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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-) Being addicted to drip coffee, These things take enormous power to run even if you can find one which operates well underway. It'd be like running an electric iron. OTOH, if you only mean to use it while at dock by shore power, I'd guess anything will do. Do you expect to run this thing while underway on a sailboat? My personal experience while underway is that the LEAST of my concerns about hot liquids is the exact coffee blend or how good it tastes. Anything hot tastes wonderful. |
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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 |
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I am setting Rutu up as an island hopper that will spend days at anchor so I
want some creature comforts. The advantage of a thermal carafe type maker is that it takes about 7 minutes to brew and then cuts off. At the rated 1000 watts that works out to about 11 AH. allowing for losses in the inverter. Rutu has an 850 AH house bank and a pair of 120W solar panels so I am going to indulge myself a little. :-) What worries me more is a crew of 2 women who don't feel civilized away from their hair dryers. :-) -- 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 "Paul Cassel" wrote in message . .. Glenn Ashmore wrote: Guess you can tell I am working on the galley/salon. :-) Being addicted to drip coffee, These things take enormous power to run even if you can find one which operates well underway. It'd be like running an electric iron. OTOH, if you only mean to use it while at dock by shore power, I'd guess anything will do. Do you expect to run this thing while underway on a sailboat? My personal experience while underway is that the LEAST of my concerns about hot liquids is the exact coffee blend or how good it tastes. Anything hot tastes wonderful. |
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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
: 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. http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-D.../dp/B00006IUVD My fav - $17. Makes 1.8 cup in a travel mug in about 90 seconds. Uses NO FILTER PAPER. Has a permanent gold-plated screen that washes easily. No coffee filters to stink up the place. Just dump the grounds overboard after a couple of cups. The filter recycles! You can buy extra mugs to make as many "pots" as you need from Black and Decker cheap. No 10 cups of sloshing coffee JUST WAITING TO CRASH in a rogue wave. The 1.8 cup mug FITS IN ANY GIMBAL DRINK HOLDER and is spill-proof because it has a closing cap. Open, drink, close, leave in drink holder. 6x6x10" uses LOTS LESS space than any POT brewer. You always get the very freshest cup when you make them as you drink them..... 1.2KW for 90 seconds with NO WASTE COFFEE leftovers is much easier on Amp- Hour drains from the house batteries. Did I mention the whole boat doesn't have to smell like the last watch's COFFEE FILTER!....(C; |
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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? 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000 "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 |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:52:53 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote: What worries me more is a crew of 2 women who don't feel civilized away from their hair dryers. :-) We find that hair dryers require generator time. For coffee we like Melita filters with the plastic cone and the paper filters. They are cheap and make great coffee, just add boiled water from some source. |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:30:43 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:52:53 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote: What worries me more is a crew of 2 women who don't feel civilized away from their hair dryers. :-) We find that hair dryers require generator time. For coffee we like Melita filters with the plastic cone and the paper filters. They are cheap and make great coffee, just add boiled water from some source. That's my tendency, even at home, because coffee gets old fast after brewing, even in an unheated thermos, and I hate throwing it away. But I've found the metering of water through the filter as done by a drip coffeemaker somehow always tastes better. Same with gold filters. They don't provide the flow rate of paper through the grounds. It's all personal taste, and I'm always looking for coffeemaker that will make a good single *big* cup of coffee at a time. Might try one of those Larry recommended, but use the paper filter. --Vic |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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"Gordon" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 |
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"Bob" wrote in message
... 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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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/ |
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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/boat_odors/ |
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http://www.nextag.com/Frieling-Frenc...05/prices-html
I use an insulated Frieling French Press if Im not going to drink it all right away. Or a Melita drip if I am going to be drinking it all right away. You heat the water on the stove top and pour - could be easier. I think the important thing is to have the coffee fresh FRESH ground from good beans. |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
Glenn Ashmore wrote: 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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. I use a funnel (because I accidentally threw my Melita cone out), heat the water the old way and put the coffee in a thermal carafe. If it's a good one, your coffee will be drinkable tomorrow. I think the funnel works better than the cone because it fits the carafe better and won't slip off like the cone used to. My coffee maker works fine off of my 1000 watt inverter but I would never do it that way. I kind of like using the stove. It's far more efficient. |
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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? the same way Magellen did it.... Good Seamanship...... -- Bruce in alaska add path after fast to reply |
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Well, first off the carafe is locked in place in the CCM1000 so it won't
fall out of the maker and it has a lid that has to be pressed to pour. That reduces the chance of a spill. With the pour through cones you have to handle a pot of boiling water and hold every thing steady while you pour it through the coffee every time you want a cup. Be it 10 oz or 100oz boiling water hurts the same. Been there done that about 200 miles ESE of Bermuda at 3AM. Good thing I was wearing my foulies. :-) That's WHY I have been looking for an alternative. -- 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 "Paul Cassel" wrote in message . .. Peggie Hall wrote: Glenn Ashmore wrote: 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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. Some one did mention Melita and I was about to myself. That's what we used. Glenn, you are now talking about being 'on watch' which implies using this device underway. I don't think that practical from a movement view and from a power usage view. Have you done much sailing? I can't see some device with 12 cups (what, 100 oz?) of boiling fluid as something I want to contend with while underway. I doubt you can pour it into a cup anyway. -paul |
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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
With the pour through cones you have to handle a pot of boiling water and hold every thing steady while you pour it through the coffee every time you want a cup. That's only true of the single cup system. Melita has a larger cone to fill a carafe...WHICH, based on your previous comments, I assumed you'd make while at anchor. -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/boat_odors/ |
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Alan Gomes wrote:
Peggie Hall wrote: Glenn Ashmore wrote: 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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. I mentioned it! :-) --AG I'm not a coffee drinker but my wife likes her French presses. After I killed 2 glass ones, she bought this s.s. insulated one from Starbucks. http://www.starbucks.com/retail/coffeepresses.asp (2nd one down) Pouring hot water goes straight into it, and tilting isn't that big a deal on our catamaran. Keeps coffee hot for about 2 hours but never seems to last that long with only her drinking it... Evan Gatehouse |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
Glenn Ashmore wrote: 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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. Some one did mention Melita and I was about to myself. That's what we used. Glenn, you are now talking about being 'on watch' which implies using this device underway. I don't think that practical from a movement view and from a power usage view. Have you done much sailing? I can't see some device with 12 cups (what, 100 oz?) of boiling fluid as something I want to contend with while underway. I doubt you can pour it into a cup anyway. -paul |
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On 2008-01-21 01:07:11 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore" said:
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. We've been using an old camping drip maker for a couple of decades; something like this: http://www.bbq.com/item_name_Cajun-Cookware-7-Cup-Aluminum-Drip-Coffee-Maker_path__item_316937.html Boil the water in another pot. Makes a quart which we put it in a SS thermos that goes directly to the cockpit except when it's nasty. The SS doesn't stay hot as long as a glass vacuum thermos, but doesn't break and we rarely have any left over. -- Jere Lull Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Glenn,
I know everyone has an opinion and I am no exception. I am single and I love my coffee. Everyone that visits wants a cuppa and I found a solution 6 years ago to fresh coffee 24 & 7 on demand. It makes no sense in my situation to make a pot of coffee when I am alone and instant just doesn't cut it. Please consider the Saeco Brand automatic coffee makers. They grind the coffee and brew the cup on demand. The quality is phenominal. You can adjust the grind, the temperature and the strength at will. They make expresso, cappacino, tea and cocao. They have the facility to steam milk or cream as well. They are not inexpensive, but they are well worth the money. These are machines you make space for. For size, my machine is 13" wide, 11" deep and 15" tall. Depending on the model, these measurements can be more or less. They are very reliable and parts are available world wide if needed. They are all high impact plastic, except for the guts. You must use filtered water, but that is a no brainer anyway. They are very easy to secure in place and you never have to worry about splashing hot water. You can drop about $500 on one and more, but you can find them on eBay reasonably. I swear by mine. It will spoil you for anything else. Steve "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 |
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On Jan 21, 8:24 pm, Paul Cassel
wrote: Peggie Hall wrote: Glenn Ashmore wrote: 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. Nobody has mentioned the Melita cone. I've used one for years. Put the ground coffee--a cupful or a potful--in a paper filter in the cone, pour boiling water through it. Makes coffee as good as that from any drip coffee maker. Some one did mention Melita and I was about to myself. That's what we used. Glenn, you are now talking about being 'on watch' which implies using this device underway. I don't think that practical from a movement view and from a power usage view. Have you done much sailing? I can't see some device with 12 cups (what, 100 oz?) of boiling fluid as something I want to contend with while underway. I doubt you can pour it into a cup anyway. -paul As an avid but non-snobbish coffeedrinker, I find perked coffee is pretty much as good as drip. Put the (bottled) water in the coffeepot, add fresh-ground coffee in the top, put it on the gimballed stove with potholders, and VOILA: coffee about as quick as instant, made underway. No spillage, no electricity, no wasted paper. Remove the top part with the dregs, turn the stove down to low and drink at your leisure... 'Course, if you're a fisherman or tug-worker, leave the dregs in, let it continue to boil until by 2pm you can use it to repair holes in the hull. No matter - drown the taste with rum... :o ;) druid http://www.bcboatnet.org |
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Just checked out the Saeco makers. WOW! I like my coffee but not quite that
much. Then again I could pawn it down the road to pay for an engine overhaul. ;:-) -- 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 "Steve Lusardi" wrote in message ... Glenn, I know everyone has an opinion and I am no exception. I am single and I love my coffee. Everyone that visits wants a cuppa and I found a solution 6 years ago to fresh coffee 24 & 7 on demand. It makes no sense in my situation to make a pot of coffee when I am alone and instant just doesn't cut it. Please consider the Saeco Brand automatic coffee makers. They grind the coffee and brew the cup on demand. The quality is phenominal. You can adjust the grind, the temperature and the strength at will. They make expresso, cappacino, tea and cocao. They have the facility to steam milk or cream as well. They are not inexpensive, but they are well worth the money. These are machines you make space for. For size, my machine is 13" wide, 11" deep and 15" tall. Depending on the model, these measurements can be more or less. They are very reliable and parts are available world wide if needed. They are all high impact plastic, except for the guts. You must use filtered water, but that is a no brainer anyway. They are very easy to secure in place and you never have to worry about splashing hot water. You can drop about $500 on one and more, but you can find them on eBay reasonably. I swear by mine. It will spoil you for anything else. Steve "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 |
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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Well, first off the carafe is locked in place in the CCM1000 so it won't fall out of the maker and it has a lid that has to be pressed to pour. That reduces the chance of a spill. With the pour through cones you have to handle a pot of boiling water and hold every thing steady while you pour it through the coffee every time you want a cup. Be it 10 oz or 100oz boiling water hurts the same. Been there done that about 200 miles ESE of Bermuda at 3AM. Good thing I was wearing my foulies. :-) That's WHY I have been looking for an alternative. I've lived aboard and sailed for 7 years. I doubt there was more than a few days underway when I could see being able to brew coffee. It just doesn't seem to be an issue really - I mean the quality of coffee beans, etc. If you get something hot or at least not cold to eat or drink, that's enough. I'm really skeptical that you'll feel justified if you find a system. It seems to me like gilding a lily. I think you're thinking too much like being ashore and not how you'll really feel at sea. -paul |
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:45:06 -0800 (PST), druid
wrote: 'Course, if you're a fisherman or tug-worker, leave the dregs in, let it continue to boil until by 2pm you can use it to repair holes in the hull. No matter - drown the taste with rum... :o ;) Repair holes? Don't you mean creat them? Assuming a steel hull, which the guys mentioned mostly use. Actual battery acid is 33% h2s04 for what its worth. Casady |
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Glenn,
A year or so back I stumbled into this built-in coffee maker, which I purchased for my galley: http://www.lancelarkin.com/htmls/brew.htm It is similar to the one you found on Defender, but I suspect significantly higher quality, and with decidedly more complex plumbing. At first there was a bit of sticker shock, but I found one on ebay well below half the sticker price. I think they have been cracking down non-sanctioned vendors recently, however, so your mileage may vary. I can't yet give you first hand experience with it, as mine is still in the box awaiting the final fabrication of the galley in my project boat. The price of so many purchases on this project, from deck hardware to the rising cost of epoxy, have triggered the sphincter clamping reflex that its becoming harder to find a gauge for all the costs. But when I take just one step back and remember the whole damn boat is just one complex equation about a quality of life, the price of a decent cup of coffee becomes a little more palatable (or so I've told myself). Best regards, Collin |
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