When I first started with my press I used to just use the grinder at the grocery store. I picked up a cheap Black&Decker one from Target but they arent as good as the actual grinders but it was super cheap and works enough for me.
I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I really like traditional cardamom coffee which is made around Middle East.
I 've been using a stove top perk since December. Purchased a the stove top version by Farberware for a measly $16 from Amazon. I love using it and I use it morning, afternoon and night. I have always done my own grinding of coffee beans and I just use the inexpensive Mr. Coffee Grinder from Walmart($18). I set it on " Coarse" and I don't need a filter. One inexpensive item I have used for months now is something called Coffee Helper. Its ground chicory . I grew up drinking coffee and chicory and like the taste of it. With Coffee Helper you add a box of it to a pound of ground coffee and then use it. If you want a sample box for your Maxwell House , happy to post you one, just send your address via pm.
I grind the local roast beans from Larry's Beans or Counter Culture with la Pavoni grinder and use a French press to make the coffee.
Aeropress Stainless Mocha pot Stainless vacuum pot Capresso automatic drip Cuisinart burr grinder Capresso gets the most workout, then Aeropress, which has edged out the vacuum pot and mocha pot. Anyone else using their Aeropress upside down?
Thanks for the tip on the grinder, I've been checking some out and saw that one so I'll probably grab one since it works well for you. And thanks for the offer on the chicory, I actually have some around here somewhere that I picked awhile back after someone was telling me they put it in their coffee.
Got another percolator this weekend and it's kind of special to me. I told my mom about my new interest in percolators so she said she still had one packed away somewhere. She gave me this JC Penney's electric 9 cup model, it was a wedding gift for her and my dad, and since they were married in 1954 that makes it 58 years old. She said it was from some of the ladies she was working with at the time. I fired it up this morning and it worked just like it was brand new.
I picked up these flat little disc filters today at Kroger. They will fit either a 3 or 3 1/2 inch basket, the edge is perforated so you can pull off a small strip to make it fit the 3 inch basket.
Small, one cup French press in the office (or the office Keurig machine if in a rush) and a drip at home.
Chemex (the vintage ones are much more substantial than the new ones being sold today). I've been through everything from drip to perc to press and the Chemex always yields amazing coffee. It's a time consuming process (perhaps like shaving) but the end result is worth it. I do also make Greek coffee in a briki- which is Nothing short of the best coffee one can drink!
Ok, here's an update on the latest percolators I've recently added to my quickly growing collection. From L-R a small Mirro stove top $5 at an antique store, an Eckoware stainless stove top $5 at an antique store, an unknown brand stove top $9 at an antique store, a near mint condition electric Corning Ware $5 at Goodwill and a plastic Mirro electric that my mom still had, she paid $9.99 for it on October 4, 1982. The receipt was still in the box. I'm now up to eight of them!
I use a small percolator on top of an Optimus Nova Plus hiking stove over in the Sandbox. My cup is made out of the bottom of a British Mortar Round plastic carrying tube.I cut the bottom off of it and made a handle for it. I works great. It holds two beers as well.(I found that one out while I was home on leave)
Been mainly using percolators and Vaccuum stove top set ups. Enjoy the percolators ever if they are slower than the dip machines. The Vaccuum maker are nice but take a while to brew and are difficult to clean.
I use a Kyocera Ceramic Coffee Grinder to grind the beans and a Melitta pour-over drip type cone, similar to a Chemex.
I currently use a French Press, I returned to it recently. But I've heard great things about the Chemex, I plan to purchase one for myself soon. I live in the Twin Cities which is a pretty serious coffee town, there are a few local baristas that use the Chemex exclusively at their coffee houses and based on what I've tasted I would agree with you... serious cup of joe!
New Mr Coffee. Thought I'd get one with an auto start. Made excellent coffee but haven't got the auto start thing going yet!!-(
Was just talking to a good friend of mine about Aeropress iced coffees. His method is inverted, 3 big scoops of fresh roasted, fresh ground coffee, fill the Aeropress to 3 on invert, agitate 10sec, and press as fast as you can onto ice. He says it turns out awesome, but I have not tried it (yet...) Anyone else do Iced in another way?
Nope. Iced coffee is wrong. Coffe is supposed to be hot and black. Not cold and creamy sweet. Of course, it's your coffee. Enjoy it your way
Lol, I agree with the hot and black part, thats how I like it when its hot, but the few times in the summer when its really warm, I do like an Iced
