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when I get up in the morning I want coffeeeeee. Anybody try any of those 12 volt drip coffee makers? Reviews?
The perk riggin aint cutting it, the French press is OK but to much hassle for me in the morn (besides, it's French)
I'm just thinking with the 12v outfit, I wouldn't have to fire up the stove and I could get a quicker coffee fix
 
Yeah, I had one of those things once. It took 45 minutes to make 2 cups of coffee. I don't have it anymore. It cost about 30 bucks, but I am sure you can get better ones if you aren't as cheap as me.
 
arrg, maybe there's some new high zoot models out there...damn it, why can't that expresso stand C-Dory guy be at every gathering?
 
~~~~ottah install a perverter ken, it'll get the job done... POW! My elcheepo-costco-unit pushes beyond what it is supposed to. (1400 watts) Then maybe ya can get any coffee maker :P
 
that perverter may be the way to go but I fear it would be opening the door to to many electrical handy gadgets then I'd end up needing to tow a battery dingy :)

ya say the cheap Costco one will get er done....I think I hear that door opening
 
Eliminate the coffee pot and make coffee the old fashioned way. I simply put the water in a pan and add the appropriate amount of coffee. Then I bring it to a boil on my alcohol stove. Set it off the heat for a minute for the grounds to settle, then pour it up! This method makes great coffee.
 
we just use a Melita cone with paper filters. We heat the water on the Wallas, but if you want it faster, or don't want to fire off the Wallas at all, just heat up the water on your one-burner butane stove ($29 at Target, think we have been over this item before, VERY handy to have). Most 12 volt gizmos are not worth the trouble (anybody interested in buying a 12 volt pizza oven? :lol: Really!!
 
Why not just fire up the generator and Mr. Coffee? Mine is a permanent fixture on the countertop and rides there (4 cup model) without ever moving out of place on land or sea. Good for instant hot water as well.
 
Robbi, if I can't get at least a 2.5 Jolt out of a cuppa coffee, why bother :shock:

It'd be like non alcoholic geer....no point :wink

That special stuff Bill da Nerd gets out of the place in Cal is great (on another thread) we've ordered and tried it. It's all organic and powerful as heck... :disgust


Charlie
 
:tea Well, got my first box full of coffee from Camano Island Coffee Company. Thanks Jim & Laurie Martinson.... Ya got me hooked! Now, I got a mix of differant flavors and bag sizes....some ground, some I will grind myself...

Storage: How do yall keep it fresh? We generally put it in a zip lock freezer bag, with the original packing bag inside of that, and stick it in the freezer. Friend of mine indicated that a freezer was bad for it?

Thoughts please.
 
Pat, have never had much "old" coffee, guess I drink too much of it. Like vintage wine around here, the old stuff is last Tuesday... :lol:

Have kept it in the freezer for some time though (the coffee, that is, not the wine) with no discernable effects.

Charlie
 
Is there a downside to preparing your coffie the night before and placing it into one of those Thermos thingys...you know those things that keep cold stuff cold and hot stuff hot.....How Do It Know?
 
Ken - we evolved to boiling some water in the evening, filling a good thermos with hot water and then using a coffee press in the morning. Almost instant coffee and good tasting too.
John
 
Someone mentioned a French press, but didn't describe it further.

Most familiar is the larger French press -- you make the coffee, and then pour it into cups. There is a better way, if you don't already know about it.

Starbucks, and I believe REI, have a single-cup French press in a clear plastic, double-walled insulated cup.

Put in the coffee, fill with boiling water, screw on the lid, and slowly depress the plunger until it seats flush into the lid. Wait a few minutes, pop open the sealed opening on the lid, and drink straight from the press/cup! Couldn't be easier. (I know, it's still French . . . )

This thread reminds me of a neighbor years ago -- hospitable, but clueless. Asked if I'd like a cup of coffee -- "Sure", says I. A minute later (literally) he returns with a marginally hot cup coffee.

They prized 'efficiency' in their household. With each new jar of instant coffee (mistake #1), they removed some to make room and mixed in the 'appropriate amounts' of sugar and non-dairy creamer (mistakes #2 and #3). (I use the phrase 'appropriate amount' loosely here; in my book the 'appropriate amount' of non-dairy creamer is zero.) They then turn on the hot water tap (mistake #4; no hot water sink attachments back then), add a tablespoon of their special recipe (mistake #5), and voila, a 'fresh' cup of the absolute worst coffee you can possibly imagine (mistake #6)!

I literally had to turn the other way and bite my lip to keep from laughing out loud as he described this . . . (Wouldn't have been very gracious, would it?) Still cracks me up 25 years later!

eg
 
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