Perks instantly; makes good, strong, hot coffee using four heaping tablespoonfuls of coffee grind, plus water to the four cup mark.

So for "12 cups" electric you would use 24 tablespoons of coffee grinds, and for the 8 cup stove top you would use 8 tablespoons... 3 times the amount of coffee grinds and would make the same amount of coffee

However, it's a little more trouble to use verses a drip coffee maker, as you have to rinse out the piece that holds the coffee grinds instead of just dumping the filter with the grinds, which is kind of messy.

When I use universal coffee grinds from packaged coffee I may see some grounds in the bottom of my cup

The instructions say to use double the amount of coffee grinds per cup as the stove top one says to use (12 cups =

Seems they knew there was a problem with the perk cycle and instead of fixing it they compensated by saying to use double the amount of coffee grinds

The only issues are, coffee grinds in the coffee pot and it needs a bit more coffee than a drip pot

It needs to be replaced when the coffee comes out weak with coffee grinds.

For me any brand of coffee grind works well

I am having trouble with the coffee ground basket

Unfortunately they aren't made as well as the older one I

I like the coffee pot a lot, its fast and gives great coffee.

I love(d) this coffee percolator.