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Re: Coffee pot
Reply #25 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151654
Ok I give. Broke down and bought a Britta water filter for my coffee. The first rush of water even with our filter is yellow from sediment. I buy my exotic (to me) decaf coffee ground for my coffee press from hunger mountain coop in montpelier vt. Almost out. I will just make it to vt in April before I run out.
Sandy KalleAnka Vt
Re: Coffee pot
Reply #26 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151674
"All right! It's been way too long since our last coffee thread. Just wanted to remind folks that past threads on this subject have been captured in a very comprehensive LD Companion article."

Ted

I'm sorry this subject came up again. It's bound to happen every couple of years.

It's amazing how much money people are willing to spend for the ability to use an electric coffee pot when there are superior methods using the stove provided with every Lazy Daze.
Guess boiling water is beyond the capacity of many before their first cup of Joe.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
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Re: Coffee pot
Reply #28 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151680
For those that can't drink coffee like myself dark chocolate covered expresso beans are satisfying and will give a kick in the morning along with making you feel good. No electric power needed. But I bet they would be even better with a cup of fresh ground hazelnut. My old metal coffee pot worked well on the middle stove burner with a melita coffee filter cut to fit. Bought at a Army surplus store and made to last.

Bob
Re: Coffee pot
Reply #30 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151683
I haven't tried all the methods suggested. The Coleman drip coffee maker looks interesting, though. My wife doesn't appreciate a french press (I like them OK, sort makes me feel like I'm on the prairie having 'cowboy coffee').

I don't like the flavor of the coffee when I use our Melitta cup thingie, and I've never had a good cup of coffee from a percolator, so we'll stick with our drip coffee maker and running the generator (or using the inverter when I get it installed). The genset charges the batteries at the same time, and it needs to run ocasionally anyway, so it's doing more than the coffee at least half the time. The inverter on our previous SOB used less 10 AH for a pot of coffee, so the drip coffee pot is not much of an energy consumer.

Eric Greenwell
  [lifewithalazydazerv] wrote on 3/20/2015 10:12 PM:
2005 Jayco 24SS
Re: Coffee pot
Reply #31 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151685
FYI - Amazon sells a porcelain Melitta holder - to me this seems to be the method that uses little water - only the cup has to be washed

I like the french press but too much clean up for me.

"I don't like the flavor of the coffee when I use our Melitta cup thingie, "
Re: Coffee pot
Reply #32 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151713
The Melitta we have is plastic, but I don't think that is the reason for the flavor I don't like. I suspect I'm using water that is too hot, but haven't experimented with it much. The only water wasted using our electric drip coffee maker is we don't always drink all we make. We don't bother to wash the carafe or the thermos we put the coffee in each morning until we get home from the trip. Our biggest water use when it's hot is the TurboKool evaporative air conditioner. It can go through gallons in a day!

Eric Greenwell
 Roger Berger  [lifewithalazydazerv] wrote on 3/21/2015 11:28 PM:
2005 Jayco 24SS
 
Re: Coffee pot
Reply #33 –
Yahoo Message Number: 151718
There's a knack to making good tasting Melitta coffee. If the water is boiling vigorously, let it calm down for a bit as too-hot water is not good. And if you haven't yet had your first cup of coffee before doing this, you can easily hurt yourself if the water is too hot ;-)
 The first pour is just to moisten the grounds and let them "steep" so just pour a couple ounces in at first to get things wet, then wait a minute or so. Next, fill the cone slowly and evenly around the cone and onto the sides so the grounds are well dispersed in the hot water. When the water drains, fill a second time the same way.
 This should produce a good tasting pot of coffee. If not, make sure you're using enough coffee -- about 1/3 cup beans or a little more to make a #4 sized carafe.
 Make sure it's ground fine -- most pre-ground coffee, even "drip" grinds, are stale tasting and too coarse for the water to penetrate fully to extract the flavor. Grind your own beans for each brew and you'll be much happier.
 Darker roasts (French or Italian style) make better tasting drip coffee in my opinion. Steer clear of the pre-ground "house blend" in the big cans if you're looking for flavor.
 Melitta coffee seriously takes little or no more effort than using an electric coffee maker and requires no hookups. It's also quicker and  requires far less storage space and, as others have noted, cleanup is trivial -- just toss the paper cone and you're done, no extra water required.

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