Original sentence: 1800, was a two-level pot holding coffee in an upper compartment into which water was poured, to drain through holes in the bottom of the compartment into the coffee pot below.Around the same time, the French developed the "pumping percolator," in which boiling water in a bottom chamber forces itself up a tube and then trickles (percolates) through the ground coffee back into the bottom chamber.The first modern method for making coffee —  drip brewing — is more than 125 years old, and its design had changed little
Edited sentence: 1800, was a two-level pot, holding coffee in an upper compartment into which water was poured and percolated through the coffee, pouring through holes in the bottom of the compartment into the coffee pot below.At the same time, the French also developed the "pumping percolator".Boiling water in a chamber forces itself up a tube and then down into coffee grounds, set over a pot.The best method for making coffee was more than 125 years old, and its design had changed little