Cabin Cooking: Percolator to Dripolator
Do you use a percolator? Do you have trouble with coffee grounds getting through? Do you make coffee that sometimes tastes bitter? Well, my answers were yes to all three questions.
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| Trim a coffee filter to fit the percolator basket. |
My first thought was to look for a manual drip coffee maker, but the ones I found were glass.
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| Press the filter over the stem and into the basket. |
I trimmed a coffee filter so that it would fit inside the basket of my percolator.
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| The coffee goes inside the filter. |
Measure your coffee and put it into the filter lined basket.
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| Fit the basket lid firmly in place. |
Using this method I no longer have to use a strainer to keep those pesky grounds from getting into our cups. It has also helped to remove the bitter taste.
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| Saving coffee grounds for the garden. |
Do you use a stovetop percolator? What do you do to get a consistent good cup of coffee? -- Margy
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So interesting about the percolator, Margy. Reminds me of my younger years. Now my husband has a Keurig, which only makes one cup of coffee at a time. He tries to buy environmentally-friendly pods for it, but sometimes he can't, and we have to use plastic ones. Fortunately, he removes the coffee grounds from the little plastic container which he then rinses and saves for recycling. Thanks for the percolator tips, though, especially the perk-for-12-minutes.
ReplyDeleteWayne isn't a big coffee drinker, but I love a cup or two with cream in the morning. The automatic coffee makers are nice for town for sure. Even my old Mr. Coffee machines. We divide our trash into recyclables and garbage. The veggie and garden scraps go up the hill to the compost pile. On the way through town we stop at the recycle depot and make a deposit. It sure has reduced our garbage to throw out. - Margy
DeleteI used to visit an old Norwegian who made coffee in a percolater. Once it was "done", he would move it to the back of the stove and leave it all day. When I arrived in late afternoon, that coffee would stand on its own. I drank it, anyhow, but somehow, I lost my taste for perked coffee.
ReplyDeleteWhen I did use a percolater, earlier, I would perk it for 8 minutes. Possibly, I like my coffee milder than you do.
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the stronger I like it. - Margy
DeleteWhat a resourceful person you are!
ReplyDeleteI have more fun experimenting. - Margy
DeleteLove the idea of using a filter with the percolator. my parents made coffee with a percolator as they were off grid. I have a coffee machine with a reusable filter and I also save the grounds for the garden.
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