On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:35:58 +0000, salty wrote:

Get yourself a French Press. Very easy to use, and doesn't need any
electricity. Makes drip coffee seem like dishwater by comparison.

absolutely, ours is stainless steel which given my history of breaking
glass Bodum's was a very thoughtful gift

wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:43:20 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote:

Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-)

Being addicted to drip coffee, I have been looking for a good coffee maker
with a thermal carafe that would fit in the galley without taking up much
space and not end up on the deck. Finally found this:
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...8527&id=860319
at Defender.

Anyone seen one of these in person? Most built in coffee makers run two
boat bucks or more. I am wondering if this thing is built well enough to
hold up.

Get yourself a French Press. Very easy to use, and doesn't need any electricity.
Makes drip coffee seem like dishwater by comparison.



Nah, go with Aeropress. ;) And if you really want to argue, go to
alt.coffee
Gordon

"Gordon" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:43:20 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-)

Being addicted to drip coffee, I have been looking for a good coffee
maker with a thermal carafe that would fit in the galley without taking
up much space and not end up on the deck. Finally found this:
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...8527&id=860319
at Defender.

Anyone seen one of these in person? Most built in coffee makers run two
boat bucks or more. I am wondering if this thing is built well enough
to hold up.

Get yourself a French Press. Very easy to use, and doesn't need any
electricity.
Makes drip coffee seem like dishwater by comparison.



Nah, go with Aeropress. ;) And if you really want to argue, go to
alt.coffee
Gordon

Technically Aeropress should produce a better cup of coffee:
http://www.aerobie.com/Products/aeropress_story.htm
The practically of the Aeropress on a sailboat may vary from one sailor to
another.
My questions a can it keep the coffee hot by not leaving it on the stove
unattended while in the cockpit sailing alone:
will it construction resist breakage and finally how much water will it take
to clean it after use?

What I have on my boat is the Nissan Thermo French coffee press:
http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/p...malFrenchPress
I find it very practical to make coffee directly into the stainless steel
thermo bottle.
Then I can bring the SS thermo bottle full of freshly made coffee in the
cockpit and drink it at will.
When the going gets rough I do not have to go in the cabin to boil water or
to get coffee.
As the construction is made of SS I do not have to be careful as with glass.
What I do not like about it is to get the used coffee ground out of the
thermo for disposal.

Having said that I will get an Aeropress for the next season and first try
it at home then at anchor.
Maybe, then, I will get rid of my Moka Bialetti that I find a little awkward
to use.


To each it own, See

On Jan 20, 7:43*am, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote:
Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. *:-)

Being addicted to drip coffee,


I tried the french press when I got it for a present.

I now use a method learned when I spent 9 months on a Polish factory
trawler in the Bering Sea and later Hake off OR WA coast. The bridge
guys would grind beans and put it in a small can at begining of each
watch. THen when ya wanted a cup ya just boiled some water and put a
couple spoons full of coffee in the cup. Pour in the water.... let sit
for a while....HOT COFFEE. just like instant sanka. Just dont go
stirring up the stuff on the bottom of the cup.

Thats my prefered method now. Simple and another thing I dont have to
fret over, think about, buy, maintain, break.... buy again bla bla.
But im also the guy who threw out my solon table and cockpit cocktail
center piece. Its amazing how simple and easy life becomes when you
learn to do things another way. Heck, we were told, taught,
manipulated to beive we had to have coffee pots. So why cant we just
learn to do it a simpler cheeper way???? Oh, ya 2/3 of our nations
economy is from people buying ****.

Bob

"Bob" wrote in message
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On Jan 20, 7:43 am, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote:
Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-)

Being addicted to drip coffee,


I tried the french press when I got it for a present.

I now use a method learned when I spent 9 months on a Polish factory
trawler in the Bering Sea and later Hake off OR WA coast. The bridge
guys would grind beans and put it in a small can at begining of each
watch. THen when ya wanted a cup ya just boiled some water and put a
couple spoons full of coffee in the cup. Pour in the water.... let sit
for a while....HOT COFFEE. just like instant sanka. Just dont go
stirring up the stuff on the bottom of the cup.

Thats my prefered method now. Simple and another thing I dont have to
fret over, think about, buy, maintain, break.... buy again bla bla.
But im also the guy who threw out my solon table and cockpit cocktail
center piece. Its amazing how simple and easy life becomes when you
learn to do things another way. Heck, we were told, taught,
manipulated to beive we had to have coffee pots. So why cant we just
learn to do it a simpler cheeper way???? Oh, ya 2/3 of our nations
economy is from people buying ****.

Bob, you forgot to add made in China.

Leanne

Installed a Prosine 3.0 last Fall. That big enough? :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:12:22 +0100, Markus Baertschi
wrote:

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
At the rated 1000 watts that works out to about 11 AH.

1000W@12V takes towards 90A. You'll need a good inverter for this to work.


Markus

Errr...that would be a 1000W or a 1500W inverter, I assume?

Brian W

Mrs. Slocum was not sailing with him. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Alan Gomes" wrote in message
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Sir Thomas of Cannondale wrote:
Nothing wrong with a good cup of java, I love coffee. I use a perk
coffee maker, with the old alcohol stove.

But .. I was just thinking ..

How did old Joshua Slocum get all the way around the world without any of
these fancy things we yachtspeople
have today?

Uncomfortably?

That might just about do it - so long as you kept the number of
simultaneous brews to three or less? :-)

Brian W

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:37:32 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

Installed a Prosine 3.0 last Fall. That big enough? :-)
--
Glenn Ashmore


On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:12:22 +0100, Markus Baertschi
wrote:

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
At the rated 1000 watts that works out to about 11 AH.

1000W@12V takes towards 90A. You'll need a good inverter for this to work.


Markus

The thing about single cup coffee brewing is that every time you want a cup
you have to go below, fill a pot, boil the water, measure out the coffee and
pour it all through the filter or press. With an 8 or 10 cup maker you fill
it when your watch starts and just run below and pour a cup when you need
it.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
...
Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-)

Being addicted to drip coffee, I have been looking for a good coffee maker
with a thermal carafe that would fit in the galley without taking up much
space and not end up on the deck. Finally found this:
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...8527&id=860319
at Defender.

Anyone seen one of these in person? Most built in coffee makers run two
boat bucks or more. I am wondering if this thing is built well enough to
hold up.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:29:28 GMT, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:

How did old Joshua Slocum get all the way around the world without any of
these fancy things we yachtspeople
have today?

"...I studied with diligence Neptune's laws,
and these laws I tried to obey..." [Joshua Slocum]

Almost like poetry, but it was clipped from the middle
of a paragraph in his book. True, it isn't how he managed
without modern conveniences, but simply how he made it
around the oceans.
--Pete
Peter W. Meek
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/