By Jennifer Harris
In the 1970s and 1980s, you'd have been hard pressed to find a household that didn't have a Mr. Coffee machine in it. Introduced to the market in 1972, Mr. Coffee was the first drip coffee maker specifically made for home use. Joe DiMaggio, former baseball star, was the first spokesperson for the brand.
Before the automatic drip coffee maker, people would perk their coffee on the stovetop with a percolator. Later models of percolator machines were electric and could be plugged in. The Mr. Coffee machine is an electric machine.
To get a great tasting cup of coffee, one only had to fill the water reservoir, put coffee in a coffee filter, put the filter in the basket and turn the machine on. Hot water dripped from the reservoir onto the coffee grounds in the basket, brewing coffee as it trickled through the grounds. At the end of its journey, the coffee dripped from the filter down into a pot, where it was ready to be served.
Wildly popular all over the United States, Mr. Coffee has become a bit of a cultural icon. Besides having Joe DiMaggio pitching the brand, years later the machine would be referenced in dozens of movies, songs, short stories and poems.
One of the most famous references to Mr. Coffee was in the Back to the Future trilogy. In the movies, instead of Mr. Coffee, it was called Mr. Fusion. Ironically, the machine in the movie wasn't an actual Mr. Coffee machine, but a modified Krups coffee maker.
In the movie Spaceballs, Mr. Coffee is prominently featured, and the DVD version even has another parody reference, called Mr. DVD. In terms of popular music, Mr. Coffee was mentioned in the Bloodhound Gang's hit song, The Bad Touch. The machine was also in the Tom Hank's movie, Apollo 13.
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Don't Throw Out Your Old Coffee! Make A Delicious Drink
I still brew a new pot of coffee everyday, but now I stretch my dollar by saving some of the coffee that would otherwise be dumped down the drain. I used to waste lots of coffee by making a new pot of coffee each morning. Then the next day I would dump the old pot of coffee and make a new one. What can I say I like the great taste of good gourmet coffee. The bitter taste of old coffee wasnt doing it for me. Then one day I had a good idea, I decided to start saving my coffee to make a cold coffee drink later. Since I dont like to drink hot coffee in the middle of a hot summer day, the iced coffee drink worked out perfectly.
Here is what I do to make my iced coffee drink, it cuts down on wasted coffee and saves you money in the long run.
When the coffee has cooled off, pour the coffee into a mason jar. Then put the mason jar filled with cooled coffee in the refrigerator. Now when your looking for a nice cool drink to quench your thirst during the middle of the day, you can make an iced coffee drink.
Here is how I make my iced coffee drink:
Put ice in a glass,
Fill the glass about 3/4 full with your left over coffee,
Add your favorite flavored coffee creamer to taste
Stir it up and enjoy your iced coffee
Also try blending the cold coffee up in a blender with ice cream, its delicious.
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Here is what I do to make my iced coffee drink, it cuts down on wasted coffee and saves you money in the long run.
When the coffee has cooled off, pour the coffee into a mason jar. Then put the mason jar filled with cooled coffee in the refrigerator. Now when your looking for a nice cool drink to quench your thirst during the middle of the day, you can make an iced coffee drink.
Here is how I make my iced coffee drink:
Put ice in a glass,
Fill the glass about 3/4 full with your left over coffee,
Add your favorite flavored coffee creamer to taste
Stir it up and enjoy your iced coffee
Also try blending the cold coffee up in a blender with ice cream, its delicious.
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Tired of bitter coffee? You might be buying stale coffee... read full article at
http://www.idahoroasting.com/content1.asp?id=15
For more coffee facts, articles and trivia visit
http://www.idahoroasting.com/education.asp
Eric Gard
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Eric_B_Gard
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