jaycocreek wrote:
I also have the Mellita pour over and it does make good coffee if you get the water temp just right and slowly pour it over the grounds as the coffee maker does..
With the coffee maker,six minutes and it is all done,ready to drink..All four or five cups..With the Mellita,it's put the water on the stove and get the right temp then slowly pour it over the coffee,for one cup....
You have the wrong Melitta for your purposes. Mine is a large funnel which uses a standard #4 filter. I make a quart of coffee at a time. In fact the funnel has a tube which allows it is sit firmly in the opening of a quart Thermos bottle. Making coffee could not be easier. I just pour water into the funnel with the coffee. When that drains through I add more water.
If you want to use an electrical coffee pot, I guess you have proven that it will work. However, I do not camp with hook ups so battery power is always something to think about. Recharging batteries with solar works great but there needs to be sunshine. Shade and cloudy days do nothing so I like to conserve and avoid the generator. I also wonder about the strain of pulling 50 amps from my batteries. In addition to minimizing use, I would not want to pull high amperage. I use Lifeline AGM batteries and would like to prolong their life. The cost of 2 batteries of the size I use is just short of $1000.
