The man who is said to have "patented the first true percolator" according to Erin Meister is Hanson Goodrich. Hanson Goodrich spent his entire life in Illinois; he was born September 22, 1836 in Burnt Prairie, White Co., IL and died January 16, 1908 in McLeansboro, IL (Voss, Veronica). On the 16th of August in 1889 Goodrich patented the modern coffee percolator that is still known today (Coffee Percolator Explained). It is said that he, Goodrich, believed this was an invention that "creates a liquid which will be free of all grounds and impurities". Goodrich 's percolator design was said to be able to transform any coffee pot of that time to a percolator making it the most remembered and accepted, and with this information one could infer that he played a major role in influencing modern coffee brewing systems known today. Although Hanson Goodrich was said to be the inventor of the percolator known
The man who is said to have "patented the first true percolator" according to Erin Meister is Hanson Goodrich. Hanson Goodrich spent his entire life in Illinois; he was born September 22, 1836 in Burnt Prairie, White Co., IL and died January 16, 1908 in McLeansboro, IL (Voss, Veronica). On the 16th of August in 1889 Goodrich patented the modern coffee percolator that is still known today (Coffee Percolator Explained). It is said that he, Goodrich, believed this was an invention that "creates a liquid which will be free of all grounds and impurities". Goodrich 's percolator design was said to be able to transform any coffee pot of that time to a percolator making it the most remembered and accepted, and with this information one could infer that he played a major role in influencing modern coffee brewing systems known today. Although Hanson Goodrich was said to be the inventor of the percolator known