Goodrich's design could transform any standard coffee pot of the day into a stove-top percolator. Many drinkers disliked the coffee brewed by the common household percolator. In 1880, Hanson Goodrich invented the coffee percolator. Coffee was, until the late 1950s, brewed by hand or made in a percolator. In a coffee percolator the airlift principle is used to circulate the coffee. As a result, coffee brewed with a percolator is particularly susceptible to over-extraction. A coffee percolator would provide constantly hot coffee, and would rival the best-selling Goblin Teasmade. The world's first coffee percolator was launched at the end of 1952. Additionally, the process left wet grounds in the percolator basket. His now-legendary Maxwell House "Percolator" TV commercial was one of these first innovations. An Illinois farmer named Hanson Goodrich is generally credited with patenting the modern percolator. A vertical tube leads from this chamber to the top of the percolator. Beginning November 15, 1909, a monthly newsletter, "The Percolator", informed members of activities and events. The song "Percolator" peaked at No. 48 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.