JL wrote:
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> phaeton wrote:
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>> 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
>


I just bought a 2 pound bag of Community dark roast coffee. It seems
to be ground coarse enough that I'll have to use a percolator to get a
good extraction from it instead of the automatic drip pot.

My Dad gave me his old Corningware "blue cornflower" percolator that
he was about to throw out. I'll give it a test drive this weekend.

Bob