Need a new way of making coffee... percolator, maybe?

(Brian) #21

So many great ideas! I didn’t realize a few of them existed. :slight_smile:

Thanks again for all of the thoughts.

In the here and now, momma wanted a percolator. But… there might be occasion in the near future to explore some of these other wonderful ideas. :wink:

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #22

Sorry, I meant no offense. A surprisingly lot of people think ‘cold brew’ simply means hot brewed then drinking it chilled or iced.

I originally used a Bodom 1 liter glass press. When I got my current job, I didn’t have time to make such a small batch each day. So I scaled up. I now use a 4 liter glass flower vase I purchased at Sally Anne for $8 for primary brewing. I use a 74 micron stainless filter to suspend the coffee in the vase. I brew for 24 hours, then decant into two 2-liter mason jars. This is a four day supply of morning coffee for me. I only use the Chemex carafe to heat the coffee in the morning. I use a water bath rather than microwave it. I read somewhere some time ago that microwaving coffee is undesirable. So I don’t.

(Todd Allen) #23

I like to put a little coffee in my cream.

I grind coffee beans fine to about the same consistency as the cacao powder with which I mix it. I put a heaping teaspoon into my cup along with salt and a tablespoon of whey protein concentrate. I stir in a little coconut milk or heavy whipping cream to make a paste. I beat in a raw egg yolk or two or three and add the rest of my cup of coconut milk or HWC while stirring. I put my cup in a pan of hot water to warm it.

(Brian) #24

Todd, I like a little coffee in my cream, too! LOL!!

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(Anne Brodie) #25

Your method sounds like it would work better for me than the carafes, for the same reason you cite that they don’t hold enough. I am not familiar with Sally Anne but will definitely check that out.

#26

My mom ALWAYS used a Pyrex glass percolator, no plastic parts. I grew up with perc’d coffee; my uncle called it “Swedish” coffee because it was so strong! But that’s the coffee they grew up with!

#27

For hot coffee, I use either a glass French press or a glass pour over with paper filter.
For cold coffee, I like cold brew.

#28

Just bought myself one of these and been running on it for about a week. Luckily my wife is a Tea drinker so already had a tea kettle sitting on the counter… holy crap do they boil water fast! It would definitely be WAY more annoying without the kettle but I’ve noticed a night and day difference in coffee taste.

My drip is a Ninja Coffee Bar which actually makes a REALLY good cup of coffee, especially Iced and Espresso drinks but I also came to the reality that it gets REALLY hot and it’s all plastic. It’s labelled as BPA free, but since we know now that BPA free doesn’t mean you’re in the clear.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #29

Sally Anne = Salvation Army thrift store.

(Retta Stephenson) #30

Cold brew in glass mason jar; has fine mesh stainless steel filter. Makes excellent low acid coffee. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07772LL6V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

#31

I prefer drip coffee, and several years ago, I got away from all plastics with a glass container and a metal ‘funnel’ (got both on Amazon). I grind my own coffee, boil water and pour over grounds. Great coffee–no plastic.

#32

I used to use an old fashioned steel percolator, it was pretty good.
My favorite way of brewing is a French press. It’s a little more involved but makes an excellent cup of coffee.

(Ken) #33

My vote is for a.French Press and grinding the beans right before making the coffee.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #34

Each to his own. We all eventually figure out what we like and how best to get it. When I was growing up in the 1950s my parents perked coffee every morning. The house filled with that wonderful aroma and as a child I thought anything that smells that good must taste divine. Until the day my mom let me actually drink some! I had never tasted anything so wretched in my young life. No wonder the common breakfast of that era was a cup of black coffee, a glazed donut and a cigarette.

That single sip of perked, black coffee put me off coffee 25-plus years. I could never have imagined that 60 years later I’d be drinking a liter of it every morning. Not perked, of course.

Whatever you drink and however you make it - enjoy it!

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(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #35

I’ve always heard the reason Percolated coffee tastes so bad is because all the flavor is released from the coffee in the smell. So the less you smell of the coffee when brewing, the more good flavor you get when you drink it. Maybe why cold brew is so popular.

(Scott) #36

I drink way to much to make a french press work. I think I will just keep my Bunn always hot reservoir to make a pot in about two minutes. I worry more about microwaving in plastic but I do some of that too but try to avoid when possible.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #37

@Rclause My 4-liter coffee-maker:

(Failed) #38

Even if you get one made from stainless steel, some of the parts, like the heating element cover and the retaining nut may be made of aluminum.

Search for aluminum on this Amazon page

(Kirk Wolak) #39

I used a percolator for years.
First, I find the coffee is less bitter because you grind it to larger pieces, and it releases less of the tannic acid (ie, Starbucks overgrinds their beans). Use the percolator setting EVEN after I switched to ADC.

Second, Kinda sucks to clean. I drink 1 cup or less most days, SOME days, I get 2.
Today was a 1 cup day. So, I switched to (god forbid) Instant. And I’ve been quite happy. I installed an instant-on hot water dispenser, which I LOVE having… And I make perfect coffee in like 10 seconds. It couldn’t be easier.

YMMV…

(Brian) #40

Figured I’d update…

Received the percolator via UPS yesterday afternoon and had our first coffee out of it last evening. It went pretty well. Didn’t make a lot and it was kind of a “first run”.

So, this morning, I decided to make my “usual” amount of coffee. Ground the grounds, added what I -thought- was the right amount of water, set it on the stove and waited. The thing ain’t fast. It took about a half hour, and that’s fine. We knew it would take a while. (Think I’ll get a magnet out later on and see if an induction burner might be a possibility.)

The “DUH” moment came after letting it perk and sit for just a bit. I figured we’d make our “whipped” coffee like always. So I added butter and cream to a big jar and slowly poured in the slightly cooled coffee. And I poured and poured and poured. And I had to stop because it was too much coffee.

What went wrong? I only used as many cups as what I had always used in the Mr. Coffee carafe. Well, duh, Mr. Coffee “cups” are total BS. They’re not “cups” at all. I still don’t know what they actually are but I’m gonna have to figure that out 'cause we had it pretty well worked out what we would drink. I made way, way, way, too much coffee this morning.

It was a little weak, understandably, as I added too much water for the amount of coffee grounds. I’ll measure the water from the Mr. Coffee carafe that we usually used and add a similar amount of coffee for another test run next time and see if that works better.

So far, my wife is liking the coffee, even weak. “Happy wife, happy life”, or so the saying goes. :wink:

Anyway, there is some tweaking to be done. The horrors of battery acid and cigarette butt water haven’t materialized as a few probably figured they would. LOL!! So… we’ll see.

That’s all for now.

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