A percolator is a special coffee pot. Water heats, rises through a tube, and falls back down through the coffee again and again until the drink is strong. You can hear it bubbling.

A percolator一個percolator is a special coffee pot是一種特別的咖啡壺。Water水 heats加熱後，rises through a tube順著一根管子往上升，and falls back down through the coffee再往下穿過咖啡粉，again and again一次又一次，until the drink is strong直到咖啡變濃為止。You can hear it bubbling你可以聽到它咕嚕咕嚕作響

It was once very common in American kitchens; grandparents often had one on the stove. Though actually, it is not a moka pot (the little Italian stove-top pot), and it is not a drip machine.

It它 was once very common以前在美國廚房裡很常見 in American kitchens；grandparents祖父母那一輩 often had one常常在爐子上放一台 on the stove。Though actually不過其實，it is not a moka pot它不是摩卡壺 (the little Italian stove-top pot那種義大利小型爐上咖啡壺)，and而且 it is not a drip machine也不是滴濾機

Coffee from a percolator can turn bitter if it keeps running too long. In Taiwan you see them less often than drip machines or pour-over kits, so the English word is useful: the Chinese name is not something everyone says every day.

Coffee from a percolator用percolator煮出來的咖啡 can turn bitter可能會變苦，if it keeps running too long如果煮太久的話。In Taiwan在台灣，you see them less often比較少見到它們 than drip machines or pour-over kits比起滴濾機或手沖壺，so所以 the English word is useful這個英文字很有用：the Chinese name中文名稱 is not something everyone says every day不是大家每天都會說的