How do I use a percolator for coffee? (bread, glass, expensive)
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Worked in the grocery trade for 23 yrs. In my business I had to visit this one mkt every three months. They always had a coffee pot going in the meat dept. Always had a cup with the owner and asked him what kind of coffee they used from the store shelf. Cannot recall the brand but do recall him saying that the butchers never washed the pot but only rinsed it out for a fresh pot because it was always cold in the back cutting room. Thus my answer regarding the rinsing part. My wife drank a lot of coffee and had her do the same thing. Steve
My dad taught me to only occasionally clean my coffepot with a water/vingar mix.
Otherwise I am a rinser too.
I appreciate the alternative advice about bringing a little drip maker, but I am feeling up for the challenge of the percolator and we'll see what happens.
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Good luck, cdc. I'm sure that, should you follow the good advice you've been given here, you'll have yourself some wonderful coffee. Just keep that little dripper in mind just in case....
You do not need to spend $20.00 for a good coffee pot or even $10.00. I have a nice supply of electric peculators which I have purchased all for under $3.00 each. Shop your local second hand, Goodwill, Salvation Army store. People get those drippy things and throw away their perfectly good peculators.
I have one and its the only type I'll ever buy/use. Its pretty simple, almost similar to a plastic coffeemaker. Filter, measure out the coffee and water, when youre ready, plug it in...or set the timer if you have one.
Somewhere in my storage I even have one of those real old fashioned aluminum ones you do over the stove, and have used it lots of times!
Worked in the grocery trade for 23 yrs. In my business I had to visit this one mkt every three months. They always had a coffee pot going in the meat dept. Always had a cup with the owner and asked him what kind of coffee they used from the store shelf. Cannot recall the brand but do recall him saying that the butchers never washed the pot but only rinsed it out for a fresh pot because it was always cold in the back cutting room. Thus my answer regarding the rinsing part. My wife drank a lot of coffee and had her do the same thing. Steve
My husband tried to get me to stop washing the coffee pot. He told me that when he was in the Army, the coffee in the team room was the best and they just rinsed. I reminded him that Army guys do stuff like make soup in sweaty helmets. I'll bet that's tasty too.
if its weak coffee a teaspoon a cup is pretty good guess. If its strong, like Illy, i would recommend half. But percolator's make some of the best coffee.
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