phaeton wrote:
>
> After learning all this, I decided to take a chance on one. I bought
> a National Presto 12-cup electric percolator. It makes some pretty
> good coffee. Really strong, really smooth, not bitter. Gone is the
> 'plasticy' flavor i used to get from my Automatic Drip machine. So all
> in all, I think that coffee from the modern electric percolator is a
> completely different animal than that from the old stovetop in the
> 1950s.
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> -J
Good for you, but i still prefer the stove top percolator with no basket
at all. I have heard it referred to as hobo coffee, cowboy or campfire
coffee.
Bring the water to the boil, remove from heat, add ground coffee wait 5
minutes and serve.
After my fist cup i then decant the brewed coffee from its steel brewing
pot to a 'thermos" carafe for storage.
After 5 minutes 90% of the grounds have settled to the bottom of the
pot, and after 10 - 20 minutes 99% of the grounds are settled on the
bottom of the pot and the coffee can be poured off the grounds,
decanted, well enough for me.
I used French presses for years but just got fed up with their
fragility. And after breaking my 19th or 20th French press happened to
find myself at a flea market where i found a never used, Revere ware 10
cup percolator for $5.00 Not a mark on it. Previous to that i had used
a sauce pan to make coffee.
It seems to me the coffee is more important than how its brewed. I get a
bit more than a pound of Vietnamese coffee for $4.00 and could spend
more easily enough, but the Vietnamese blend i purchase is tasty and
good enough for me.
The Indo Noirs, Konas, Javanese & etc. that are available are not so
much better to me that they are worth the more than double or triple the
price i pay for the Vietnamese blend.
Which i buy packaged out of Canada for the Mexican/American market, that
i purchase at a small mom & pop grocery in our local Chinatown
--
Mr. Joseph Paul Littleshoes Esq.
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