Serious life important question and Google has no idea what I'm on about.....Whistling Coffee maker?

[Boxerfan]

Every day-or almost every day. When I make my coffee-percolator old school grounds in basket boil for 13 minutes. I set the timer & walk off. Distracted & maybe in another room I fail to hear the beeping stove timer and I boil over into the spill tray etc....

If I had $ for a stove that turned itself off I wouldn't ask.

Is there a whistling percolator?. Actual percolator I can use store bought ground coffee in that whistles when the water boils?. Water kettles that whistle abound. I use one often. But that's not how I make my coffee.


Is 2022 that bereft of innovations that matter-oh the pain what a world (Zachary Smith without coffee).

I honestly did a search & nada zip.

[Harker]

1. Maybe an answer lies in a portable timer.

One that is loud enough to overcome distance and distraction.

[Boxerfan]

4. Thanks-I have actually started doing that.

When I remember that is....

I'm also a mechanical watch tinker'r. I have a parking timer and stopwatches but they didn't make a wind up countdown wrist alarm timer that I'm aware of. But I'm sure someone did it at some time.

I use the old kitchen windup timer and just try to put it in earshot..

[Harker]

6. Sure thing...

I use an old mechanical kitchen timer to keep track of our dryer, which has a broken timer.

Stove timers can be pretty wispy voiced, and I often need a pretty harsh clang to jolt me back to reality.

I had a porcelain tea kettle once, without a whistle. I intended to be mindful, but it didn't last long. The "alarm" was the sound of its shards ricocheting around the kitchen after the contents boiled off.

[tblue37]

2. Is this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Original-Whistler-Diner-style-Whistling/dp/B00UDN4LPO

[Lochloosa]

3. Is it an electric percolator or stove top. If electric get one of these.

Digital Infinite Repeat Cycle Timer Plug with 24 Hour Daily on-Off Programs and Countdown for Electrical Outlets, Lights, Hydroponic Pumps (120V, 15A) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P76KLF9/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_5RFDYEFYGG3EFC7FZ1V9

[Boxerfan]

5. Stove top percolator.

The whistle pot is just a water kettle fancified. Can't put grounds in it unless you like your coffee chewy.

[Boxerfan]

7. I smell an opportunity to design / build & manufacture one......

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"How hard can it be?"

And if I was at all savy I could crowd fund it and you tube promises galore.....


Yummy milkshake.

Edit: In that I have no way of following through. It is a good idea IMHO-Win one for the boomers!

So go ahead-Drink my milkshake!.