Hi folks,
I wonder if anyone has every tried to extend the glass tube in a cory-type vacuum pot in order to leave less water in the bottom. I ask because I recently picked up a 'vintage' cory pot that it is an 8-cup brewer. I rarely brewer more than a couple of cups. The glass tube comes down to about 1/2 inch of the bottom and hence leaves about 1/2 or 3/4 of a cup in the bottom.
Is there an easy way to jury-rig some sort of extension so that the tube gets closer to the bottom? Or do I mostly need a smaller capacity brewer?
Thanks,
Edward

At 3:08 PM -0700 7/29/04, Edward Spiegel wrote:
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I think you need a smaller brewer. The gap is there in order to leave 
enough water to guarantee that you won't boil it dry and crack the 
glass, and of course makes little difference when you're making a 
fairly full pot.
Best,
	David
-- 
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by 
men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding."
Justice Louis Brandeis

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Ed,
Don't worry about the water left in the bottom pot, this is by design.
It keeps a water seal at the bottom of the tube and to help make sure
that the bottom pot does not boil dry during the brew process.
--Dave #364

I've heard of people using a section of silicon or other food grade type
heat resistant tubing on the end of the glass tube lower section.. I
almost triedthis once, but then I got my hands on a Hario '5 cup' and
haven't looked back at my Santos unless I'm making more than 2 cups at
once, which I rarely ever do.
Mike
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