Re: ****table Generators

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:06:20 GMT, richardcasady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Richard
Casady)
wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:33:20 -0400, salty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>>A non-electric (or any) percolator makes
>>about the worst coffee possible. I'd forego the coffee entirely if that
was my
>>alternative. 
>
>Percolaters  _are_  somewhat difficult to clean. You need a special
>brush to clean the stem. A dirty coffee pot will cause bad coffee. You
>can make decent coffee with a percolater, its not impossible by any
>means. All you really have to do is clean the pot and don't let it
>perk too long. 

Percolators make terrible coffee. There is nothing you can do to change
that.
The method they use is fatally flawed.

>There are also non electric drip coffee makers, if you
>don't like percolators. 

The ones where you boil the water first and then pour it in can make a
pretty
good cup of coffee. Much better than the automatic ones.

>I remember the first automatic drip coffee
>makers, in 1970 or so. People did drink the stuff before that. They
>must make better coffee than perk or they wouldn't have taken over so
>much of the market. I think there is a coffee newsgroup which I might
>look for.
>

Saying they make better coffee than a percolator isn't saying much. Don't
bother
with the coffee newsgroup. They argue about which end of each bean MUST be
aligned to face south while being roasted over the burning body of a
virgin. :')

They also take moon phase into account when grinding coffee.