I should have known this coffee pot would be no good just by the photo. Tea pots I have bought have the same fatal flaw. It's the design-they have designed it to be two piece for no good reason that I can think of. Pots are one piece-so, I know the steel can be shaped as one piece.
I have been drinking instant coffee-tased good  to me. Actually, my daughter after tasting the instant coffee was surprised at how good it tasted-as my brother. But, I started to mull over the healthiness of instant coffee. I decided brewed coffee might be healthier and tastier.
So, I went out and bought organic coffee-pre ground and proceeded to find a method to brew that would be reasonably priced and still be healthy.
I'd thrown out my mr. coffee machine, because it was plastic a while ago-can't be healthy.
I'd read reviewers stating the cap of the farberware pot was not actually glass but plastic-so, i bought the glass top seperately,even though the attachment base was aluminum-which causes altzheimers.
I could hardly contain myself when the coffee pot came in and followed directions-washed all the items with soapy water,
changed the plastic cap, added the coffee & water,etc. It didn't smell like I thought the coffee should but ok-I tasted it and it was awful.
Angry at myself, at the pot,etc. I repacked it and having prime ,it would cost me nothing to return it but the labor.
But, it bothered me-why was it so awful-then it dawned on me, the awful design.
There is a bubble on the bottom of the pot. I took the coffee pot out and examined it. Saw the bubbled out bottom and used a Q-tip to reach into that small space on the bottom rim. Wiped the Q-tip round part of the rim and LO and behold, it was filthy, The entire bubbled out rim was filthy.
They must polish the steel but not the indentation or the polishing residue ends up there. I was actually expecting rust  to be there, as some of the teapots had.
The Q-tip sort of worked but even if it did,I could not see what was in there-so, I repacked it.
But it bothered me, so, I showed it to someone else to get there opinion-I really wanted the coffee pot.
I changed the cap, again-added the coffee and water-am standing by the pot after the gas is lit and wait for it to boil.
The pot starts to drip dirty water from the bottom seam. It was that charcoal gray stuff-2 large drops went on the white ceramic of the stove. Inside the water seemed clear.
Pretty unbelievable,even my cheap teakettles did not drip -let alone filthy gray water.
The water drip cleared up,after i changed the water and tried, again. It still leaked once i lit the gas stove, a bit -it boilled on the side.
I am blaming the designer(s) of these two piece coffe and tea kettles, not the manufacturers.
There lousy design is poisening us. Maybe, the designers and manufacturers are one and the same.
For $19., I should still get a non poisenous,working coffee pot but I would pay more.
How much can it cost to make it a one piece unit-like a normal pot?
How much more can it cost to have a glass top with stainless steel instead of aluminum base attachment to hold it in place,and not  a small plastic top?
I should have known this coffee pot would be no good just by the photo. Tea pots I have bought have the same fatal flaw. It's the design-they have designed it to be two piece for no good reason that I can think of. Pots are one piece-so, I know the steel can be shaped as one piece. I have been drinking instant coffee-tased good  to me. Actually, my daughter after tasting the instant coffee was surprised at how good it tasted-as my brother. But, I started to mull over the healthiness of instant coffee. I decided brewed coffee might be healthier and tastier. So, I went out and bought organic coffee-pre ground and proceeded to find a method to brew that would be reasonably priced and still be healthy. I'd thrown out my mr. coffee machine, because it was plastic a while ago-can't be healthy. I'd read reviewers stating the cap of the farberware pot was not actually glass but plastic-so, i bought the glass top seperately,even though the attachment base was aluminum-which causes altzheimers. I could hardly contain myself when the coffee pot came in and followed directions-washed all the items with soapy water,
changed the plastic cap, added the coffee & water,etc. It didn't smell like I thought the coffee should but ok-I tasted it and it was awful. Angry at myself, at the pot,etc. I repacked it and having prime ,it would cost me nothing to return it but the labor. But, it bothered me-why was it so awful-then it dawned on me, the awful design. There is a bubble on the bottom of the pot. I took the coffee pot out and examined it. Saw the bubbled out bottom and used a Q-tip to reach into that small space on the bottom rim. Wiped the Q-tip round part of the rim and LO and behold, it was filthy, The entire bubbled out rim was filthy. They must polish the steel but not the indentation or the polishing residue ends up there. I was actually expecting rust  to be there, as some of the teapots had. The Q-tip sort of worked but even if it did,I could not see what was in there-so, I repacked it. But it bothered me, so, I showed it to someone else to get there opinion-I really wanted the coffee pot. I changed the cap, again-added the coffee and water-am standing by the pot after the gas is lit and wait for it to boil. The pot starts to drip dirty water from the bottom seam. It was that charcoal gray stuff-2 large drops went on the white ceramic of the stove. Inside the water seemed clear. Pretty unbelievable,even my cheap teakettles did not drip -let alone filthy gray water. The water drip cleared up,after i changed the water and tried, again. It still leaked once i lit the gas stove, a bit -it boilled on the side. I am blaming the designer(s) of these two piece coffe and tea kettles, not the manufacturers. There lousy design is poisening us. Maybe, the designers and manufacturers are one and the same. For $19. , I should still get a non poisenous,working coffee pot but I would pay more. How much can it cost to make it a one piece unit-like a normal pot? How much more can it cost to have a glass top with stainless steel instead of aluminum base attachment to hold it in place,and not  a small plastic top?