Is a coffee pot required to be kashered by hagala? Source?
thanks.
Coffee pot
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Chaim613
, Jan 12 2012 11:58 PM
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#2
Posted 13 January 2012 - 01:24 PM
Depends: What happened to your coffee pot that you think it needs to be kashered?
How something needs to be Kashered does not depend at all on what kind of utensil it is but rather (a) what it is made of and (b.) how it became treif.
So I'd need to know what your coffee post is made of, and how it became treif.
How something needs to be Kashered does not depend at all on what kind of utensil it is but rather (a) what it is made of and (b.) how it became treif.
So I'd need to know what your coffee post is made of, and how it became treif.
#3
Posted 14 January 2012 - 07:47 PM
Sorry for not specifying.
I don't know for a fact that it is treif at all. A non-Jewish neighbor was moving away and gave it to us. He told us that he could guarantee that nothing was ever boiled in it other than coffee beans... It was really nice and everyone in my house likes coffee, so we took it but have not used it yet. He's a pretty trustworthy guy, can his testimony be trusted?
The pot itself is made of glass. Would it make a difference if it was made of metal in this situation?
thanks
I don't know for a fact that it is treif at all. A non-Jewish neighbor was moving away and gave it to us. He told us that he could guarantee that nothing was ever boiled in it other than coffee beans... It was really nice and everyone in my house likes coffee, so we took it but have not used it yet. He's a pretty trustworthy guy, can his testimony be trusted?
The pot itself is made of glass. Would it make a difference if it was made of metal in this situation?
thanks
#4
Posted 29 January 2012 - 06:17 PM
You probably can't rely Halachicly on the world of your neighbor. It depends. But that's not the main issue. Even if what the neighbor is saying is true, the coffee pot is likely still not kosher. It could have been washed in the same sink (or dishwasher) as non-kosher utensils and stuff. Worst case scenario, the pot was washed in hot water together with dirty dishes and, while it was hot, got let's say pork fat and cheeseburger pieces all over it, thereby infesting your coffee pot with unkosher particles of said food items.
It's complicated. And it's also questionable whether you can kasher glass altogether with Hagalah (I am assuming that you are not Sefardi, which changes things - see Orech Chaim 451:26). There are poskim who rule that Hagalah on glass such as Pyrex and other heat-resistant glass works because the reason Hagalah would not help on glass is because a person would be afraid to rinse the utensil in cold water after it was dunked in the hot water, because he would worry that it would shatter. But the modern heat-resistant glass that they have nowadays can easily resist such treatment and that problem would not apply.
L'Maaseh, you definitely should make Hagalah on your coffee pot, the same as you would on a metal utensil.
It's complicated. And it's also questionable whether you can kasher glass altogether with Hagalah (I am assuming that you are not Sefardi, which changes things - see Orech Chaim 451:26). There are poskim who rule that Hagalah on glass such as Pyrex and other heat-resistant glass works because the reason Hagalah would not help on glass is because a person would be afraid to rinse the utensil in cold water after it was dunked in the hot water, because he would worry that it would shatter. But the modern heat-resistant glass that they have nowadays can easily resist such treatment and that problem would not apply.
L'Maaseh, you definitely should make Hagalah on your coffee pot, the same as you would on a metal utensil.