engineers and
> professorial types) long before Yuppies existed.
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> Can't remember who made the original (Pyrex, maybe?) but you
> can still buy them. Google "vacuum coffee pot" and look at the
> "Santos" model. It'll bring back memories.


They were quite common in restaurants in the late 60s.