My recent potta drip Sumatran coffee came out like weak tea!
 

On 2021-01-27 12:24 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 12:31:19 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-01-25 2:20 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 8:11:24 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best cups of coffee I remember was from an old stovetop
>>>> perculator and also from 7-11.
>>>>
>>> The next time you critisize anyone for being picky, everyone
>>> should remember that you wrote the above. No one with any
>>> discernment would praise percolated coffee. TIAD.
>> Coffee certainly became a lot more popular when people stopped
>> perking it and started making drip. No coffee chain ever started up
>> with perked coffee.
>
> My guess is that coffee takes too long with a perk system. Drip
> systems in homes and commercial settings are a lot faster to brew and
> setting up for another batch. I was, for a time. making coffee using
> a vacuum maker. That was fun and made a pretty good cup of coffee but
> these days I use a Mr. Coffee Iced Coffee maker.


For those you have never used a percolator, they have a shallow inverted
cone at the bottom and the coffee sits in a basket at the top of the
tube. The water is heated at the bottom and that pushes it up the tube
and it splatters onto the grounds and seeps through and down into the
pot. It then continues to boil that coffee over and over, and boiling
coffee ruins. Some people can make a decent cup of perked coffee, but
most don't. It also takes a lot more attention. You have to put the
burner on high to get it going, turn it down once it starts perking and
then way down to low to keep it warm. Drip coffee is much easier to
make. You just pour the ht water over the grounds and let it do its thing.


Vacuum coffee makers made much better coffee than percolators. Maybe it
was the design, or the quality of the glass they used, but they were
fragile. We had one in the snack bar where I worked part time as a teen
and we broke a lot of those pots. They also required attention. They had
to be heated up to drive the water up into the brewing chamber, then
taken off the heat and when the pot cooled it sucked the brewed coffee
into the lower pot.

My recent potta drip Sumatran coffee came out like weak tea!
 

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:16:12 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> Vacuum coffee makers made much better coffee than percolators.

But in my experience, they made better coffee than the pour-over/drip
methods. Their fragility was a major drawback though.

My recent potta drip Sumatran coffee came out like weak tea!
 

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:50:34 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:16:12 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Vacuum coffee makers made much better coffee than percolators.
>
>But in my experience, they made better coffee than the pour-over/drip
>methods. Their fragility was a major drawback though.


I am happiest taste-wise with Chemex, a French press, or a vac pot.
One of my vacs is an antique Silex. I spent ages scouring ebay for
replacement pieces to keep it in working order.

I also have a more practical auto drip pot.

My recent potta drip Sumatran coffee came out like weak tea!
 

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:36:17 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:50:34 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:16:12 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Vacuum coffee makers made much better coffee than percolators.
>>
>>But in my experience, they made better coffee than the pour-over/drip
>>methods. Their fragility was a major drawback though.
>
>
> I am happiest taste-wise with Chemex, a French press, or a vac pot.
> One of my vacs is an antique Silex. I spent ages scouring ebay for
> replacement pieces to keep it in working order.
>
> I also have a more practical auto drip pot.

I also have an automatic grind-then-drip system.
You would have got on well with my late F-I-L. He travelled extensively and
collected all manner of coffee making equipment from all over the world and
was very happy when he discovered the first domestic coffee roaster.
However, despite enjoying every type from Turkish (he bought the pot in
Ankara) to drip, he maintained that the Kona vacuum system made the most
enjoyable.
My ex and I received a Kona for a wedding present but when the upper part
broke, we had a helluva job getting a replacement. The first one in had too
long a tbe and the store owner tried to cut it down with disastrous
results.

My recent potta drip Sumatran coffee came out like weak tea!
 

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:08:19 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:36:17 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:50:34 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:16:12 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vacuum coffee makers made much better coffee than percolators.
>>>
>>>But in my experience, they made better coffee than the pour-over/drip
>>>methods. Their fragility was a major drawback though.
>>
>>
>> I am happiest taste-wise with Chemex, a French press, or a vac pot.
>> One of my vacs is an antique Silex. I spent ages scouring ebay for
>> replacement pieces to keep it in working order.
>>
>> I also have a more practical auto drip pot.
>
>I also have an automatic grind-then-drip system.
>You would have got on well with my late F-I-L. He travelled extensively and
>collected all manner of coffee making equipment from all over the world and
>was very happy when he discovered the first domestic coffee roaster.
>However, despite enjoying every type from Turkish (he bought the pot in
>Ankara) to drip, he maintained that the Kona vacuum system made the most
>enjoyable.
>My ex and I received a Kona for a wedding present but when the upper part
>broke, we had a helluva job getting a replacement. The first one in had too
>long a tbe and the store owner tried to cut it down with disastrous
>results.


I know how delicate these things are, yet when I was a kid, in ancient
days, my mom used a glass Silex on a daily basis, I have no
recollection of problems. Go figure. I probably just do not recall.

My mom, is the first person I knew who also tried cold brewed. We're
talking60 years ago, at least. Certainly not invented by her, but she
was an early adopter.