Our coffee pot had finally given up the ghost. So while we were at Pete's picking up our regular order of Major Dickason's, we saw this coffee pot on sale and decided it would be a good substitute. However after getting it home I found that there was absolutely no way to pour coffee from the pot or water into the holding tank without making a terrible mess. We tried pouring slowly, we tried pouring faster, thinking user error was the blame. But it all got me thinking back to a summer when I was eight and my Sister Jennifer read aloud to us, as we traveled cross country from her book, The Arms of Krups. Apparently they were a family that produced the armaments for the Germans in WWII. After the war the company was forced to produce nothing more explosive than these coffee pots and other household items. I now believe that their antagonism for us is still as strong today as it was then. I can only assume that they may think : 'Ah Ha! If we produce these coffee pots, it will drive the Americans crazy. They will waste countless hours cleaning up the mess and they will waste precious resources. It will make them question their ability to do even the simplest task. It would be another small victory, over our oppressors.' That may not be true, but after using this coffee pot, it is something worth considering. We returned it to Pete's and I purchased a Kitchen Aid. Made in China. uh o!
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