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
Meisseni mintás karlsbadi kanna, 1900-as évek eleje, F&K gyűjtemény Karslbad pot with Meissen pattern, early 1900s, F&K collection example of the simple filter pots. The complete Karlsbad type pot consisted of a bellied lower part with lip and ear, in which finally the coffee flowed down, and in which the upper cylindrical part was placed. The latter had, at its bottom, a filter with a tiny opening, often with double openings. The ground coffee was put onto the filter, and compacted with a device similar to a meat beater. The "meat beater" remained in the vessel, and the hot water was poured on it. This dripped, through the compact coffee into the pot. The lid of the cylindrical part was round, in general of the form of a turban, and equally equipped with a porcelain handle. (Some vessels had, below the lid another cup, adjusted to the upper cylindrical part below the lid. At its lower rim it was circularly perforated, and thus made the vessel suited for tea drinking). When the coffee had flowed down, the lid was taken off and the cylinder containing the extracted coffee was removed, then the lid was simply put on top of the lower part, which thus acted as outlet. The filter pot was actually a link between the simple coffee pots and the later coffee machines. "Old Sheffield" After the Great French Revolution spreading of coffee pots started in England, too. The so-called "Old Sheffield" pots appeared that were often a combination of the teapot and the two-step coffee pot, in the socket of which an alcohol burner was placed. In England the filter pot did not gain popularity, people were averse to everything that was different from the English teapot, thus the urn pots remained prevailing. In addition, coffee could not successfully compete with tea consumption. In Germany and Austria and, of course, in Hungary the filter pots became widespread. Urn pots As already mentioned, we can meet, even if rarely, with vessels in the form of amphoras or urns from the late 18 th or the early 19 t h century. Their shaping can be traced back to the 1690s when the production of these forms - with outlets equipped with taps - started. Many apparatuses are reminding of Russian samovars, the superficial onlooker may sometimes even confuse them. Of course, it always has to be borne in mind that also the vessels used for coffee making were adjusted to the 89
