On Sep 2, 4:04*pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
> JL wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> 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.

Some of those were recalled because the handles can detach and spill
hot coffee all over a person.
>
> Bob

--Bryan