primitive kills coffee pot

[dutch508]

 I have a Mr. Coffee and have had one for several years now. I guess I am the perfect man because the last time my coffee machine broke I went to the store and after looking at all the various ones on display picked one that I thought looked good. Once I got home I realized I had picked out the exact same one that I already had. It works. I like it. 'Nuff said.

I did get a French Press a few months ago. I had read that it makes very good coffee and you can make only a few cups at a time. Since I already have a coffee grinder I thought what the hell. So since I ahve had it I have used it a few times. It is ok. I does make very good coffee and I can get the beans from the local store.

However I mostly use the Mr. Coffee simply because it is simple.

 

[Ballygrl]

I give up on coffeepots, I'm back to using the electric percolator, it's impossible to get a hot cup of coffee, even the Keurig stinks, I either use the electric percolator or the old fashioned percolator you put on the stove.

[JohnnyReb]

I give up on coffeepots, I'm back to using the electric percolator, it's impossible to get a hot cup of coffee, even the Keurig stinks, I either use the electric percolator or the old fashioned percolator you put on the stove.

My mother was the only one that drank coffee at our house and a percolator as how she did it.....smelled so good.

[dutch508]

I have my coffee maker on a timer so that when I get up to let the dogs out the back door I can then have a cup of coffee while they go crap themselves all over my back yard.

The French Press does take the acidic taste out of the coffee for the most part.

I look at it like this. According the the English there is a set way to make a very good cup of tea. Americans don't do it for the most part. If you follow all the steps in their way it takes a bit of time to do it right. Of course, it you are taking a tea break with a cookie or two or whatever- it's more about the social time over a cuppa, than a much needed caffeine boost. English tea, done the propper way, is very good. Very, very good.

Of course I can get an instant cuppa that's passable.

Same with coffee. In the amount of time it takes to boil the water, grind the beans, press the shit out of them in the water and pour the cup, I've drank three large coffees out of the Mr. Coffee. It is nice on occasion to take the time and do the long form- but more often than not it is just easier to grab a cup and go.

[Ballygrl]

I was a little ticked switching from the coffeepot to the electric percolator because I love setting the timer and have the coffee ready when I get up, my Husband has a bunch of electric timers in his shop area, you use them to turn on lights when you're away etc. well I thought why can't I use it for the electric percolator, I tried it and it works.

[Dori]

My mother was the only one that drank coffee at our house and a percolator as how she did it.....smelled so good.

My MIL used the percolator on the stove.  My husband would always say that you had to drink her coffee with a spoon.   

[BlueStateSaint]

I was a little ticked switching from the coffeepot to the electric percolator because I love setting the timer and have the coffee ready when I get up, my Husband has a bunch of electric timers in his shop area, you use them to turn on lights when you're away etc. well I thought why can't I use it for the electric percolator, I tried it and it works.

And now his shop is dark . . .

[Karin]

Man, is this an opinionated topic or what?  Everybody has their exact preference and that is that.      Don't get between me and my coffee! 

[franksolich]

Man, is this an opinionated topic or what?  Everybody has their exact preference and that is that.      Don't get between me and my coffee! 

It's snowing and gusting here, and near below zero; I'm preoccupied with the care of a cat who's slipping away from this time and place--it's going to be any time now--and needed some hot coffee.

The coffee-maker on the counter still had half a pot of brewed coffee from.....last Saturday.

I just ran it through the coffee maker again, minus filter and grounds, to make it hot.

It tasted perfectly fine to me; coffee's coffee's coffee.  It's just a brown-colored liquid, and so it doesn't make any difference how it's made.

[BlueStateSaint]

It's snowing and gusting here, and near below zero; I'm preoccupied with the care of a cat who's slipping away from this time and place--it's going to be any time now--and needed some hot coffee.

The coffee-maker on the counter still had half a pot of brewed coffee from.....last Saturday.

I just ran it through the coffee maker again, minus filter and grounds, to make it hot.

It tasted perfectly fine to me; coffee's coffee's coffee.  It's just a brown-colored liquid, and so it doesn't make any difference how it's made.

How many cats are left?

[franksolich]

How many cats are left?

It's a harrowing ordeal, but fortunately according to professional veterinary evaluation, Abbie's in no pain, and will probably just sleep away from this time and place.

I'll be writing about it in the Sandhills forum when it's over with--it could be any time now--because Abbie's been a most wonderful cat.....and this being said by someone not a cat person.

This will, unhappily, leave just Snow, Harold, and Ellie.

[redwhit]

I give up on coffeepots, I'm back to using the electric percolator, it's impossible to get a hot cup of coffee, even the Keurig stinks, I either use the electric percolator or the old fashioned percolator you put on the stove.

I had to give up on coffeepots too but more because I apparently have evil gremlins in my fingertips that makes coffeepots want to die after just a few weeks of use and at the worst possible time.   

Went with the French Press simply because I really have to expend effort to break the damn thing.

[RobJohnson]

Can't go wrong with a Bunn (commercial, not home) and 8 o'clock coffee. I can't function without at least a pot of coffee.

Both are good choices.