Cofffe

alanc · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject: Cofffe

Yes, coffee...will not leave home without it..at home, we have an electric auto timed coffee pot...If I wake up and do not smell coffee..I call 911.

That said, this post is for true addicts like myself..Since I find boating to be not unlike camping, I have learned this trick over the years..We have tried every possible configuration of coffee brewing and find this one to be best while away from home...
Brew the stuff at home..gallons of it, or as much as you can carry..put it in milk jugs or other cooler freindly bottles and freeze any that you do not need the very next day...then, having coffee already brewed, just heat and enjoy as needed...it keeps for many days on ice like that.

Just my 3 pennies.

C-Gypsy · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject:

Years ago (in our sailing days) Pam had a small coffeepot we heated on a butane stove. It was part of our morning routine. I do not function very well without my morning coffee!

One morning when the coffee was ready we had several "river rats" banging on the side of the cabin with their coffee cups in hand. For some reason they never thought to put coffee pots on their own boats, and they had grown accustomed to smelling OUR coffee in the morning.

Surprisingly a few of them left because they preferred hot tea in the morning, not coffee. That was the last morning we ever made coffee aboard.

Now we heat a pot of water and keep lots of tea bags and coffee bags aboard to share with whoever shows up. I love a good cup of coffee, but the company and the laughs are more important to us, so I can put up with something less than perfect coffee. LOL!

Al Tea

Wandering Sagebrush · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject:

We stole our coffee trick from Ken Trease on CAVU. It's a Melita #6 filter cone that has a neck that will fit in a Stanley thermos. Put the coffee in the filter paper, cone in the thermos, pour the hot water, and nice fresh coffee that stays hot for hours.

dave · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:54 am Post subject:

We have a little Keurig coffee maker that makes one cup at a time. It uses pods. It is always hot and always fresh. Many different kinds of coffees to try.

localboy · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:03 pm Post subject:

We go strictly "old school"; a stainless percolator my mom used when I was a kid. I just pulled it from the Wallas and we are enjoying our first cup here in Langley. Cool

dotnmarty · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:03 pm Post subject:

El and Bill · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject:

We have been dripping boiling water from the tea kettle into a cone with a paper filter, filled with ground coffee, for decades - ashore or afloat. Can't beat the flavor, according to our taste buds.

localboy · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject:

dotnmarty · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to Meredith. It's a wonderful accomplishment.

Doryman · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:46 am Post subject:

I like the AeroPress because it conserves cleanup water -- much less than that required to clean a French Press, which was our previous coffee device. I tried the Melitta filter device and abandoned it after too many accidents (not stable). Also tried the Mukka Express, much beloved by Pat, should give it another try, but I like straight coffee in the morning, not a latte.

Warren

SENSEI · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

there are 3 full pages discussing the merrits of coffee here from years past

http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=1768&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0