Hey Jim, My wife bought me a nice shiny percolator set for my birthday one year...one of my favorite gifts...I can make coffee over a fire, stove, whatever... I'm with you on that one... Part of camping that I love is cooking outside too...and the fact that usually whatever you cook, you are so dad blamed hungry that you love it... Dave On 9/12/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > I am a coffee lover, not a coffee expert. I know something about good > beans and preparation. But--this is a personal area, just bringing it > up, no flames please--am I the only person left on earth who thinks > that good old percolator coffee has that "special camping taste?" > > Sure, french press or drip (which we use at home when not making > cappuccino) preserves all the aromatic oils in a fine bean, but the > great outdoors sometimes calls for beans where you might NOT want all > of those oils preserved : ) > > Maybe because I'm so old that percolators bring back both the > kitchens and outdoors of my childhood, maybe it's because that > forceful, back-of-the-tongue taste gives me that little bit of extra > persuasion to get out of a comfortable outdoor bed in the morning. > Nothing disseminates aroma like a percolator. > > For whatever reason, here's a coffee-making method that requires no > paper filters, is easy to clean up, and makes virtually any old > robusta taste pretty good. > > My two beans worth. > > Jim >
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