Rowenta flask

This may be a close-to-irrelevant post, but I can say that I haven't had a problem with a plastic taste with my Rowenta thermal carafes. But I bought mine in the 1980s, when Rowenta was marketing in the U.S. (they haven't sold coffeemakers here for many years -- partly because they had a lawsuit about coffeemakers catching fire, though mine lasted almost 20 years with no problems).

I mostly used my Rowenta with Chemex (glass) coffee carafes, which obviously precluded a plastic taste, but the thermal carafe worked fine when I needed it. What I don't know is whether my carafes are similar in materials to yours. Unfortunately, the coffeemaker is no longer at its best, and I'd apparently have to fly to Europe to replace it -- where I could only get one that would need to be stepped down to US voltage. Too bad, because I like the design -- very simple, but very effective.

Garry

| This may be a close-to-irrelevant post, but I can say that I haven't | had a problem with a plastic taste with my Rowenta thermal carafes. | But I bought mine in the 1980s, when Rowenta was marketing in the U.S. | (they haven't sold coffeemakers here for many years -- partly because | they had a lawsuit about coffeemakers catching fire, though mine | lasted almost 20 years with no problems).

I think that was a recall, not a lawsuit. I think Rowenta's problem here was just bad marketing leading to low sales. Then - at some point - they were bought by Group SEB, who markets many competing lines and no doubt decided that there was no point in competing against itself in the US.

Until quite recently they made an interesting tamp-free espresso machine, with a lateral-insertion portafilter.

- David R.

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