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Post by oldnjplayer on Jan 25, 2020 12:05:36 GMT -5
All the threads about coffee made me decide to break out our Percolator Coffee maker. Daughter had given us one two years ago. Drinking my first Perked cup of coffee in years. Used Chock Full of Nuts coffee. Used one measuring spoon (old one that used to come with Chock Full of Nuts) to each 8oz of water. Let it perk for about 15 minutes. Result; pretty tasty coffee. I had forgotten how nice perking coffee smells and how hot the finished product is. It took a while, definitely a "taste" of a time when things were not so rushed and you let things take a little while to be made.
Any one else Perk their coffee.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 25, 2020 12:12:40 GMT -5
I'm a Melitta/one-cup filter cone kinda guy, myself. Think I had a percolator back during the late 1960s, but it disappeared at some point.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 25, 2020 12:36:37 GMT -5
The Italian Moka pots are percolators. Different result than the old American percolators, that's for sure.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 25, 2020 13:39:48 GMT -5
Percolators are the best for filling the house with aroma. When sick with chest cold as a kid my mom would set the percolator by my bed, without coffee in it, and that is what we used for a humidifier. I remember that, and Vic's VapoRub on my chest. I liked hearing the sound it made.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 25, 2020 16:42:21 GMT -5
I have an old-school West Bend enameled steel percolator that sits atop the gas stove to perk. It makes far better coffee than the automatic drip machine or any Keurig I've tried. Whether it makes better coffee than the Moka pot depends on the day of the week and the phase of the moon. I think. The best-tasting coffee is made in a kettle over a camp fire on a frosty morning.  It gets no better than that^^^ |
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Post by Joe Potts on Jan 25, 2020 17:11:31 GMT -5
I had percolated coffee when I was young, but I never owned a percolator. I agree that the sound and aroma were awesome. Geez, now you’re making me all nostalgic here...
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 25, 2020 17:22:59 GMT -5
Geezer coffee commercial...
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 25, 2020 17:58:10 GMT -5
Mmmmmmmmm coffee in cat-food cans.
It's GOTTA be good!
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 25, 2020 18:11:44 GMT -5
I have an old-school West Bend enameled steel percolator that sits atop the gas stove to perk. It makes far better coffee than the automatic drip machine or any Keurig I've tried. Whether it makes better coffee than the Moka pot depends on the day of the week and the phase of the moon. I think. The best-tasting coffee is made in a kettle over a camp fire on a frosty morning. It gets no better than that^^^ +1 |
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 25, 2020 18:23:52 GMT -5
Your photo looks better than mine Peege, but my coffee is better. I've had enough campfire coffee to last me a lifetime.
Made in the parking lot of one of Bryce Canyon's overlooks. And speaking of overlooks, about a half dozen Japanese tourists were checking out the van and my coffee making routine.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 25, 2020 21:52:34 GMT -5
The Italian Moka pots are percolators. Different result than the old American percolators, that's for sure. You usually stop a moka pot soon after the boil. Percolators go a lot longer than that. |
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Post by kirk on Jan 25, 2020 21:53:43 GMT -5
Looking forward to trying that out with a coffee I hadn't used back then. There's at least one percolater up in the attic somewhere. Thanks for the idea.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 25, 2020 22:11:50 GMT -5
The Italian Moka pots are percolators. Different result than the old American percolators, that's for sure. You usually stop a moka pot soon after the boil. Percolators go a lot longer than that. It's still a percolator method of brewing. Not sure what you mean by stopping the pot. You mean taking it off the heat as soon as it boils? If so, that's not the way Bialetti instructs. You take it off the heat when it's the top chamber is filled, not before. You can hear when it's done. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 25, 2020 22:28:12 GMT -5
You usually stop a moka pot soon after the boil. Percolators go a lot longer than that. It's still a percolator method of brewing. Not sure what you mean by stopping the pot. You mean taking it off the heat as soon as it boils? If so, that's not the way Bialetti instructs. You take it off the heat when it's the top chamber is filled, not before. You can hear when it's done. Percolators go a lot longer than that. That’s what I was getting at. I don’t have much experience with the moka pot. |
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Post by Seldom Seen on Jan 26, 2020 12:01:34 GMT -5
My camping kit always has a percolator.
There isn't anything better than percolated camp coffee.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 26, 2020 12:31:17 GMT -5
And brook trout with bacon & eggs for breakfast.
Like Money In Yer Pocket: do the cooking in camp and everyone will be *real* nice to you.
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Post by Joe Potts on Jan 26, 2020 17:44:22 GMT -5
Chris Greene, I’m a bit late with this, but thanks for the old Maxwell House commercials. Boy, did they bring back memories! Maybe I need to look into percolators again.
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Post by Pinetree on Jan 26, 2020 19:02:39 GMT -5
 Coffee tastes better outside. Preferably several states away from home. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 26, 2020 19:15:11 GMT -5
For me it’s the opposite. And nearly every week I live it. |
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Post by guildx700 on Jan 26, 2020 19:42:11 GMT -5
I've been brewing Deaths Door lately, great taste and a good kick. I like my coffee really hot and with a touch of sugar, a bit of real half and half cream & a few drops of some good vanilla extract. I use an old Bunn drip coffee maker, no plastic involved in the brewing process and the warmer does not burn it either. www.doorcountycoffee.com/page/deathsdoor/s/ |
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 26, 2020 21:17:51 GMT -5
I agree with Pinetree on both the brewing method as well as enjoying coffee in a great campsite (SNRA dispersed camping, ID).  |
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Post by Lefty Rev on Jan 26, 2020 23:59:46 GMT -5
Still have one of these (well, actually, TWO of them!) and use them occasionally. This is a good reminder to get it out this week and enjoy some perked coffee.  |
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Post by Pinetree on Jan 27, 2020 0:32:15 GMT -5
I have one just like it.
But it usually only comes out when the power is out.
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Post by guildx700 on Jan 27, 2020 1:05:40 GMT -5
IMO the perk process is simply too harsh to the coffee.
It burns the coffee while brewing it due to the intense heat at the "perk well"
along with the constant recycling of the already perked coffee.
The then finished but still perking coffee by means of keeping it hot results in yet a third time for to burn the coffee.
Cool nostalgia, but far from ideal.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 6:54:48 GMT -5
IMO the perk process is simply too harsh to the coffee. It burns the coffee while brewing it due to the intense heat at the "perk well" along with the constant recycling of the already perked coffee. The then finished but still perking coffee by means of keeping it hot results in yet a third time for to burn the coffee. Cool nostalgia, but far from ideal. It does scald and over-extract. If you shut a percolator off at the “right” time it’s better. I’m not wishing to downplay others’ joy. What makes *you* happy is great. I’ve taken coffee to an extreme. 😊 |
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Post by guildx700 on Jan 27, 2020 13:43:05 GMT -5
IMO the perk process is simply too harsh to the coffee. It burns the coffee while brewing it due to the intense heat at the "perk well" along with the constant recycling of the already perked coffee. The then finished but still perking coffee by means of keeping it hot results in yet a third time for to burn the coffee. Cool nostalgia, but far from ideal. It does scald and over-extract. If you shut a percolator off at the “right” time it’s better. I’m not wishing to downplay others’ joy. What makes *you* happy is great. I’ve taken coffee to an extreme. 😊 Yeah...perking is an art, one has to know the machine well enough to know when it's really done and not let it go to far. |
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 27, 2020 13:54:54 GMT -5
Or just save yourself all the hassle and learn how to do pourover coffee with a $5 Melitta filter holder. The only percolating I do is with a Moka pot. My folks were not coffee people so all we ever had in the house was instant coffee. In high school, my friend's mom used to use a Pyrex percolator which made coffee far better than the instant we had at home. I bought one and used it for some years before moving on to the Mr. Coffee type brewers. But by the 80's, I'd learned about pourover brewing, buying fresh beans and grinding them daily. That's what we still do today. You have total control by manually brewing and if you use a Yeti style mug, your coffee will stay *hot* for 2-3 hours or longer. You can always use the larger filter holders and brew into a thermal carafe for larger quantities if you prefer drinking out of a mug.
For me, the Yeti style mugs were a game changer. While I have one of theirs, I vastly prefer the Walmart version which is a third or less the price, works as well, and has a tapered waste so it fits in my vehicle's drink holder.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 27, 2020 13:57:54 GMT -5
We like our Melitta pour over so much we brought both of them with us on our trip to Houston. I opened the hatchback and the bag they were in slipped out and shattered them both.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 27, 2020 14:03:21 GMT -5
We like our Melitta pour over so much we brought both of them with us on our trip to Houston. I opened the hatchback and the bag they were in slipped out and shattered them both. 😥 The Melitta filter holders we use are plastic and unbreakable. Top rack dishwasher safe as well. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 14:12:26 GMT -5
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