I drink tea. However I do make coffee for guests. I have a Pyrex 9 cup percolator and a Pyrex 2 cup percolator. Most of the guests like the coffee, some really liked it and a couple go to McD's before showing up. Each to His or Her own.
Cup or envelope type Coffee makers - BLECHHHH!
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To each his own, but that statement is self contradictory, IMO!
A percolator is just one (small) step above cowboy coffee!
Most articles about coffee making agree that percolators are horrible for making coffee. But the flavor ends up so different from other methods that it is appealing to many.
For me, changing up the brands/types of ground coffee or beans I use and changing the grinds and the method of brewing keeps it tasting great.
Each first different pot tastes wonderful and "better" than the previous type.
Rpg
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I prefer ground coffee brewed in a Cuisinarf drip coffee maker.
I've no interest in prepackaged coffee or their machines.
I've no interest in prepackaged coffee or their machines.
But do you roast and grind your own beans fresh every day??
We at least grind ours in a Cuisinart burr grinder and use a drip coffee maker. Grinder sound like a 747 or whatever!
After the hurricane used a French press and my parents old Revereware
My Norwegian grandparents would boil coffee and leave it on simmer on the stove all day! Rocket fuel!
My dad used a perc just like that one.
cmj8591
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There's nothing better than a 2am cup of roll call room coffee brewed in a drip coffee maker that was last cleaned when Eisenhower was President. A Styrofoam cup and a spoon full of some white, powdery substance that is somehow supposed to be cream, and that's some living. After 39 years of this, I'm not sure what coffee is supposed to taste like. Now that I'm retired, I've gone the Keurig route but I find it hard to drink it from those little cups it comes in.
I have a single serve Melitta pour over for home, and a Keurig at work. Took a while of searching to get the Keurig up to the Melitta's taste, but found some pods at (of all places) Sam's Club that are pretty good, and inexpensive, too. Member's Mark Columbian Supremo. Probably Folgers in reality, but tastes good.
There's very little I can do in my 3,000 sf bungalow without there being a J-frame nearby!
Am I the 1st to mention instant coffee? I use Nescafe Classico Colombian Blend for my one cup of coffee each day. On the average, I get one cup of good coffee every 10-14 days. The rest of the time I count down the days...Kaaskop49
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...in the running for one of the 10 best posts of the year! Thank you. cmj8591.
Kaaskop49
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I drink about anything handed to me.....
...but there's nothing like percolated coffee. been years since we had one. Mr. Coffee ever since. Not bad, but not perfect and the AROMA of perked coffee!!!!!!!
I do not go to Starbucks.
We had weird luck. Our last percolator started sounding like a ghost and scared my wife's little sister.
Then we had a Mr. Coffee that made sounds like an X-rated movie. It was very entertaining when things got too boring.
...but there's nothing like percolated coffee. been years since we had one. Mr. Coffee ever since. Not bad, but not perfect and the AROMA of perked coffee!!!!!!!
I do not go to Starbucks.
We had weird luck. Our last percolator started sounding like a ghost and scared my wife's little sister.
Then we had a Mr. Coffee that made sounds like an X-rated movie. It was very entertaining when things got too boring.
slickracer
Member
I've had a Ninja for years…can make a single cup of drip coffee or a full pot. I'm not a fan of k cups
I like to use my Cruisinart drip coffee maker for my 6 (5oz) cups in the morning.
I lived in Costa Rica for years, so when I want a single cup, I fall back on my Costa Rican cafe chorreador with bolsita (a cotton filter with a sock-like appearance) using the pour over method.
I agree with many of the commenters that the best cups are made with quality coffee, ground to the proper grind for application, using filtered water heated to the right temperature.
I lived in Costa Rica for years, so when I want a single cup, I fall back on my Costa Rican cafe chorreador with bolsita (a cotton filter with a sock-like appearance) using the pour over method.
I agree with many of the commenters that the best cups are made with quality coffee, ground to the proper grind for application, using filtered water heated to the right temperature.
prairieviper
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We still use our percolator, but my favorite coffee is made in a Keurig.
Well, I am down to 1 cup a day, and I use a French press. I have the roast, grind and quantity down to produce a good cup. I have about 10 of the aluminum stove top percolators. I do love perked coffee with evaporated milk. Old school
ChuckS1
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Once again, this sub has made me realize that, even at 67, I'm too young for this group.
I go to my dealer every morning for a free cup
Jeff423
US Veteran
I drink about 9 cups a day. I don't care what brand it is or the machine it comes out of, as long as it's black and HOT. The envelope and cup coffee makers are OK, but I used them only in hotel rooms. Cowboy coffee is drinkable only on a hunting or camping trip. Prefer gas stove perked.
LOL I do 4 shots of espresso every morning first thing. Run through a pump type machine in steamed 1/2 and 1/2. Later I drink light weight coffee. Occasionally I fill have a couple straight shots of espresso. I have a variety of espresso machine to make REAL COFFEE. I run on caffine
Since beer is not caffeinated I am forced to get it from coffee.
CCantu357
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I still use the old drip pots I inherited from my grandfather. One is a Drip O Lator, and the others are of unknown brand. Probably from some old store here in Louisiana. Whenever my grandparents traveled, they would pack these pots in their suitcases along with a vacuum pack of Community Coffee. My grandmother still does this, and I do now as well.
The metal filter is far superior to the paper filters seen in modern machines. The paper filters just seem to filter out all the flavor. When in a hurry, I just pour all the water at once. When I have time, I pour the water slowly for a strong cup. Only two choices in my house - with or without chicory!
The metal filter is far superior to the paper filters seen in modern machines. The paper filters just seem to filter out all the flavor. When in a hurry, I just pour all the water at once. When I have time, I pour the water slowly for a strong cup. Only two choices in my house - with or without chicory!
I don't drink coffee, tea or alcohol, nor do I smoke.
I'm no fun at all.
I'm no fun at all.
smoothshooter
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Just how much coffee are you drinking a day?
I personally can barely stand coffee at all unless I doctor it up with so much sugar and creamer that it looks like chocolate milk.
I am considering trying a Keurig system. Of a morning I don't have the time to be fiddling around with a more traditional coffee brewing method.
And I don't want to drink enough of it to get hooked.
smoothshooter
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Just how much coffee are you drinking a day?
I personally can barely stand coffee at all unless I doctor it up with so much sugar and creamer that it looks like chocolate milk.
I am considering trying a Keurig system. Of a morning I don't have the time to be fiddling around with a more traditional coffee brewing method.
And I don't want to drink enough of it to get hooked.
We have a Hamilton Beach Flex Brew. It makes full pots by drip or single K-cups. I use the refillable K-Cup cups and use my own grinds. I don't really like any brand or flavor of the pre-packaged K-Cups. For traveling I also have a self contained press that says for tea only. It does a good job with coffee too. Yeah, there's a little dirt in the bottom, but not much. My BIL does the envelope filter in the little funnel on top of his coffee cup. I guess it comes out ok but I lose patience with it. Cowboy coffee is fine if it get poured through a filter when fresh made.
NFrameFred
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Never developed a coffee habit, so my experiences are sporadic and varied. In the old days I've gone from freeze dried (hunting pack) to instant in a remote office with no amenities, to 'mine office coffee' that would peel paint . . . drank what I needed to hunting or working in cold environments. These days, in hot weather my coffee consumption drops way off.
Starbucks is overpriced and burned and tastes it. K cups . . . . well, it's 'coffee' and I keep a Kuerig around as at times it's better than nothing, but I miss all the little road side cafe`s and truck stops that used to be known for their great coffee. Too hit or miss.
The wife still works, leaves early and isn't a coffee drinker, she likes tea (her mum was British, go figure) so I only go the trouble of brewing coffee every now and again. Even a small can of ground lasts too long.
First world problems, I guess.
Starbucks is overpriced and burned and tastes it. K cups . . . . well, it's 'coffee' and I keep a Kuerig around as at times it's better than nothing, but I miss all the little road side cafe`s and truck stops that used to be known for their great coffee. Too hit or miss.
The wife still works, leaves early and isn't a coffee drinker, she likes tea (her mum was British, go figure) so I only go the trouble of brewing coffee every now and again. Even a small can of ground lasts too long.
First world problems, I guess.
Once upon a time a heated discussion involved "the 9 vs the .45" and "what caliber is best for bear" but coffee threads have caught up!
For me, it's the Pink Panther Theme sung to this:
{Bodum, bodum... bodum bodum bodum...)
For me, it's the Pink Panther Theme sung to this:
{Bodum, bodum... bodum bodum bodum...)
Care to share what coffee maker that is in your picture?
Darn... It's not the one I have; I took that image off the net and didn't keep the location, but it appears to be a Bodum Kenya 8 cup. About $32 on Amazon.
