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Date:         Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:06:40 -0700
Reply-To:     mad madeline <mac10wv@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         mad madeline <mac10wv@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Coffee brewing and cleanup
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Jim, your post made me add a percolator pot to my list for the van! I love percolator coffee... camping. Thanks for bringing back memories of many happy trips! Madeline

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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