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Why does my coffee taste like metal?

To answer what most people respond, I am a twenty-three year old male, and am thus unlikely to be pregnant.
I was recently given a percolator for my office, and I am pleased with it, as it makes a very strong cup of coffee. However, since I am pretty young yet, I have always used modern coffee pots, and I don’t know how a cup of coffee from a percolator is supposed to taste. The unit itself is indeed stainless steel, so that might be contributing to the taste, but there is no rust of any kind.
Is it normal for coffee from a steel percolator to taste like steel? Is this harmful? What should I do (barring “throw it away and get a new one”) to get rid of the taste?

Don’t stand so close to the welders at work.

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