Percolated coffee

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

The portable gas stove is so much more convenient compared with the electric one.

I set the KRUPS grinder to mid way on grind selection, but will experiment with coarser settings for a longer brew.
The result of this first brew just confirmed that NOTHING beats percolated coffee, something I only drank in the '50s-80s.
Why I stopped I have no idea – DUH
Vacuum brewer now on holiday for the duration.
Roasted beans from TheTeaJunction, Norwich

Geoff – What a pleasure downing percolated coffee once again.

Edited By OuBallie on 22/03/2018 11:29:09

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

No idea why I waited so long!?

[FMESParticipant @fmes]

Posted by OuBallie on 22/03/2018 11:28:02:

The result of this first brew just confirmed that NOTHING beats percolated coffee

Might as well drink NOTHING then

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Nothing is the cheapest alternative.

[mick70Participant @mick70]

try grumpy mule coffee lovely selections.

or taylors of harrogate.

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Taste even better with a dash of rum in it !

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

I mostly use a filter machine, but really a grinder, kettle, jug, strainer and mug is all you need. I like East African coffee beans, mostly – though I've lately found Lidl's Java/Sumatra tasty and good value.

[Anonymous]

Coffee Enjoy your thread while it lasts before a moderator appears and rightly deletes it. This is the TEA ROOM not the Coffee Shop.

[Anonymous]

But you don't normally go to a "coffee shop" for coffee.

Andrew

[BOB BLACKSHAW 1Participant @bobblackshaw1]

As a dinosaur I asked for four black coffees with a drop of milk in each, only to be informed thats an Americano by the Costa, costa a lot of money please waitress.

Edited By BOB BLACKSHAW on 23/03/2018 01:02:29

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Try this – it's brilliant!

https://speysidecoffee.co.uk/

Although the roasting machine looks like an invention of Heath Robinson!

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

My old boy loved it but eventually had to give it up because it affects your ticker (if you make it strong enough)

My childhood remembers those "glug glug glug plip plip plip" days well

 

Edited By Ady1 on 23/03/2018 09:18:42

[Dod MoleParticipant @georgeclarihew]

Posted by Mike on 23/03/2018 02:56:52:

Try this – it's brilliant!

https://speysidecoffee.co.uk/

Although the roasting machine looks like an invention of Heath Robinson!

Must get there some day soon, I have heard similar reports from others who have visited the place.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 22/03/2018 16:10:17:

But you don't normally go to a "coffee shop" for coffee.

Genuinely confused? They may all be called 'bars' these days but when I were a young un' they were coffee shops…

I bet you're one of those posh people who calls red sauce ketchup.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Just for clarity, it won't take anyone long to discover that in Wales we have proper coffee shops.

More tea, vicar?

Neil

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

I must be getting old! It. When I was a lad and you asked for a cup of coffee, that's what you got. It doesn't seem long ago that I asked for a cup of coffee and was asked whether I meant espresso, latte, cappuccino, mocha, americano, and several more I can't remember – and this by a lad who looked about 12. But I'm determined to learn, because modern coffee is miles better than the grey sludge served up in my home town in the 1960s.

[donkeyParticipant @donkey]

Yes Neil here in Wales we have proper Italian coffee shops. Lol

Brian

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I think coffee bars were from the 50s and 60s eg 2Is, caffs were frequented by ton up kids or bypass Cowboys

Mike

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Mike Poole on 24/03/2018 13:14:33:

I think coffee bars were from the 50s and 60s eg 2Is, caffs were frequented by ton up kids or bypass Cowboys

I think you mean my dad

Neil

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Yes a bit before your time Neil and mine really

Mike

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Posted by XD 351 on 22/03/2018 14:31:41:

Taste even better with a dash of rum in it !

Tastes even better with a shot of Ameretto in it!

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

When I was daft enough to go fishing in all weathers, a shot of Cointreau in the coffee worked wonders. At the other end of the scale, who can remember Camp coffee? I'm horrified to discover that you can still buy it.

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

I'm old enough to remember the Mods congragating outside the local coffee bar. There was a milk bar nearby as well! A bar is definitely the place to go for a coffee here in France.

I find the italian style coffee percolator makes the best tasting coffee but use a pump cafetière for my BIG bowl of morning coffee.

Russell

[Maurice Cox 1Participant @mauricecox1]

Before you condemn Camp coffee, try some in a large glass of cold milk. It's delicious! First tried it at a Knoll Hill traction engine rally. It was baking hot that day, and a glass of that from a vendor was just what I needed.

Maurice

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Russell, I remember mods and rockers, too, but ours being a very small town, we had just one of each, who scowled at each other from opposite corners of the milk bar. Remembering back to my schooldays, we had just one teddy boy.

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