Fazekas Éva: A fekete leves, a kávéfőzés története, időszaki kiállítás, 2010. április 23 - 2010. október 25, a Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, a Magyar Műszaki és Közlekedési Múzeum és a Fazekas & Kimmel Gyűjtemény közös időszaki kiállítása (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, 2010)

Éva Fazekas-József Kimmel: POTS, FLASKS AND PERCOLATORS

Réz szűrőkanna egy kerek füllel, 19. sz. eleje, F&K gyűjtemény Copper filter pot with round ear, early 19

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h century, F&K collection Although coffee prepared in the filter pot tasted better, metal being of good heat conductivity, coffee - in general - cooled to a lukewarm temperature until consumption. Therefore tin and copper pots had to be re-heated on the kitchen range, in order to avoid this, types standing on legs and equipped with alcohol burners below them came to the forefront in the case of pots destined for the dining-room table. This solving had the drawback that, due to direct heating, coffee lost some of its flavour. In order to resolve this problem, the two parts of the filter pot were isolated from each other, it was this way that the Henger alakú szűrőkanna, 1

9. sz. első fele, F&K gyűjtemény Filter pot of cylindrical shape, early I9

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h century, F&K collection invention of the plumber Hadrott came into being in 1806. This filter pot filtered the coffee without having its flavour evaporated. As it is, it had a double wall, contained a stronger filter, and was provided with a perforated device for compacting, which remained in the pot when water was poured into it. With this pot it could be achieved that the water wetted the milling product in a uniform way. Hadrott's technical solving was improved by a very versatile American. Benjamin Thompson was born in Woburn (Massachusetts) in 1753. He started his career as 86