Perking coffee -- how long?

Three minutes once it starts perking. Turn off the griddle, when it stops perking, it's done. Set time on stove for thirteen minutes. from time I put it on the griddle to the time it is done. I use a half cup of coffee grounds for a eight cup percolator. that's the way I've done it for more years then I can remember.

LOL! My method would be to perk 'till the rig smells soooo good that neighbors start outside towards my rig with cups in their hands!

Having said that, I use an old (80s) Presto electric perk that makes perfect coffee every time!

Ain't the smell of perking coffee the "Bee's Knee's"?

Ya know Tvov, I was asking myself that same question this last week while camping on the beach in San Diego. My thought was, **** I hope I'm doing this right. I bought this little 8 cup percolator when the 1989 Black & Decker just didn't look good anymore and when I let the magic hot water out all over the sink top. That was about 10 years ago and I never figured out how long to let it perc.

To top it all off, the DW asked me last week, "how long I let it perc". All I could say to her was, "until it's done". When I don't give her the complete, and detailed scientific description on boiling water and number of holes in the strainer and, and, and..., she knows I don't have an answer and she finishes whatever she needs to do to get away from me.

So not being one to let a good problem go unanswered, I sat there for awhile and came to this conclusion. "IT DOESN"T MATTER". I've been drinking coffee made in that pot for at least 10 years and I'm still happy looking out the windshield at the forest or ocean or Joshua trees while I drink the resulting brew.

Happy travels and remember, "K.I.S.S.(keep it simple son).

Never timed it. I just look at the shade of color through the glass crown. I do like the previous comment "until it starts to get thick".. I also like the occasional coffee ground. Time released caffeine. LOL

Cowboy coffee? 20 minutes or until if starts to thicken.