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Richard Casady

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:57:43 GMT, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:06:20 GMT, (Richard Casady)
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:33:20 -0400, wrote:

A non-electric (or any) percolator makes
about the worst coffee possible. I'd forego the coffee entirely if that was my
alternative.

Percolaters _are_ somewhat difficult to clean. You need a special
brush to clean the stem. A dirty coffee pot will cause bad coffee. You
can make decent coffee with a percolater, its not impossible by any
means. All you really have to do is clean the pot and don't let it
perk too long.

Percolators make terrible coffee. There is nothing you can do to change that.
The method they use is fatally flawed.

There are also non electric drip coffee makers, if you
don't like percolators.

The ones where you boil the water first and then pour it in can make a pretty
good cup of coffee. Much better than the automatic ones.

I remember the first automatic drip coffee
makers, in 1970 or so. People did drink the stuff before that. They
must make better coffee than perk or they wouldn't have taken over so
much of the market. I think there is a coffee newsgroup which I might
look for.

Saying they make better coffee than a percolator isn't saying much. Don't bother
with the coffee newsgroup. They argue about which end of each bean MUST be
aligned to face south while being roasted over the burning body of a virgin. :')

They also take moon phase into account when grinding coffee.

I grind eight buck beans from the supermarket and brew them in a Mr
Coffee. I use a generous ammount of the bean and make it really
strong. I put it in Thermos bottles immediately to protect it from the
air.

Casady