Everyone please take a moment to admire the following specimen.
This is a coffee percolator a.k.a. "the best way to drink coffee EVER!" Shiny, clean, and like new for $2.00 at Bargain Boutique in Waterbury. Another detail that I love LoVe LOVE, is that there are no plastic pieces (except for the handles...bummer...but very good enough!)
I did not have special percolator filters. In fact, in my usual Mr. Coffee making, I use a reusable filter. But luckily I did find some old filters around and I improvised by cutting a hole in the bottom. I am a bit confused whether I need filters at all and would prefer not to use them. In some tutorials filters were used and in others they were not, while different types of percolators were used, and everyone had different processes. I hate floaters, so I opted to use a filter just in case, and what I dislike even more than floaters is burnt coffee, so I went for less time over the heat.
The coffee of choice today is....
My favorite coffee brand is actually BRAVE but it is a bit harder to get as it is not sold in as many places yet.
Yup...that clock says 9:14. It also says I like to party. In truth, it took me almost an hour to get to this point because of all of the research on percolation that I had to do. It turns out that I am no animal after all but can better be described as an inefficient Martha Stewart wannabe with a week off from work. In my defense (I am kind of cool), I had heard that it was the best and needed to test it out for myself. I had just been waiting for the right percolator to come into my life and then I had to figure out how to use it! What I would like to know is how long to let the boiling bubbling happen? I have found while avoiding boiling and burning that I am not allowing enough percolation action and then my coffee is not strong enough. Weak coffee makes me so sad. I feel like Goldilocks, not too weak, not boiled thick and burnt, only just right will do. How do I do that?
I wouldn't say it is a perfect cup just yet but it still beats Mr. Coffee by far. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to improve my game let me know!
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