I wonder what is the best way to make coffee while sailing alone.
TIA

On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:13:09 GMT, "Denis Marier" wrote:

I wonder what is the best way to make coffee while sailing alone.
TIA


I'm a coffee 'snob' at home...exotic blends, grinder, etc.,but on the boat,
I get along fine with Folger's Singles...think coffee in a tea bag.
It's drinkable, and no clean-up.
Norm B

engsol wrote:

I'm a coffee 'snob' at home...exotic blends, grinder, etc.,but on the boat,
I get along fine with Folger's Singles...think coffee in a tea bag.
It's drinkable, and no clean-up.

If you don't roast your own, you're not a "coffee snob." On my last
one year cruise I left with 25 pounds of green beans (about a 6 month
supply - I needed replenishment partway) and roasted weekly on the BBQ
with a WhirleyPop.

On Wed, 18 May 2005 16:12:14 -0400, Jeff wrote:

engsol wrote:

I'm a coffee 'snob' at home...exotic blends, grinder, etc.,but on the boat,
I get along fine with Folger's Singles...think coffee in a tea bag.
It's drinkable, and no clean-up.

If you don't roast your own, you're not a "coffee snob." On my last
one year cruise I left with 25 pounds of green beans (about a 6 month
supply - I needed replenishment partway) and roasted weekly on the BBQ
with a WhirleyPop.


You're right...maybe I'm just a "coffee snob" wannabe, and lazy...

WhirleyPop.

Ok, what's a Whirly Pop?

wrote:
WhirleyPop.


Ok, what's a Whirly Pop?


Scroll down to about the middle of the page:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.stovetop-popper.shtml

BTW, I've roasted most of the coffee I've had at home for the last 15
years, much of it purchased from Sweet Maria's. I currently use the
AlpenRost and IRoast machines shown at the top of the page. The
machines add about a dollar a pound to the coffee, but the beans are
somewhat cheaper and higher quality than you can get at the
supermarket, or even the gourmet stores.

For example, most of the very good beans are 5 to 6 dollars, the top
quality Costa Rican is $7 (from the same farm its $16 at the local top
rated roastery). If you like Kona, you get get it for $15 a pound
when you might pay $18 for a half pound from a roastery.

The real advantage is that I always have fresh coffee, roasted just
the way I like it. The downside is that you must roast at least 12
hours in advance, because the coffee must "rest" for a while before
brewing. If I forget to roast the night before, its tea for breakfast!

For trips up to a month, I roast up a lot, measure out daily
"baggies," and then seal 6 or so into Foodmaster vacuum bags. These
can be frozen for longer trips.

Tips for coffee: The water should be clean and very hot, just off a
boil. The flaw in cheap brewers is that the water is tepid by the
time it hits the coffee. Beans should be ground just before brewing.
If you must use preground, keep it air tight, and don't keep it in
the fridge or freezer for daily use. (Every time you open it moisture
condenses onto it!) If you don't use it within 15 minutes of brewing,
decant into a Thermos.

And most of all, Starbucks roasts that way because it hides the flaws
in cheap coffee, not because it tastes better. If you like coffee
flavored milk, its fine.

engsol wrote:
I'm a coffee 'snob' at home...exotic blends, grinder, etc.,but on the boat,
I get along fine with Folger's Singles...think coffee in a tea bag.
It's drinkable, and no clean-up.

philistine! you should be forced to watch reruns of Regis and
whatever-her-name-is in perpetuity for this blasphemy ;-)

On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:26:06 -0400, prodigal1 wrote:

engsol wrote:
I'm a coffee 'snob' at home...exotic blends, grinder, etc.,but on the boat,
I get along fine with Folger's Singles...think coffee in a tea bag.
It's drinkable, and no clean-up.

philistine! you should be forced to watch reruns of Regis and
whatever-her-name-is in perpetuity for this blasphemy ;-)

Forgive me...for I have sinned.
As pentance I promise to drink three cups of Sanka, go forth, and sin no more...

engsol wrote:

Forgive me...for I have sinned.
As pentance I promise to drink three cups of Sanka, go forth, and sin no more...

Sanka!!!?! aaahhh!!! unclean!!! it burns us!!!

"prodigal1" wrote in message
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engsol wrote:

Forgive me...for I have sinned. As pentance I promise to drink three cups
of Sanka, go forth, and sin no more...

Sanka!!!?! aaahhh!!! unclean!!! it burns us!!!

Yes, I agree. I don't know how they can sell that stuff. It is the worst
"coffee" on the planet.