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Airborne6 · 03-08-2015, 08:35 PM

For all you boondockers out here I have a coffee question. Is the preferred method of making the morning brew via good old fashioned percolator or is anyone using the 12volt coffee maker. I would imagine the regular 110 AC would be to much for the inverter recepticals.

Dave

**Kevin245** · 03-08-2015, 08:41 PM

French Press is what we use.

SteveH · 03-08-2015, 08:49 PM

If we don't have a power hookup, we use a percolator.

daveswenson · 03-08-2015, 09:16 PM

I don't like percolated coffee, so when off the grid I use a french press.

cptfish · 03-08-2015, 10:17 PM

French press stainless double wall insulated 8 cup by Bodum. Have also seen a Starbucks insulated one. Bought a neoprene lunch sack at TJ Maxx that it fits in side for travel and to also keep coffee hot longer.

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urnmor · 03-09-2015, 06:24 AM

I use the Bialetti Moca Express stovetop espresso machine.

ROBERT CROSS · 03-09-2015, 06:46 AM

IMHO.....Perc=burnt.

We have always used Chemex..

"I believe humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee." ~

Bob

Lance M · 03-09-2015, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by urnmor

I use the Bialetti Moca Express stovetop espresso machine.

We use this ^^every day.

http://www.bialetti.com/www.bialetti...94jlk0jgkm2rj1

AnnArborBob · 03-09-2015, 07:11 AM

I'm strictly French Press whether on the road or not.

SteveH · 03-09-2015, 07:22 AM

When you know and use the correct procedure for making coffee in a percolator, you can't tell the difference between it and an electric drip coffee maker. It's especially easy on a gas stove.

My only complaint is I can't find a 12 cup percolator.

AWCHIEF · 03-09-2015, 07:43 AM

French Press is my preferred way to make coffee when AC is an issue. I also have both a Keurig and Nespresso for those times when power is not an issue. I usually have one of them in the trailer.

Foiled Again · 03-09-2015, 07:52 AM

There's another thread that's run for years on the same question. Seems to be an endless debate - like which hitch is better or what the perfect tow vehicle is.

When I was growing up the coffee maker of choice was a GLASS vacuum coffee maker. A Rube Goldberg invention if ever there was one. My mother had a stainless steel one - and I've rarely if ever seen another. I'd try to describe it but there's a 5000 word limit per post. Basically the pot boiled water which forced it up into the top chamber. You turned off the gas or electricity as the pot completed pumping the water into the top. Then the hot water mixed with the coffee, and as the heat decreased a vacuum in the pot sucked the water back down. The top assembly was removed and there remained a pot of very good coffee. The Chemex - or any other pour over system seems to do the same with considerably LESS fuss. Of course they don't make the pour overs in 12 cup models do they?

Paula

GeocamperAS · 03-09-2015, 07:56 AM

Years ago, before AS, when we tent camped, I bought a one cup 12v coffee pot to plug into the car. The cord got very hot and it popped the fuse in the car. They may have improved. You could buy one. Try it in you AS before you go camping. Monitor the battery. Take it back if it drains to much battery.

We use French Press when not plugged in.

GeocamperAS · 03-09-2015, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Foiled Again

When I was growing up the coffee maker of choice was a GLASS drip-o-later. A Rube Goldberg invention if ever there was one. My mother had a stainless steel one - and I've rarely if ever seen another. I'd try to describe it but there's a 5000 word limit per post. Basically the pot boiled water which forced it up into the top chamber. You turned off the gas or electricity as the pot completed pumping the water into the top. Then the hot water mixed with the coffee, and as the heat decreased a vacuum in the pot sucked the water back down.
Paula

Thanks for the once lost memory. My parents had one. I use to watch it in amazement. Never knew what it was called though.

crispyboy · 03-09-2015, 08:43 AM

A stove top percolator for us - all the time. You will get more flavor extracted from the coffee bean when you know how to cook your coffee.
My wife and I can always find a happy medium in how strong the coffee can be with a percolator. She likes strong coffee but ruins it with cream, sugar, etc..... I like straight black coffee - the only way to drink it - I like to actually taste the coffee, not the additives.

Scooter241 · 03-09-2015, 11:33 AM

The glass vacuum coffee percolater is called a Cory.
Here's a you tube video of it in action.

Anyway, I tried to post it. Here's the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObMXYMdRo8

btw, love the forums, love the discussions. Studying while awaiting my new airstream...!!

Foiled Again · 03-09-2015, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooter241

The glass vacuum coffee percolater is called a Cory.
Here's a you tube video of it in action.

Anyway, I tried to post it. Here's the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObMXYMdRo8

btw, love the forums, love the discussions. Studying while awaiting my new airstream...!!

I went back and changed my original post from "drip-o-lator" to "vacuum" coffee pot - I actually think the first name was a brand, rather than the system itself. If you go check for pictures on Google there are lots of pots that look kinda like percs, except the top reservoir is so much bigger.

Glad to see the youtube video - wow, is there anything we can't find from the time TV networks started? That little spring loaded filter gizmo defies description minus a picture doesn't it. Oh and talk about repairable stuff... I remember once one of us kids broke the spring playing with it and my mother went to the hardware store and got a new spring being too thrifty to replace the whole filter! Probably spent a dime.

Those glass vacuum pots are still being made and they describe the "drama" of making coffee that way as well as the fine taste. What I remember is how fragile the "funnel" part of the top was in the glass version.

Paula

Lily&Me · 03-09-2015, 01:31 PM

All percolator, all the time.....electric at home, stove-top when traveling.

Maggie

DCMom · 03-09-2015, 01:43 PM

Frieling makes a great double wall stainless french press.

jpons · 03-09-2015, 03:06 PM

For x-mas a friend of mine gave what has to be one of the best presents I have received, a Handpresso handheld espresso maker. This little thing is ingenious and makes amazing espresso. Very easy to make lattes in the AS even without power.

Handpresso Wild Hybrid Coffee Machine

The Handpresso uses the ESE espresso packs which are environmentally friendly, very easy to use and affordable. I buy them in bulk from Amazon 150 packs for $59. Caffe Borbone- Espresso Pods - ESE Espresso Pods - (150 PACK)