Press Perc or Drip

[D_E_Bishop]

I personally perc but many have touted presses and very few want drip. Presses are usualy glass and in my experience break very easily. A friend and one of the leaders for my DGS's BSA troop is a welder and on site often and camping with the scouts at least once a month. His all time favorite press is a GSI Outdoor, Java Press. It is plastic and it is insulated, has standard press. There are several sizes and are pretty sturdy. Look them up on line, he has the small one and it comes with a matching cup. Insulating sleeve is removeable for washing. He throws it in the washing machine when his wife does dark stuff.

Just and FYI.

[Leo_Benson]

I think I've used just about all methods.
As a little kid I was taught how to use the glass percolator on the electric stove (with a star shaped wire to keep the glass pot off of sitting on the burner directly). It was for my father, not me, but I learned how to measure it and time it and judge by the smell and color.
Then we moved on to drip. That was ok but the real difference in a pot of coffee is the quality of the coffee itself. I can't stomach the maxwell house my parents would drink.
From there, I moved on to a French press, small one, since now I'm the only coffee drinker in the house. I took that camping, too. And used my favorite coffee beans from an independent (non-chain coffee roaster) I drink flavored decaf.
Since I couldn't drink the real caff at work, I experimented with a drip cone and filter positioned over an insulated carafe. That was ok, but just ok.
Then I got a Keurig for home. In 18 months I went thru four of them- very unreliable machines. Even though I de scale regularly. I grew to like Newmans own organic decaf. Good stuff. Plus I used the reusable filters with my own grounds.
Now I have a capresso that I really love. It uses steam and mesh baskets for my own teas and coffees, large or small single cups. And it has a carafe too so I can brew a pot if I have company. I moved the old Keurig upstairs so I can grab a quick cup of tea in the morning or my legs are aching too much after chemo to go downstairs, but once I'm downstairs I use the capresso exclusively.
I'm also a tea lover and buy a variety of loose teas and appreciate the tea basket on the capresso. No carryover of coffee flavor into my green tea. And without pods, more environmentally friendly.

[RoadLife]

After using all three, press (We still have two), perc, and drip, our favorite is the Keurig. We bought those "café cups" at walmart - you can put your own coffee in them and insert like a k-cup. Wonderful fresh brewed coffee everytime. I like dark roast - he likes medium. Works out great.

[WrongWayRandall]

dks wrote:
Melitta #2 filter. Quick, easy to clean up, and produces the best coffee for me. Use for backcountry camping, rving, and home use.

Same here, except since I'm the coffee drinker I use a #1 and a small filter holder. Works well at home, the office, and in the bus.

- R

[Ron3rd]

We like the French Press and use this one:Bodum Stainless Steel French Press

Insulated too. Lots of ways to make coffee, this is just one.

[dks]

Melitta #2 filter. Quick, easy to clean up, and produces the best coffee for me. Use for backcountry camping, rving, and home use.

[Stephany]

Hi All,

Here is a pic of the Italian coffee pot that we now use on our stove (no power needed) for amazing coffee in the fiver:



It is not the same as a French press or an Aeropress.

Stephany

[doxiemom11]

Drip - I don't want to fuss with all the other stuff just for a cup of coffee, we drink it all day and night and I'd be fussing too much. We make coffee and then put it in a Thermos coffee butler to keep it hot, but not on the burner getting awful tasting. If it's not quite warm enough, we pop it in the micro for a few seconds.

[SWMO]

Stephany and all reading, don't think that the French press and the Aeropress are equal or the same thing, they aren't even close.

[Stephany]

Sorry, I know this is an older thread, but since I am a coffee purist from Seattle, this thread is near to my heart!

Our preferred was drip when we had the luxury of power. But for those times we don't have power, we tried perc, Melita, French press and cowboy coffee. None of them were consistently great - just okay. Then we went to Italy and discovered those cute little Italian coffee pots. We now use 2 Italian pots to brew 2 cups on the stove at the same time (no fights that way!) and I steam a pan of milk. Camping lattes! Yum!

Hope this inspires other coffee purists!

Stephany

[Trailering_Texa]

I've been doing the Melitta one cup at a time plastic holder for the filter thing for years - nothing to break on the road, can use it if in a park or dry camping, and every cup is a fresh cup. But we are sitting in FL for a couple of months so I sprang for one of those 4 cups brewers, just to be lazy. But I don't think it tastes as good as the Melitta thing - the secret to which is to get boiling water, pour in the center of grounds and see them sort of bubble up and be patient and add water slowly.

[mikeflys]

I use a press everyday in my house or trailer. That is for coffee. For Espresso
we have a very nice Saeco system at home. We also have a stove top Espresso pot for the TT. Not nearly as good as the Saeco but it is much cheaper than Starbucks!

[prolandsurveyor]

I like perked coffee myself.

[Go_Dogs]

I remember when I was a kid. My Dad would get up about 4am, plug the percolator in, then take a shower. We heard the death rattles of that percolator our entire childhood! I never got to drink that coffee, as my mother was convinced that coffee would stunt our growth. Never had coffee until I became a 'grown-up',(the jury is still out on that one!)
I'm not too fussy about coffee, except I hate to drink it from styrofoam. I've even been known to drink instant!

[WishWeWereCampi]

ktmrfs wrote:

SWMO wrote:
Aero Press hands down. I've been using one for 4 or 5 years now and wouldn't use anything else. I've done the percolator, french press and cowboy and there is no comparison.

x2. all the advantages of a french press or espresso w/o any of the cleanup issues.

x3! It is so easy to clean out and both DH and I think it makes better coffee than the Melitta cone, percolator, drip, and French Press. Plus, it's really compact.