Into The Abyss

[delta-419]

At 0500 all one wants is a cup of the elixir of early morning life made with a slight sweetness that hides the stark reality of acidity, a cup of brew; java; etc. When I was a toddler (6) my grandmother gave me a cup of coffee with mostly cream so I could enjoy what the adults craved at breakfast. Fast forward on the bridge of DE252 at the midwatch, black java was a life saver! In southern Louisiana when I was in school in Baton Rouge the Cajun coffee never changed color when cream was added to it. Local folks said it was "no good unless your spoon would stand straight up in the cup". When I was in Germany, my secretary made 2 pots of #2 bunker fuel daily. We drank it all!
Today, my beloved Keurig gave up the ghost, its water pump died. What to do at 5am? My wife and I were avid tent campers and coffee was always a part of out campfire. My cowboy coffee pot! Stored away for 25 years to the rescue! Tomorrow we will make it to Sam's Club for a new coffee maker
Do you drink coffee!!!!?

 

[Erich]

Good thinking.
I've also got at least half a dozen mechanisms for brewing coffee around here - last time a pot went down, I just switched to another one.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Purty fancy fire pit ya got there. Must not be hot yet, I don't see no flames...

 

[Baxter6551]

The Keurig doesn't seem to last long lucky to get 3-4 years out of one in my experience. Based on the model I see in your pic think you got more than that.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In our hosehold it is a BUNN coffee maker and camping is a real fire drip coffee maker. They may still be made, but I have never seen one in a store! So, every time I see one at a yard sale, I'll pay a couple of bucks and pick up a spare.

I only keep one spare, and give my surplus to other camping families that are in such a need!

When the power fails to the point of "Your On Your Own!", A two burner Coleman stove is set on the electric unit, and our faithful "dripper" saves the day.

Camping Coffee tip: We use filters in our Bunn and Mr. Coffee before that. I have a round Tupperware container that I place pre-measured filters in for the quickest return to the warm bed on chilly mornings!

If I have a good-sized campfire the night before, I rekindle that fire. If wet, I use the Coleman fuel stove. Seems to be about the same amount of time to get boiling water.

As a kid, my parents drank Kroger Instant Coffee (not that new fangled Freeze-dried stuff) Once my wife introduced me to fresh perked coffee, I was hooked. Since I couldn't perk coffee while back packing, I drank tea rather than go back to instant! (I tried making my own "Coffee Bags", but that never worked out!)

Our daughter has gone "The Way of the Pod" for her coffee, both at home and while camping. So she has a kitchen Keurig and a Camper Keurig. So I have tasted them. Not my thing, but my wife loves it.

Ivan

 

[JohnRippert]

When I retired my previous Mr Coffee Jr it was still functioning. So it sits in the box the new one came in. I also have a Pyrex percolator if necessary.

 

[jeffsmith]

The Coffee Cup my Daughter gave me

 

[snowman]

Do you drink coffee!!!!?

No sir, I don't. I really enjoy the smell of it, but find the taste peculiarly objectionable. I've always found it somewhat mysterious that so many people like it..........black. If I were to load it down with milk and sugar it would be tolerable; otherwise it would be an acquired taste which would take unacceptably long to acquire -and then I still probably wouldn't like it.

Pardon the verbosity,
Andy

 

[robvious]

when I was really little... EVERYONE on the farm drank coffee.. period... so grandma made the little ones coffee milk... mostly milk & sugar... when asked when I started drinking coffee I say I don't remember NOT drinking coffee... my mother claimed about age 2 was the rule... coming up on 55 years now of drinking the morning elixir... my baby son stopped drinking formula all of a sudden... tried whole milk.. spit it out... tried sugar milk... spit it out... wife, that doesn't drink coffee, was told to look away... added a splash of coffee to the sugar milk and he sucked it down.. held out the sippy cup and said "MOE"... mother-in-law was horrified when she found out... lol... so to finally answer the question... yup, I like coffee.
I even eat chocolate covered coffee beans...

 

[lihpster]

I have probably 7 or 8 different coffee making dohickeys. At home I use the keurig type or a Mr. Coffee, if I want a pot. Camping is usually a simple pour over drip system that makes decent coffee and packs really small. I have one of the Coleman drip makers that goes on a campstove, but unless I'm making coffee for a crowd, I'd rather not haul it around.

 

[peterGun]

I use a french press, one in use and two backups.

I use and electric grinder with and manual crank job as backup.

Several ways to heat water.

Bottom line, I’m drinking coffee regardless of what’s happening.


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[Rustyt1953]

We just had a long thread recently about coffee making and my main takeaway was that all those who like and drink coffee have figured out how to make it to their satisfaction.

They all found their own lanes.

 

[AJ]

When I was in the Corps, it was not unusual to drink 10-15 cups a day. When I was assigned as a Maintenance/Material Control Chief that count went to 30-40 cups for a 12-16 hour shift. Now that I am a normal person, I am down to 1-2 cups in the morning.

 

[Maddog 521]

My son is coming to visit and he's a retired Navy Chief. I'm going to get out the old 12 cup percolator while he's here and see if it'll keep up with him. Good times indeed

 

[Doug M.]

We used to use a 55 cup coffee maker for family gatherings.

BTW: The correct answer to a 5AM problem is about 7 more hours of sleep.

 

[tops]

BTW: The correct answer to a 5AM problem is about 7 more hours of sleep.

Great minds think alike.
Larry

 

[cmj8591]

I was lucky to get 6 months out of a Keurig brand machine. They are junk. The last machine I bought was a Cuisinart and it's been running full speed for the last year and a half.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I must have missed the Keurig junk memo as mine has been faithfully delivering its daily arabica goodness for over 5 years.

 

[AJ]

I posted this on another thread:

My best coffee experience was at MCAS Rose Garden, Thailand. We had a 100 cup coffee maker in the shop. The junior troops were assigned to make coffee for each shift (12 hours). One night about 0200, I heard an animal sounding sound. Our hanger and work space bordered on the jungle at the time. I searched the shop for the critter and when I got close to the coffee maker it made that sound. I touched it and the maker was warm. As I opened the lid, coffee grounds came spitting out. I hollered who made the coffee? A L/Cpl said "I did", so I questioned him. Seems he had filled the percolator basket to the top with grounds. Now a 100 cup coffee maker has a three step basket. The lowest is for the grounds, the next is for the expansion of the wet grounds and the top level is for the hot water to drip back through making the coffee. We were issued coffee in 20 pound tins, so he figured it was to fill the basket. Once it finally started to percolate the water was like syrup and made a "urrup" sound. Taught him the right way to make the coffee and had him clean up the mess. He made the coffee nightly until I rotated back to the land of the big PX.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Many vendors I used to hit in the morning had the Keurig coffee makers and I have never seen one that was new, meaning a bunch of dumb contractors couldn’t hurt them. I would have one if it wasn’t for my wife. She makes the coffee, so I don’t complain. I know of nobody that has issues with the brand, except a few on gun forums. The hardest part is finding the right flavor. We use some overpriced brand because it makes 14 cups instead of 12. I may sneak in a Keurig maker on the counter one of these days. No waste. One brew, one cup. And the only easier way is beer. But, they say that isn’t normal…but who are THEY?
Mr. Rustyt, I give it four weeks until the next coffee thread!!! It’s catching up with “bear defense.”