So many dreams shattered this morning 
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Dulling Hottops 
I was out in the pool house roasting this afternoon on my Gene roaster
Pool house has been renovated. I’ve been kicked out……left with roasting on the lani 
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Great Setup Jason.
My High School chemistry teacher used to make coffee this way -albeit with a lab glass funnel (with filter paper) and flask.
It wasn’t Walter White was it?
LOL. Nope !!!
A couple of years ago, I vacationed with an older lady who had a vintage coffee percolator, and I loved the coffee that came out of it. I researched obsessively to track down my own vintage model and paid a premium for it on eBay, but was never able to recreate the coffee magic I tasted from my friend’s machine. Even with very good beans. So I put the thing in a closet. This pained me, because the mid-century kitchenware collector in me was very enamored of the look of the percolator.
Today I found an even sexier mid-century percolator at my local used furniture store for about five bucks. Apparently these things go for 60-70 dollars, so I was surprised to find it so cheap; gonna clean it up now (baking soda cycle, then vinegar cycle) and give it a go.
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Percolated coffee was what I grew up with.
Folgers, of course.
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Maxwell House for us
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That’s what my grandparents used. And the added bonus: the half-pound cans (and they really were half pounds) when empty made great fish bait (worms from the worm bed) containers for bayou fishing.
Their coffee was always the best. Used a drip pot.
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After a lengthy cleaning process, I brewed some truly mediocre coffee.
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I feel your pain. I finally gave up on fixing the leaking problem my Illy machine has and just tried brewing a double espresso figuring I would clean up the mess afterwards. Horrible espresso. So I cleaned it again, threw out the first espresso and tried the second one. Just as bad.
Pulled out my old Mr. Coffee machine this morning. Worse than usual.
I am beginning to think I got the new Covid a couple months ago. “Bitter Coffee Taste-Specific Covid-23” may not be a thing but it is like my taste buds all got together and just decided to hate all coffees a couple months ago. Red Bull is almost $2 a pop but I think it may be on my shopping list again. I wish Montana grocery stores stocked all those canned espressos/coffees that Harris Teeter has in the Mid-Atlantic.
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Have you tried AeroPress? It’s a figurative penny to ante. Suggestion: get the aftermarket SS filter disk.
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I’ll have to find mine. I put it in some kind of disaster prep backpack, I think!
Thank you for the reminder! I do not have an AeroPress but I have an old Bodum French Press that I used to use for cold brew coffees. I broke it out and used my freshly ground coffee in it and it was a pretty good cup of coffee. So I haven’t ruined my coffee drinking taste buds!
I can understand why my old Mr. Coffee does not brew good coffee any longer, it is way old and an old fashioned design. But I wonder what is wrong with my Illy… Cleaned it twice and it still is bitter as all get out.
So now I just have to play around with different coffee roasts, water temp and amount of coffee to optimize my French Press.
I may just buy an AeroPress to complement the French Press. $31 is a bargain for a coffee maker and it is always interesting to see the results from different makers.
Good to hear.
The beauty of AeroPress is that it makes good espresso, too.
I use a cheap auto drip, too, sometimes.
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Along with the caviar spoon?
That’s one thing I don’t worry about with my Chemex–it’ll never break down unless I drop it on the floor.
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Loved my Aeropress! It’s mainly in the cabinet these days since I bought the Nespresso, but I do break it out every once in a while if I am traveling and staying at a place that only has an old school drip coffee maker.
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