Siphon coffee, also known as vacuum coffee, is a fairly recent idea, especially if you ask the younger generations. However, those who have been reading up on this method of preparing coffee will tell you that the idea has been around for two centuries, if not longer. A walk down the archives shows us that the very first vacuum coffee maker patent was put down by someone known only as Loeff, who appears to have been a resident of the city of Berlin in Germany. This took place in the 1830’s. Despite the efforts of this individual, the very first commercial siphon coffee maker was attributed to a French woman known as Marie
Fanny Amelne Massot.

What is siphon coffee?

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A siphon coffee maker is a beautiful work of art that lets you make delicious coffee. Maintaining with correct cleaning it is a must in order to make sure that you continue to receive the same high quality taste.

Cleaning a siphon coffee maker is fairly easy. The methods vary a little bit depending on the kind of coffee maker you have, but they are all pretty simple.

First things first, remember to switch off and remove the plug of the brewer, dry your hands, and let the container cool down.

If yours has a glass container, just rinse it with water and give the upper chamber a sponge soap scrub and you’re good to go. Run water from the bottom to the top globe through the syphon, the water will flow through cleaning it nicely. Leave it with the syphon tube in the stand that most vacuum brewers come with, and it’s done. As for the bottom chamber, a dish soap and long brush with bristles at the end, such as one for washing a bottle work best. Some people put theirs in the dishwasher too, but I wouldn’t really recommend this.

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