You made my day, just making me think about that wonderful aroma
again. There was a time before Mr. Coffee and fancy presses (although
I like them too, just not in the woods). We even have a little three-
cup unit for backpacking.

Remember the percolator recipe (the one my mom taught me, anyway):
one teaspoon per cup, then one for the pot. Judge the readiness by
the brown color of the perk in the clear top piece. Three-quarters of
a minute usually does it for me, a full minute or more on hangover
mornings.

Jim

On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:06 PM, mad madeline wrote:

> 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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