What is percolator slang for?
Latin form from percolate. As a type of coffee-maker, by 1808. American English slang meaning house party is recorded from 1946. The name percolator is derived from the word percolate which means to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance especially for extracting a soluble constituent.Percolate comes from a Latin verb meaning ‘to put through a sieve’. Something that percolates filters through something else, just as small particles pass through a sieve. It can also mean, to prepare (coffee) in a percolator, to become lively or effervescent or to spread gradually.How does a percolator work? Percolators have two chambers: a lower chamber for the water and an upper area with a basket to house the ground coffee beans. As the water heats, it’s forced through a vertical tube that passes it over the coffee grounds before dripping back to the bottom of the pot.
Was the Percolator song in a commercial?
Classic Commercial – Maxwell House Coffee (Musical Percolator) – 60s. Percolator – Original Mix – song and lyrics by Cajmere, Green Velvet | Spotify.
What is a percolator anyway?
A coffee percolator is a type of pot used for the brewing of coffee by continually cycling the boiling or nearly boiling brew through the grounds using gravity until the required strength is reached. The grounds are held in a perforated metal filter basket. Electric percolator. Latin form from percolate. As a type of coffee-maker, by 1808. American English slang meaning house party is recorded from 1946.