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Exactly, me too.
Only diff is I let the boiling water sit for a minute bec
I 'heard' the boiling temp is not so great for the best flavor.....BUT, hey whatever works!!
I think I read 4 minutes to sit, btw...before pouring your cup. Never bitter at all....smooth, yum.
I only use Dark roast organic beans...just sayin' ( I don't want
Third World countries' pesticides in my kidneys)...Trader Joe's seems the best place for that, for me.
Love the extra space, no plugging in, no buying messing filters anymore.
I have had some great perked coffee, just saying...but can't wait, either...seems to give a good smell output, tho!
WELL because of this great thread I've ordered a stainless press! Thanks $15 no s/h
You are correct about the proper temp - should not be boiling - a good electric kettle will have multiple temp settings.
Perked......because it is simple and it is durable.
On the stove top, I use one of the three camping pots. Probably have had them around for 4-5, if more, years.
With drip units, I find that they had to be replaced every year for one reason or another, they were just a land fill item, they needed to be kept fed with filters, and they tend to make weak coffee.
With a stove top perk, I put the coffee directly in the basket and that's it. No need for filters and even if the power does go out, that "technology" still gives coffee.
If a time comes when I need to get rid of the pot, it is metal, it is recyclable.
Perked......because it is simple and it is durable.
On the stove top, I use one of the three camping pots. Probably have had them around for 4-5, if more, years.
With drip units, I find that they had to be replaced every year for one reason or another, they were just a land fill item, they needed to be kept fed with filters, and they tend to make weak coffee.
With a stove top perk, I put the coffee directly in the basket and that's it. No need for filters and even if the power does go out, that "technology" still gives coffee.
If a time comes when I need to get rid of the pot, it is metal, it is recyclable.
I used to perk my coffee in our travel trailer in a "camping perk pot". I learned a very good lesson one day long ago:
I filled the perk with water, put the coffee into the basket and set it to heat on the gas stove. Someone came by and needed my help outside. The coffee was forgotten. About an hour later, a friend came by and said she'd gone in to change her wet clothes in our trailer and turned off my coffee pot. I'm sure this is the look on my face when she said it.
I can just imagine the mess of coffee everywhere on the stove number one, but most important, number two: I wondered if the gas flame would have sputtered out, letting the propane gas just keep flowing into the trailer. Scared the crapolla out of me.
Anyways, from that day on, I set the water on to boil WITHOUT the basket inside the pot. Only when it started to boil, did I take the pot off the heat, put the basket in and put it back on the stove on low heat to perk.
Nowadays, when we're boondocking, I just boil water and pour it through my grounds/filter in a funnel thingy. The coffee drips through the funnel into a carafe. Much safer, quicker and easier IMO.
I have two AreoPresses. They make fantastic coffee. I steep the coffee for three minutes, plunge it into a cup and top it off with a little more hot water to make an "Americano." After you try an Areopress you'll want to throw away your French press and never touch it again. French press coffee will taste bitter and nasty.
I used to perk my coffee in our travel trailer in a "camping perk pot". I learned a very good lesson one day long ago:
I filled the perk with water, put the coffee into the basket and set it to heat on the gas stove. Someone came by and needed my help outside. The coffee was forgotten. About an hour later, a friend came by and said she'd gone in to change her wet clothes in our trailer and turned off my coffee pot. I'm sure this is the look on my face when she said it.
I can just imagine the mess of coffee everywhere on the stove number one, but most important, number two: I wondered if the gas flame would have sputtered out, letting the propane gas just keep flowing into the trailer. Scared the crapolla out of me.
Anyways, from that day on, I set the water on to boil WITHOUT the basket inside the pot. Only when it started to boil, did I take the pot off the heat, put the basket in and put it back on the stove on low heat to perk.
Nowadays, when we're boondocking, I just boil water and pour it through my grounds/filter in a funnel thingy. The coffee drips through the funnel into a carafe. Much safer, quicker and easier IMO.
That has happened a time or two to me, overflows putting the flame out, one learns to watch out for it.
As for the poll, I'd like a button that says 'anything but Kuerig'.
For a couple of decades I used a stainless steel French press. Coffee gets a bit chewy if you drink the last drops, but I don't mind chewy. Actually, dry roasted chocolate covered coffee beans are pretty tasty. Anyway, a French press makes tasty coffee. Haven't tried an Aeropress, though, so can't compare them. Seems like a lot of parts, though. In the morning simplicity is good.
Currently we have an automatic drip coffee maker which is okay, especially since it can be set to have coffee ready when we wake up.
We've visited folks with Keurigs and those are just useless. Plus makes a huge amount of plastic waste, especially for just one measly cup of coffee.
Great coffee starts with great beans, though. We like Su's coffee: KarmaSu Kona Coffee - Farm direct - 100% Kona Coffee. He's over on the Kona side of the island and has one of the nicest coffee farms I've seen. Not very big, though, but really nice coffee. He still has the original type of coffee bushes which produce the best tasting coffee, a lot of the Kona farmers have gone to a lesser variety that produces more but doesn't taste as good.
Otherwise we get Hamakua coffee, which I think is better than Kona, but it's probably something that would be hard to source unless you're on island.
At home I use drip, but after visiting my mom this summer and using her old fashion GE pot bellied percolater I've been thinking about investing in one of those. It was so easy to use just fill with water/ coffee grounds, plug in and delicious hot coffee. Drip coffee is now rather weak flavored and needs re-heating in microwave.
I have two AreoPresses. They make fantastic coffee. I steep the coffee for three minutes, plunge it into a cup and top it off with a little more hot water to make an "Americano." After you try an Areopress you'll want to throw away your French press and never touch it again. French press coffee will taste bitter and nasty.
I'd never heard of this until today. Hmm? will have to look into one and think about my options. Thanks!
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