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Brand: Bodum
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$94.00~~
Buy New: $54.95
You Save: $39.05 (42%)

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

107 reviews
Sales Rank: 3977

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: Yes
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 10.3 x 7.8

MPN: 120801
Model: 1208-01
UPC: 727015100241
EAN: 0727015307107
ASIN: B00005NCX5

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Theatrical, entertaining method of brewing six 5-ounce cups of coffee
•	Made of heat-resistant glass and durable, gleaming nylon
•	Carafe with stay-cool handle and a stopper keeps coffee warm
•	Dishwasher-safe; includes coffee scoop and resting stand
•	Measures 9-1/4 by 6 by 11-1/2 inches

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•	Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Bodum Santos Vacuum Coffeemaker produces a full-bodied, flavorful pot coffee while offering a unique way to brew your favorite blend. It's a great conversation starter when entertaining, and you can brew all types of coffee with delicious results eve

Amazon.com Review
As beautiful as sculpture, as fascinating as chemistry, and as entertaining as theater, this coffeemaker from Switzerland converts the ordinary process of brewing coffee into an artful performance. And it makes six 5-ounce cups of full-flavored coffee while it entrances. The coffeemaker fits together like this: water goes into the carafe, a filter fits into the mouth of a tube in the top globe, ground coffee goes into the globe (a scoop is included), the globe fits atop the carafe with the tube extending into the carafe, and the carafe goes onto the stovetop with a trivet or heat diffuser between it and electric or gas heat. (This is all much simpler and quicker than it sounds.)

Water boils up through the tube into the globe and brews the coffee. When brewing is complete and the carafe has been taken off the stovetop and set into its accompanying sculpted trivet, the coffee drains through the filter into the carafe. The globe can then be lifted off the carafe and set on its stand, and coffee can be poured from the carafe, which has a stay-cool handle. A stopper for the carafe keeps second cups warm while the first cups are sipped. Fully assembled, the coffee maker stands 11-1/2 inches high. It's made of heat-resistant glass and durable, gleaming nylon, and all parts are dishwasher-safe. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews: Read 102 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Coffee Yes / Stovetop Maybe April 5, 2008
I had a siphon-coffee pot years ago, the kind with the glass rod. It and percolators went by the way as drip coffee makers became the trend. When I read about the new fad of siphon coffee, I was as interested out of nostalgia as much as anything. After ordering the Bodum Santos Stovetop Glass Vacuum Coffee Maker, I experimented and compared, and found that the newer version of the siphon coffee maker makes a superior cup of coffee as compared to my very expensive Krups coffee maker. The spring loaded filter system did a much better job of filtering than the old glass rod types. My only complaint is that the handle is not stovetop safe and has warped from the heat. It will eventually have to be replaced and I'm not sure if that is possible or if I will have to buy another pot.

4 out of 5 stars

Very Good-But nothing new in design or concept March 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

My grandparents, the good swedish coffee drinkers they were taught me to make coffee in this way when I was 7 yrs old(the 50's)-but the "old" pots were made of metal back then. I believe this design/method dates back to the late 1800's. I have looked for this type of coffee maker almost all my adult life and now finally some one has breathed life into an old design. Makes very good coffee. My other choice of excellent coffee brewing is using a Chemex. I think the Chemex does a slightly better job due to being able to control the water temp along with their filters. But this still makes an excellent brew-for those who care greatly about coffee.

5 out of 5 stars

I love this coffee maker! November 21, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I'm not all that picky when it comes to the quality of my coffee, but even I have to admit that this product makes really good coffee. I actually use it more often to make tea, using loose tea leaves instead of coffee grounds - it works perfectly for making either beverage. I love that this coffee maker goes straight onto the stove rather than plugging into a wall, and it's fascinating to watch everything happen through the clear glass. It's very easy to use. It's an elegant piece of kitchen equipment too, so I don't mind having it out on my counter all the time.

Some reviewers have commented about the fragility of this product, but I've used it daily for months and haven't had a single problem. I'm very clumsy and the box was mangled when it arrived too, so I can't imagine how you could easily break this coffeepot. I've dropped it in my sink, knocked it against the counter, or dropped it hard onto the burner several times and I have yet to experience a break.

There is one minor downside to the Bodum Santos coffeemaker: because there is no heating element in the pot itself, it doesn't stay warm as long as an electric coffeepot would. However, you can keep it hot for quite a while if you put the lid on the carafe after it finishes brewing. I think it's a small price to pay for a coffeemaker that works so well and makes such excellent drinks. I haven't used my electric coffeemaker once since my Santos arrived because it just doesn't make coffee as well.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this product to anyone who wants to make a good cup of coffee at home. I couldn't be happier with my purchase and I know I'll enjoy this coffeemaker for a long time.

5 out of 5 stars

This thing rocks November 12, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

It makes the cleanest and purest coffee I have ever tasted. I also use a Moka pot, A french press, and a drip and only the press rivals the taste of this vacuum pot. To those who had failures and could not get it apart, I have no idea what you are doing wrong, there is little to go wrong. FIll the lower pot, put on the upper pot with grinds in it, heat it, watch the water infuse the grinds,, remove from heat and let it go back down. What is there to go wrong?
If it fails to go back to the lower pot there must have been a vacuum leak, pull it apart and let gravity do it, or just stick something in it and dislodge the filter if you are in a hurry. There is no vacuum up top so how the coffee got "stuck" up there defeats all I know about physics, just dump the stuff into the sink if it fails to go back through the filter; it is pretty simple. If it doesn't work for you I'd call it user error, try again, If you can boil water this should pose no problem
I have used it 100s of times with not one failure.

2 out of 5 stars

Not for everyone September 13, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Well I had really high hopes when I got this for Christmas... and even before I tried it for the first time I read through all of these ratings and followed what many were saying are the 'tricks'. I have had it now for over half a year and tried to use it probably about 10 times and have yet to get a pot to brew correctly. Every single time to filter clogs, not allowing but only 1/4 or so of the coffee to come back down. I have set my coffee grinder to max coarse all these times, and no I dont store my beans in freezer or refigerator. I make sure the rubber seal is seated good and I have also tried overfilling the lower carafe with water per suggestion here. I have also put it back on the heat momentarily to try to unclog it, but it still will only drain down maybe an inch at most after removing.

I must say I am somewhere between an average Joe and a coffee connoisseur, but I really dont think this is priced at connoisseur pricing, I mean I have spent about $50 on good auto drippers and electric percs. My favorite is the manual maker right over the mug that was like $5, where I can control all aspects of the brew, and much quicker and less hassle than the Santos (but not a very good show piece). Perhaps I need a new grinder? I am pretty sure mine is a burr mill, it wasnt cheap. Maybe I need more expensive coffee? I am already using stuff that costs about 5X what the cheap stuff is and refuse to pay any more or have to special order it or something. I mostly enjoy the flavor of some organic 'breakfast blend' from a local shop. I am quiet happy with my auto-drip, my electric perc, my manual perk, my manual drip... if only this coffee maker could do what my others could do without all the fuss and ruined pots of coffee. It might be that you need to have the upmost quality of beans and precision grinder... I dont really know since I cant get it to work. But any coffee maker with such requirements I could not recommend to most people or rate very high. Sorry for the 2 stars, I am sure this brewer may work for some people though, just a smaller group of people than you'd think. Either that or mine just doesnt work.

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