Use bottled water for your coffee maker.

it did take about 35 ~40 min BUT that's faster than my slow drip pot for more coffee. I have not found any great coffee to put in it for a while to make a difference either. So it's all just OK. Been really hiring coffee hard since going low carb it's water unseat tea or coffee.

Get a better water system .... something ain't right

They do. Sort of.

It's in the grind. You can't buy percolator grind anymore like you could 30 or 40 years ago. The coffee you buy now is all fine grind made for drip coffee makers. You run fine grind coffee in a percolator and it will make a tarry acidic mess that is bitter.

I buy the whole beans, and grind them myself and it makes good coffee. Or, some larger stores have a coffee grinder. Electric coffee grinders are cheap, under $20 at Wal-Mart.
The reason I still use a percolator is because it gets the coffee hotter. You make coffee in a drip maker, then pour it in a thermos bottle and it will get cooler quicker.
I can keep coffee made in a percolator hot for all day.

My Bunn will make a pot of coffee before I can even finish a cigarette. If I come in from smoking and the coffee isn't ready, that means it is time for a BUNCH of vinegar in it and then 5-6 flushes. The next morning the pot will be ready in under 4 minutes.

i hear you all i have well water also lots of mineral but good water,like was said yougotta have hot water for good brewed coffee. i have used just about every coffee makerand i like good coffee ,other than boiling the water and makeing coffee a cousinat coffee maker is what i have found the best and you will have hot coffee only bad is they cost $150 and the wife cleans it with vinegar. i realy like my coffee.

Could always go cowboy coffee, dump the coffee in add water once boiling and hot, add an egg to gather the grounds so your coffee is grounds free.