It could be a moka pot. I drink press pot coffee but I'd rather have good percolator coffee than drip coffee.

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> It could be a moka pot. I drink press pot coffee but I'd rather have good percolator coffee than drip coffee.

Thinking back, the best cup of coffee that I ever had was made in an
old percolator. Naturally, the brand of coffee was a factor too but it
was good.

On 5/9/2016 10:09 AM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> It could be a moka pot. I drink press pot coffee but I'd rather have good percolator coffee than drip coffee.
>
> Thinking back, the best cup of coffee that I ever had was made in an
> old percolator. Naturally, the brand of coffee was a factor too but it
> was good.
>

yep. Because it wasn't boiled.

On 2016-05-09 12:50 PM, wrote:
> It could be a moka pot. I drink press pot coffee but I'd rather have
> good percolator coffee than drip coffee.
>


I always thought that percolators were the reason that a lot of people
didn't like coffee. I know that around here coffee started becoming a
lot more popular around the late 60s when Mellita funnels and filters
came on the market. Most households had a stove top or electric
percolators. I don't know anyone who uses them anymore. The only
percolators I see in use these days are the big urns for large groups.

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:05:18 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-05-09 12:50 PM, wrote:
> > It could be a moka pot. I drink press pot coffee but I'd rather have
> > good percolator coffee than drip coffee.
> >
>
>
> I always thought that percolators were the reason that a lot of people
> didn't like coffee. I know that around here coffee started becoming a
> lot more popular around the late 60s when Mellita funnels and filters
> came on the market. Most households had a stove top or electric
> percolators. I don't know anyone who uses them anymore. The only
> percolators I see in use these days are the big urns for large groups.

My guess is most folks use an automatic drip machine at home. The coffee filters were a great step in coffee brewing - no grounds or sludge on the bottom. I have a Keurig at the office. Unfortunately, I bought a big box of K-cups at Sam's Club. It's not very good but it looks like I'm stuck with it for a while. I guess I better stick with the house brand from Costco. It's pretty good.

We had a very complex little single serve Keurig machine at the hotel we were at in Kauai. It made a poor cup of coffee. Getting a good cup of coffee at a good price is getting hard these days!

On 2016-05-09 2:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> My guess is most folks use an automatic drip machine at home. The
> coffee filters were a great step in coffee brewing - no grounds or
> sludge on the bottom. I have a Keurig at the office. Unfortunately, I
> bought a big box of K-cups at Sam's Club. It's not very good but it
> looks like I'm stuck with it for a while. I guess I better stick with
> the house brand from Costco. It's pretty good.


I can appreciate your disappointment with the Keurig machine. I know a
couple people who have them and like them, but I don't like the coffee
they have served me from those things. There is actually a coffee shop
of sorts not too far from here that has a couple Keurig machines and a
wide selection of coffee pods. You pick out your coffee pod and take it
to the counter and they run it through their machine. Even with their
commercial machines the coffee tastes like instant.




> We had a very complex little single serve Keurig machine at the hotel
> we were at in Kauai. It made a poor cup of coffee. Getting a good cup
> of coffee at a good price is getting hard these days!
>

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:26:51 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-05-09 2:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > My guess is most folks use an automatic drip machine at home. The
> > coffee filters were a great step in coffee brewing - no grounds or
> > sludge on the bottom. I have a Keurig at the office. Unfortunately, I
> > bought a big box of K-cups at Sam's Club. It's not very good but it
> > looks like I'm stuck with it for a while. I guess I better stick with
> > the house brand from Costco. It's pretty good.
>
>
> I can appreciate your disappointment with the Keurig machine. I know a
> couple people who have them and like them, but I don't like the coffee
> they have served me from those things. There is actually a coffee shop
> of sorts not too far from here that has a couple Keurig machines and a
> wide selection of coffee pods. You pick out your coffee pod and take it
> to the counter and they run it through their machine. Even with their
> commercial machines the coffee tastes like instant.

My condolences. One can brew a good cup with a Keurig but it all depends on the K-cup. The restaurant that used to be next door used to brew a great tasting coffee - for a short period of time. I enjoyed it while it lasted which is pretty much all we can do.

>
>
>
>
> > We had a very complex little single serve Keurig machine at the hotel
> > we were at in Kauai. It made a poor cup of coffee. Getting a good cup
> > of coffee at a good price is getting hard these days!
> >

On 2016-05-09, Dave Smith > wrote: The only

> percolators I see in use these days are the big urns for large
> groups.

Even then, they are not all percolators. I usta eat at our company's campus
cafeteria and it had one of those huge fixed 50-100 cup brewers, which I always
thought was a true percolator. Turns out it was actually a huge drip
brewer. Usta makes some of the best "French roast" coffee I've ever
tasted.

Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O), a
Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe. Bottom
line: it's the fresh roasted coffee beans that makes fer great java.

nb

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:25:05 AM UTC-10, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-05-09, Dave Smith > wrote: The only
>
> > percolators I see in use these days are the big urns for large
> > groups.
>
> Even then, they are not all percolators. I usta eat at our company's campus
> cafeteria and it had one of those huge fixed 50-100 cup brewers, which I always
> thought was a true percolator. Turns out it was actually a huge drip
> brewer. Usta makes some of the best "French roast" coffee I've ever
> tasted.
>
> Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O), a
> Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe. Bottom
> line: it's the fresh roasted coffee beans that makes fer great java.
>
> nb

My guess is that you could use a percolator with no problem. It's not really the boiling of the coffee that's the problem, it's the brewing temperature. All people who live near sea level need to do is perk their coffee in vacuum chambers.

On 2016-05-09 2:31 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>> Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O),
>> a Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe.
>> Bottom line: it's the fresh roasted coffee beans that makes fer
>> great java.
>>
>> nb
>
> My guess is that you could use a percolator with no problem. It's not
> really the boiling of the coffee that's the problem, it's the brewing
> temperature. All people who live near sea level need to do is perk
> their coffee in vacuum chambers.
>


I have not seen a vacuum coffee maker in years. They were quite popular
for commercial use during the late 60s but they just sort of disappeared.

On 5/9/2016 11:47 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-05-09 2:31 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>> Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O),
>>> a Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe.
>>> Bottom line: it's the fresh roasted coffee beans that makes fer
>>> great java.
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> My guess is that you could use a percolator with no problem. It's not
>> really the boiling of the coffee that's the problem, it's the brewing
>> temperature. All people who live near sea level need to do is perk
>> their coffee in vacuum chambers.
>>
>
>
> I have not seen a vacuum coffee maker in years. They were quite popular
> for commercial use during the late 60s but they just sort of disappeared.

Those were pretty bizarre. They used the vacuum to draw the water
through the grinds. My brother had one. It's for when you want something
to show off during your after-dinner coffee.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L._SL1500_.jpg

My vacuum coffee maker would work on the principal of reducing air
pressure to lower the boiling point of water by around 4 degrees C. Use
enough vacuum and you can perk your coffee at any temperature you want -
including room temperature.

On 5/9/2016 5:47 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> I have not seen a vacuum coffee maker in years. They were quite popular
> for commercial use during the late 60s but they just sort of disappeared.


You might like this

http://www.lacolombe.com/collections...roducts/dragon

On 5/9/2016 11:25 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-05-09, Dave Smith > wrote: The only
>
>> percolators I see in use these days are the big urns for large
>> groups.
>
> Even then, they are not all percolators. I usta eat at our company's campus
> cafeteria and it had one of those huge fixed 50-100 cup brewers, which I always
> thought was a true percolator. Turns out it was actually a huge drip
> brewer. Usta makes some of the best "French roast" coffee I've ever
> tasted.
>
> Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O), a
> Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe.

Wow! That sounds like a heck of a process!

On 2016-05-09, Taxed and Spent > wrote:

> On 5/9/2016 11:25 AM, notbob wrote:

>> Currently, I use an old Melitta sngl cup drip brewer (nuked H2O), a
>> Bialetti moka pot, and a Bodum French press to brew my joe.

> Wow! That sounds like a heck of a process!

Don't be silly, TnS.

You jes know I use each device one-at-a-time, not all at once.

nb