How to Make Coffee

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ruidh

I took my first extended trip out of my home port last week and I was completely unsatisfied with the solution I chose for making coffee. I had a drip cone with oversized filters taht fit right into two SS thermoses I already owned. The shifting of the boat got grinds in the coffe and somehow the entire cone fell overboard while I was trying to pour hot water in the cockpit. Not Good!

So, how do you make coffee on your boat? I have an alcohol stove and can boil water.

Any good *sealed* french press systems or drip systems? Percolator on the stove?
 
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Marcia

Coffee Press

I spent way too much on a useless plastic coffee press (thinking safety) from West Marine. I was totally unsatisfied with it so I brought my glass coffee press from home onboard. It works great.
 
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Ross

I make tea. ;) but I also use the coffee bags

that are half ground coffee and half instant.
 
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GuyT

Hate instant coffee

As soon as the bag hits the hot water, it produces a foam on the surface that stays around for a long while. Just doesn't taste very good either IMHO.
Percolators - ya old school but great coffee. Every time I go camping, there is someone with great percolated coffee. They are cheap too.
 
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BarryL, 1986 O'day 35

Instant

Hello,

A tsp of instant coffee, a little sugar, boiling water, and some milk. No, it's not the greatest cup of coffee, but it works, takes up very little space, and is easy to clean up after.

Everything on a boat is a compromise.

Barry
 
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Bob V

Cuisinart has the solution

What I use at home to make great drip coffee is a Cuisinart machine that grinds the beans and heats the water which drips through a cone filter into an insulated carafe. There is no hot plate under the carafe to keep the coffee hot because the carafe itself it a thermos that will keep the coffee hot for three hours or so.

When I go cruising, I take the carafe and a regular cone shaped filter holder and boil the water on the stove. Then pour it through the filter holder directly into the carafe and when done put the insulated cover back on the carafe. It doesn't take a balancing act to keep it from tipping over since it is much wider than a thermos. As an extra precaution, you could put the carafe in the galley sink while pouring the water over the grounds.
 
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RichH

Glass coffee press

then use a double walled stainless thermos, make up enough and decant from the SS thermos throughout the day.


If in port and the boat isnt rocking a glass "melita' drip system. Or if 120v available a cheapy DeLonghi expresso maker .... just dilute down to taste if expresso is too strong for you .... or you can use a more coarse grind in an expresso maker. Problem with a press is that you have to use a very coarse grind and I like my coffee to have some 'kick'.
expressozone.com
 
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Ed

cowboy coffee

I had a french press. It finally fell and broke. Now I just boil water in a sauce pan and dump in the grounds. Let it simmer for a few minutes. The grounds sink and pour off the coffee into a carafe. You get a little texture at the bottom. Anyone too prissy to accept a few grounds in their cup can make their own arrangements.
 
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Rick Webb

I've Been Telling Them That for Years Ed

Just strain the grounds out with your teeth. Probably the same folks who drink prissy rasberry flavored beer too.
 
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MichaelStacy

Making coffee aboard

I bought a stainless percolator from Camping World and use it on my stove. I found small round filters that fit in the bottom of the basket - which helps keep grounds out of the coffee. It works great!

Michael
 
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Nice N Easy

Real men

Real men do as was suggested, and strain the grounds out with your teeth. I use an old percolator, and make my coffee strong enough to kick the sides out of a cheap cup. A few grounds never hurt anyone, but if it bothers you, use a little tea strainer. Usually with a percolator you will get a few grounds in the bottom of the pot. The old timers who made coffee in a pan on a campfire, would throw a little salt in it, supposed to make the grounds settle out.
 
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Taylor

Starbucks double wall stainless press

We used to use a glass press, but it broke, and the glass shards from that are scary, especially since it broke while being pressed. I ran across a double wall stainless french press from Starbucks, and that works great.

Second item down on this page:

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/coffeepresses.asp
 
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Breaking wind

I like to drink beer

but not before noon, so we use a perk, those filters with the cofee inside are perfect, no grounds in the mouth or during clean up.
 
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JoshGray

Big Sky Bistro

This company makes a mug with a built in press. I've taken this little press backpacking many many miles. It is over ten years old and still works like a charm. It's perfect if you're making a cup just for yourself, you might want two or a different device altogether for more. It's advertised as "unbreakable"... whatever that really means is up for interpretation. It certainly won't shatter like a glass one.

http://www.outmore.com/bigskybiscof.html

Cheers,
 
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Gaditano

Eat the beans

Actually, real men just eat the coffee beans straight out of the bag...we used a glass press until that shattered and now use a steel one. Seems to work the best for American style coffee. We also use a Merita expresso maker and have a manual milk foamer when we need our prissy cappucinnos
 
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sailortonyb Allied Mistress 39

Old cheap Aluminum Percolator

I use an old cheap aluminum percolator on the stove and never had any problems with it. It is small and hard to find. Usually easiest to find in flea markets.
As for glass of any kind, we limit it as much as practical.

Tony B
 
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larry w

On a mooring or anchored, we use

a camping percolator, which requires some finesse but makes great joe. Underway, we get by with instant, and in the slip, an electric percolator.
 
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Just Duchy

Cowboy coffee

Try pouring that cowboy coffee through a fine tea strainer. It works great for eliminating the grounds.
 
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Benny

Instant coffee works for underway but if your taste

is more discerning a french press works very well containing grinds and liquid in place. A little harder on cleanup but not to bad.
 
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