Percolating Coffee

[Monky]

Coffee is bleh! Don't touch the stuff.. Of course a Starbucks is easier to find than a diet mtn dew..

[HBARleatherneck]

Coffee is bleh! Don't touch the stuff.. Of course a Starbucks is easier to find than a diet mtn dew..

really, i havent seen one in over 25 miles of my house. of course, i have never been to a starbucks, so who cares?

[hurley842002]

really, i havent seen one in over 25 miles of my house. of course, i have never been to a starbucks, so who cares?

I've said it before, but i'll say it again, I envy your living arrangements, someday, someday.

[mx'r]

I love it perculated. My grandad always made it when we went hunting/camping. He used a piece of paper towel in the bottom of the grounds to help prevent them from falling through. Grind it course and use the paper towel and you'll end up using it more than the drip sytem.

[ldmaster]

One cup of coffee a day.

I buy pure Kona from the islands, not the 20 percent "blend". I have a coffee pod maker, and it makes it convenient since I have a pod brewer as well.

But if I have my way and I'm out somewhere, I ALWAYS look for the old coffee - the stuff that was brewed yesterday - it just tastes better. I always wondered why guys I worked with would turn up their nose at it, preferring (in their words) "fresh" coffee - they drank so much of it I'm surprised they could taste it at all!

But if I am camping, I use a percolator, or if I have guests - I used to percolate a lot and would pour the coffee (still hot) In a sealed container, so it wouldn't lose anything to evaporation. Then just microwave it a cup at a time as I needed it.

Coffee grounds, eggshells salt - those were the days. Used to work great on the rhubarb too.

Coffee is a ritual, those that "buy it" at starbucks miss out on the essential part of it, like the difference between making break and buying it from the store - you can fine tune a brew to your specific taste.

[BigDee]

There are a few companies that make stainless steel coffee presses. They should work well for camping.

[jerrymrc]

I have two percolators, a press I bought in 82 in Belgium and a fair espresso machine but I still like the perks for the camper. My one percolator is a 20 cup job that does well. I think the biggest thing is to use a filter in one.

As a coffee connoisseur ... scratch that. As a coffee snob I just have to add that peculating is probably the worst possible way to make coffee (because it basically recirculates water/coffee through the grounds multiple times).

All well and good until you have 10 rabid people all wanting coffee at the same time. Just a sec, I have to let it steep a little...... like that is going to work on match morning. I bought the 20 cup because the 12 was not enough.

[llostwolf]

When I'm up in the hills i use an old stainless percolator but at home I have this little 1 cup thing. The grounds are pressed in a mesh and the pressure can be changed to adjust how long the water steeps. Works very well for a dark brew.

[Monky]

really, i havent seen one in over 25 miles of my house. of course, i have never been to a starbucks, so who cares?

You sir are an exception to the rule of having a starbucks on every corner.. do they even have corners out there?

[HBARleatherneck]

no we banned all the corners. to city ish.