How to Make Coffee

[Captain Ron]

Presses and Grinders and Cones, o my

I use the same pot dinner was simmered in the night before. Wipe it out well enough so as to not transfer any additional flavor to the coffee, add water and grounds, heat till it boils & enjoy. But not just any coffee. Blue Mountain Peaberry reserve from Kauai Coffee which is corse ground at home. And yes, a hammer will properly "grind" beans if you forget to do it at home.

 

[Ross in Tampa]

aluminum percolator for me...

I have a nine cup aluminum percolator, works great, great coffee. But, I donated the little plastic clear top that the hot water jets into to Davy Jones' locker. Had to fashion a new dome with aluminum foil formed over my thumb. Works great still, just can't see the coffee perking.

 

[capn jim]

standard 6 cup perculator

a few years ago i found at wal-mart camping section a ss camping percolator for about 7 bucks. for the coffee we buy the Maxwell house pre-packaged packets. pop one in, makes a little hole where it goes over the perk tube but no big deal. makes great coffee and no loose grinds to deal with later.

 

[bill@tahoe]

coffee

Dosn't anyone use a 12 volt coffee maker?
I see them on line from 1 cup to 12 or more,
although the large ones seem to take 45 minutes to make
price wise they start about $20. and go up.
Anyone have experience with these?

 

[Paul F.]

No to 12 volt

The 12 volt units just don't heat up fast enough to be effective. I put a small 750 watt inverter in just to brew coffee and a few other things (small microwave and computer) With a $5 lawn sale Mr. Coffee the drip coffee maker works just like home.

 

[sailortonyb Allied Mistress 39]

12V

I dont know anything about the 12V coffee makers, but I wouldnt even consider them. It takes a lot of energy (Battery power) to boil water. Seems like it couls also be a fire hazard with a high curent drain. I could be wrong, but I'll stick to propane.

Tony B

 

[ruidh]

Thanks for the responses

$50 for a Starbucks SS french press? Now I know why they call them StarBUCKS.

This 6 cup SS percolator for $25 loks like it might be just what I'm looking for.

 

[Terry in Naples]

no work coffee

WE found some bottled coffee called Hillside. It is self contained and has several flavors like lattee, chocolate etc. It has a heat activation button on the bottle that releases the heating. Punch it and Wait 5 minutes and open. It is piping hot and you drink it from the container. We like it when we are in a hurry and trying to get anchor up and do not want to wait for the coffee to perk on our old fashoned coffee pot. So we drink this and get on our way then eat breakfast while sailing. Got it at grocery store. It is rather fancy. Terry

 

[Tommy T]

Coffee

Folgers makes coffee in pouches like tea bags. I just boil some water on the stove and pop one of these coffee bags in the cup. It isn't like starbucks coffee but it is better than nothing.

Tom

 

[Ben]

Overwhelmed yet?

There are two things that define the quality of my day on the water. Not the sun, not the wind, not the babes in bikinis on the other boats. (OK...they help.) No, it's my coffe in the morning and my martini in the evening, more of which in due course. Everything in between is pure fun, (It is fun, isn't it?) I'm from New Orleans, so my coffee is not instant, it is not cowboy style or boyscout swung-in-a-bucket style; I run off one battery, so I don't bring my Cuisinart grind-it-and-brew-it thing from home. No. To make good coffe you go one of two ways. After you bring your water ALMOST to a boil, you use a French press (glass, from Target, $18.00, wrap it in a towel for storage under way) or a French drip like my grandmother passed on to me. (Google and learn, Grasshopper.) Either way, you're not cooking your coffee, you're brewing it. Instant?...Balderdash. If I wanted speed, I'd have bought a power boat. Now...shall I pick the martini fight with anyone?

 

[Allan R]

Moka Pot Stove

I have several, keep one at home and one on the boat. They make a very robust cup of coffee and really come alive with a little Irish Cream in it.

 

[CalebD]

I gave up coffee a long time ago

All I need in the morning is LOTS of very strong tea in teabags (Twinnings, Tetley British blend etc). This only requires fully rolling boiling water and a good coverable 'coffee' cup with a cover. I don't like milk in it either, just straight with no chaser.
Now if I can just give up smoking, and drinking I would be perfectly boring.
Enjoy yours the way you like it, with chickory or without.

 

[Patrick , S/V Shangra-La]

Stainless steel percolater

Got it at Walmart about $20. Theres a few grounds in the bottom of the cup, but it's a great cup of coffee. Like it strong black and hot, just don't take that last sip.

 

[Deadhead]

I use a Coleman aluminum percolator

. . . . with the glass nubbin on top so I can watch it perc. Since I already gave up smoking & drinking the only vice I have left to enjoy is coffee. I never did like the Mr. Coffee style drip dealios because the coffee is neither hot enough nor flavorful enough. I use an electric percolator at home.

The SS percolator from Campmor as shown in the previous link is way cool. They also have an 8 cup enamelware model on their website (see link below). My nephew actually works at the brick & mortar store and gets a sizable employee discount. I will call sis tomorrow & have the lad pick one up for me.

My old man always said that it was the aluminum cooking pots that made his mother senile. Although it also might have been that she NEVER drank or smoked.