I'm having trouble using a new percolator I bought, and I'm not sure what's wrong. I was hoping there might be someone here who's a relative expert on the subject. The peroclator I have doesn't always let the water all the way through the to the spout at the top. It seems like it gets trapped in the grounds. I've tried changing certain things, but I still get inconcistent results.
I guess there's a series of questions I've got:
- How fine/coarse do you grind the beans?
- do you press the grounds at all when it's in the filter? I know you're not supposed to press the grounds down hard or anything, but are you supposed to at least give it a little pat or something?
- how hot should the stove be? I have an electric stove (which might be my problem...) and it crank it up to high.
And any general advice to avoid typical problems would be appreciated.
